MLCG-HBG-Susquehanna Divison Mystery Cache
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MLCG-HBG-Susquehanna Divison
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This cache is near a boating area. You will have to drive to coordinates noted and then use the sign at that location to fill in the puzzle below for the final coordinates.
"Built DEFG - HI"
"AP-Mile Course"
"Y aqueducts"
B = F+H
C = E-F
T = Y+P+D
L = G-E
U = A-F
V = L
Final Coordinates: N 40 FB.CYT W 077 0L.UFV
The only canal of the Susquehanna Division of the Pennsylvania Canal ran along the west bank of the main stem of the Susquehanna River between a lock near the mouth of the Juniata River and the canal basin at Northumberland. It formed a link between the public and private canals upriver and the east-west Pennsylvania Canal and rail route known as the Main Line of Public Works. Engineers faced complications at the southern end of the Susquehanna Division Canal, where it met the Juniata Division Canal and the Eastern Division Canal at Duncan's Island. Boats had to cross from one side of the Susquehanna River to the other between either the Susquehanna Division or the Juniata Division on the west side and the Eastern Division on the east side. They solved the problem by building a dam 1,998 feet long and 8.5 feet high between the lower end of Duncan's Island and the east bank of the Susquehanna. This formed a pool across which boats could be pulled from a wooden, two-tier towpath bridge at Clark's Ferry. Two Duncan's Island lift locks raised or lowered the boats traveling between the dam pool and the other canals.
This cache is part of the Main Line Canal GeoTrail, a chance to experience the Pittsburgh-Harrisburg Main Line Canal Greenway through geocaching. The Greenway is a linked network of land and water trails, tracing the path of the historic Main Line Canal. These caches may be found in an outdoor recreation destination, a key heritage location or an environmental educational site- all ways the Greenway is making new connections between old neighbors.
You must find at least 4 geocaches in each of the Main Line Canal Greenway Clusters and record the codes found at each cache in the Logbook. Once you have completed the MLCG Logbook you can receive a MLCG trackable geocoin. Remember CITO can be practiced all year long and Leave No Trace.
For more information and where to turn in your Logbook (visit link)
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Wvzzl Snyyba'f ubhfr onaq
Treasures
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