| Six Hundred FortyFifth in the Famous People (FP) Series - Gordon Lightfoot |
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Gordon Meredith Lightfoot, Jr.(born November 17, 1938) was born in Orillia, Ontario. His first public tune was “Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral (An Irish Lullaby)” in Grade Four, which was broadcast over his school's public address system on a parents' day event.
Lightfoot moved to California in 1958 where he studied jazz composition and orchestration for two years. By the mid 60s he began to develop a reputation as a songwriter. Established recording artists such as Marty Robbins ("Ribbon of Darkness"), Leroy Van Dyke ("I'm Not Saying"), Judy Collins ("Early Morning Rain"), Richie Havens ("I Can't Make It Anymore"), and The Kingston Trio ("Early Morning Rain"), all achieved chart success with Gordon Lightfoot's material.
Lightfoot was signed to Warner Bros./Reprise in 1970 and had a major hit in the United States with his recording of "If You Could Read My Mind".
In 1976, Lightfoot had a hit song about a shipwreck on Lake Superior of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald which sank during a severe storm with the loss of all 29 crew members. Most of the lyrics of "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" were based on the facts contained in a Newsweek article.
Inside the Land of Memory Cemetery just outside Palestine, there stands 3 stones just about 10' high around a circular center.
- Find the center of the circle
- Stand directly in the middle of the stones
- Let your GPSr settle in to as good an accuracy as possible (~3 min. to at least 9' or less)
- Project a waypoint at a Distance of 2,142' at a Bearing of 182.5°
Realizing there exists a small margin of error that increases proportionately over distance, you should still be able to project yourself to a singularly obvious location. Look for a small 2oz. spice bottle.
FP cemetery caches are always placed with regards to the location, so please be mindful of your presence here, watch where you step and be respectful of the residents interred here. Please carefully re-hide the container better to maintain the integrity of the cache.
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GPSr Accuracy 9.9' @ Final |
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Avoid the use of acronym only logs and cut 'n paste logs. You must sign the log to claim the find. No exceptions, no excuses. Blank logs may be deleted without notice.