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Who is this man of stone? |
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You will find
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The
Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa was established in 1886. Plans
contemplated the formation of an arboretum and botanic garden. Its
purpose would be to bring together all the native species of plants
in Canada and to test the hardiness and adaptability of shrubs and
trees growing in northern climates in other parts of the world to
the climate of Ottawa.
The
actual work of the garden was begun in 1889, when 210 species were
planted. In 1894 the arboretum and garden included 1000 trees and
nearly 200 species and varieties of herbaceous plants, but by the
close of the year 1895, these numbers had been raised to 1800 and
1000, respectively.
Do you know
who the first entomologist and botanist was who developed “The
Dominion Arboretum”? You can find out at the posted coordinates. At
this location you will find a monument to this individual. On the
north face of this monument you will find two dates.
Subtract 658
from the last 3 digits of the first date to obtain the decimal
digits of WP2 north Coordinates and subtract 640 from the last 3
digits of the second date to obtain the decimal digits of WP2 West
coordinates.
At WP 2
(suggested parking for the remainder of the
multi) you will find a plaque with some other interesting
information about this location. On this plaque you will also find
two dates.
Subtract 537
from the last 3 digits of the first date to obtain the decimal
digits of WP3 north Coordinates and subtract 701 from the last 3
digits of the second date to obtain the decimal digits of WP3 West
coordinates.
At WP3 you
will find a Gingo Biloba tree from China. On this tree there is a
plaque with a 10 digits number in the following format
NNNNNNNNNN.
Subtract 630
from the first 3 digits of this number to obtain a distance in
meters and subtract 1047 from the last 4 digits to obtain a TN
projection in Mils.
Go to the
lookout which is about 28 meters to the SE and enjoy the scenery as
you make this projection from here.
Now, go find
the cache.
There is an inactivated Travel Bug for the
FTF!