McCrae House Multi-Cache
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Size: 
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McCrae House is the birthplace of John McCrae the author of “In Flanders Fields”, a well known poem written in 1915. The limestone cottage built in 1858 has been restored to reflect the period 1870-1873 when the McCrae family lived in it. The federal government through the Historic Sites and Monuments Board designated McCrae House as a place of national significance and the City of Guelph has designated it as “a property of historic and architectural interest”. Adjacent to the house is a small memorial garden maintained by the City of Guelph.
The posted coordinates are for the gate to the garden. You will need to collect a bit of information from various plaques or monuments around the house and grounds to get the coordinates for the cache. Replace the bolded letters with the digits from the plaques and plug the numbers into the coordinates N 43 AB.CDE W 080 FG.HIJ where you will find the cache.
1) This structure was erected by branch 25H of the Canadian Legion in 19D6. (N 43 32.159 W 080 14.705)
2) John McCrae was born in this house on November A0, 18EC. He died in France on January B8, 1918. (N 43 32.175 W 080 14.677)
3) Just in front of the open book showing “In Flanders Fields” is a stone inscription. The total number of words in the inscription is J. The number of letters in the first word is G. The total number of letters in the second and third words is I. The word “soldier” appears on the vertical stone inscription F times. (N 43 32.162 W 080 14.680)
Since this cache is in a residential area with houses overlooking the site, please do not attempt this cache at night. The final cache is within 200 metres of the starting point. You will need to walk to the cache from McCrae House. The location of the cache should be pretty obvious from the hint.
Please replace the cache so that it is completely hidden.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Haqre gur obggbz raq bs gur ynetr snyyra gerr