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Station de Feu No. 3/Fire Station No. 3 Multi-Cache

Hidden : 9/1/2012
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:

This cache is NOT at the posted coordinates. The posted coordinates are close to the old Fire Station No. 3 and you will have to collect some information there in order to find the cache. The old Fire Station is now privately owned and has been renovated, but it is still recognizable as an old fire station.


This building has considerable historical significance as Hull's history is littered with many devastating fires, in particular, the Hull-Ottawa fire on April 26, 1900. Construction of this building began in 1911 and was completed in 1912. It was used as a fire station from May 6, 1912 until it was sold on March 9, 1963. Since then, it has been owned by a number of people including a Portuguese priest who used it as a centre for young people. More recently, it has been renovated into offices and now appears to have been converted to lofts.

To see the Fire Station transition from old to new, click here.

In order to find the cache, you must go to the posted coordinates where you will find a sequence of 5 letters and numbers. It is not the series of letters and numbers on the fire station. Take the sum of this alphanumeric sequence by replacing the letters by their corresponding number. Call this sum S. The cache is at a distance of (4 x S + 9) m at a bearing of (S + 30) degrees true north from the posted coordinates. The cache is a nano.

For more about the Fire Station, click here for the English version and here for the French version.

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