Under the fish Traditional Cache
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This cache is located in the parking lot beside Trinity Church. The cache is well hidden and cannot be seen at first glance.
This cache is a camo'd container with logbook and pins.
Note: This is a pin trading only cache. If you take a pin please leave a pin. That means that if you don't have a pin to trade please don't take a pin.
After the original church was burned down in 1877 during the great fire, construction on the current church began and was completed a few years later.
The style of architecture of the present building is the late Early English Gothic, and typifies the architecture introduced in New Brunswick by Bishop Medley. The church was designed by W.T. Thomas of Montreal and the contract price for both church and school house was $55,985. The walls are built of limestone of rough ashlar, laid in regular courses, with freestone trimmings on a heavy base of granite. The pillars in the nave are formed of one piece of polished grey granite, with carved capitals surmounted by freestone arches. The interior woodwork is of black ash with black walnut moldings. A severely plain exterior is relieved at the West entrance by handsome granite steps and a richly molded archway terminating in a cross over the doors. It was under the leadership of The Rev. Canon F.H.J. Brigstocke that the present church was erected. The Cross on the Altar is a memorial to Archdeacon Brigstocke.
The church is 150 feet in length. The chancel is forty feet deep and thirty-three feet wide. The nave is 62 feet wide overall, and 110 feet long with an expansive height of 64 feet. The nave originally seated 800 people, but today accommodates about 650 people.
The bell tower and steeple rise to the majestic height of 210 feet and is topped by a weathervane in the form of a six foot long wood gilt fish. The fish was the early symbol for Christianity, and is still used today. The tower contains a clock and a ring of nine bells, a gift installed in 1882 by the City of Saint John. The clock was constructed to chime the quarters and strike the hours on the bells. By means of a carillon, tunes were played on the hours of three, six, nine, and twelve. On the largest bell, which weighs 19 cwt., is cast the following inscription:
"In Memoriam the
Loyalists 1783: Faithful alike to God and
the King"
Originally the bells were rung by hand, but can now be played by music drum disks or a small keyboard.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
fgergpu lbhe nez bhg; nybg. (Va n perivpr)
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