Glacial Terraces Mystery Cache
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A visit to the Ontario Historical Plaque "Glacial Terraces" located in Terrace Bay, Ontario and a view of Terrace Bay.
Solving the final cache location involves some easy calculations, but requires some math skills.
Due to difficulties solving this puzzle, the difficulty has been increased to 4.0
I think this is the first geocache to be located within the town of Terrace Bay.
The town's name came from a series of lake terraces formed as the water level in Lake Superior lowered following the latest ice age.
The town's motto is "The Gem of the North Shore". Some history of Terrace Bay can be found later.
The posted coordinates will take you to the Ontario Historical Plaque located in the Town of Terrace Bay. You will need to get information from this plaque to calculate the coordinates for the final cache location.
On this plaque there is only one number that you will need to use to solve the puzzle.
"A" = (# on plaque/(2.7E+5)
"B" = (# on plaque/((1.0E+5)-(7.407E+3))
Add "A" to the posted North Coordinate to calculate the North Coordinate for the Final Cache Location.
Subtract "B" from the posted West Coordinate to calculate the West Coordinate for the Final Cache Location.
From Wikipedia:
"Terrace Bay is a township in Thunder Bay District in northern Ontario located on the north shore of Lake Superior east of Thunder Bay.
"History:
Terrace Bay originated in the 1940s when a pulp and paper mill was established here by the Longlac Pulp & Paper Company, later renamed Kimberly-Clark Forest Products. At the same time, the Aguasabon Generating Station was created by the Ontario Hydro water division, to redirect the northward flowing Long Lake south through the Aguasabon River system to Lake Superior. The Long Lake and Ogoki diversions which combine to end at Terrace Bay are the most significant water diversion into the Great Lakes and when it was opened it boosted Lake Superior water levels by 2.4 inches, Lake Michigan and Lake Huron by 4.3 inches, Lake Erie by 3.1 inches, and Lake Ontario by 2.8 inches.
"On September 1, 1947 Terrace Bay was granted status as an Improvement District. The pulp mill was the lifeblood of the community and was the lead developer with construction of basic infrastructure in the town. By the end of 1948, Terrace Bay consisted of about 230 houses serviced with sewer, water and electricity but surrounded only by bush as the highway was still not completed through the town. In 1951, the Lakeview subdivision was started, with sewer, water and electrical services provided for well over 100 houses. By December 31, 33 of the 35 new houses were completed and occupied. Other additions to the community were two new churches, 22 bed modern hospital, post office, bank, liquor store, theatre, clothing store and railway station. Construction of the Memorial Recreation Centre was completed in July 1953. The building consisted of an arena, curling club, restaurant, bowling alley, library, offices, 3 meeting rooms and public washrooms. In 1958, the mill converted to chlorine-dioxide bleaching and had sold 63 houses to employees and another 28 houses were privately built.and Terrace Bay became a municipal township in 1959.
"In 1972, the Kimberly Clark Pulp and Paper Company Ltd. and Kimberly Clark of Canada Ltd. amalgamated. From 1972 to 1977 the population of Terrace Bay increased from 1,755 to 2,299 persons, directly attributed to Kimberly Clark's expansion program. The pulp mill has been the lifeblood of the region and in 2005 Kimberly-Clark sold the mill to Neenah Paper Inc who then sold the mill to Buchanan Forestry Products in 2006 and the mill was renamed to Terrace Bay Pulp Inc. The mill was successfully operated until it ran into financial hardship in 2009 and has been idled until it can reorganize its finances which is expected to be in March/April 2010."
CONGRATULATIONS TO "BP76Mr" FOR THE FTF
JUNE 26, 2013 - THANK-YOU TO DAVE R. FOR POINTING OUT THAT I HAD AN ERROR IN MY GEOCHECKER - SHOULD HAVE BEEN "WEST" NOT "east" FOR THE SECOND COORDINATE
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Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
CHMMYR - hfr "Fpvragvsvp" ahzore sbezng gb fbyir gur chmmyr.
CHMMYR (Uvag 2) - 1.R+1 = 10
PNPUR - Vs lbh ner arne n puhepu lbh ner arne gur pnpur - ybpngrq va fbzrguvat terra.
Lbh unir gb fgnaq gb svaq gur pnpur (guvax rivy).
Rawbl gur ivrj.
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