Burnsland Cemetery - Calgary Parks 100 Traditional Cache
Hidden : 4/27/2010
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:




Calgary Parks 100 Project - Calgary Area Cachers teaming up with The City of Calgary Parks

The cache is located at the inside edge of the cemetery. Please respect the area and come back to search if the area is in use.

Burnsland Cemetery was established in 1923 and is 13 hectares in size with 22,061 burials.

By 1923, Calgary was well on its way to becoming a major western centre and the Union Cemetery was running short of space. A new burial place was opened across what is now Spiller Road called the Burnsland cemetery. There are about 21,000 graves in Burnsland, including most of the city's World War I war veterans.

By 1940, most of the burial plots on Burnsland had been either filled or sold, and the City had to once again acquire more burial property. The solution was to move out of Calgary's central core to the North Hill. The new cemetery, called Queen's Park, would later include a section called the Veterans' Field of Honuor.

Celebrating Calgary Parks 100th Anniversary!
The Calgary Parks 100 Project is a partnership between The City of Calgary Parks, and the Calgary Area Cachers to celebrate Calgary Parks 100th anniversary. Calgary Parks has supplied cache containers and swag for 100 caches, and then we have placed these 100 caches in 100 parks around Calgary. These caches have some cool swag and trackables when placed, so make sure to find them as soon as they are published.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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