Toronto's Oldest Graveyards Multi-Cache

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Hidden : 12/4/2010
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This multi will take you to see the two oldest surviving burial sites in the city of Toronto.

The oldest cemetery in Toronto is not the Necropolis, as the history books would suggest. The military burial ground at Victoria Square was the first cemetery in what is now Toronto. It was a short walk from Fort York. Governor Simcoe had the burial ground created during his tenure, and the first person to be buried there was his daughter Katherine. The graveyard was used during the war of 1812 and after, until it filled up and another area had to be commissioned.

A second graveyard was created in 1863, in the area that today is the CNE, but the ground there turned out to be too boggy, so a third site had to be chosen just a year later near what is now Strachan Avenue. As the city grew and the fort diminished in importance, these graveyards fell into disrepair. Although over 400 people are buried at Victoria Square and more than 200 on Strachan Avenue, only a few headstones remain at each site. Both the Victoria Square and the Strachan Avenue graveyards have been restored, but they still have a forgotten and peaceful feeling in the midst of the chaos of the city.

You can read a lot about the history of Victoria Square and see old photos of the site from 1885 and 1923 at (visit link)

To solve this multi:
1) Go to the posted coordinates. Read the plaque about the graveyard.

2) Find the year the land was set aside for the Victoria Square graveyard.

3) Walk 25m south to the gravestones.

4) Find the year Charlotte died.

5) Add the answer from 2) to 43° 36.493 (ignore decimal points)

5) Add the answer from 4) to 79° 22.787 (ignore decimal points)

3) Once you have the new coordinates, head over to the other graveyard. It is most easily approached from Strachan Avenue, but you'll have to go down some steep stairs to the site. The site is barrier-free from Fort York Boulevard and Garrison Avenue.

A fancy, lucky pen for geocaching for the FTF.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Abg "6 srrg haqre" ohg fgvyy qbja qrrc.

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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