Southend Community Center Cape Breton History, Cultural and Heritage Geocaching Festival

The Cape Breton Coal Heritage GeoTrail is a geocaching trail consisting of fourteen caches within the Cape Breton Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia. The caches are located at sites of historic, cultural, or natural significance that highlight unique aspects of Cape Breton history. Along the GeoTrail, geocachers will travel two scenic byways: the Colliery Route, and the Marconi Trail. The South End Community Centre has also partnered with the Miner’s Museum to place one cache near the Miner’s Museum. In each cache, geocachers find clues that help them complete a puzzle in the official Cape Breton Coal Heritage GeoTrail brochure. Geocachers who complete the entire GeoTrail and solve the puzzle will receive a commemorative South End Community Centre Heritage GeoTrail Coin! 

Agenda

• 9:00 AM -Gathering –Southend Community Center 
                       Opening Remarks /Event Outline
  
• 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM   - Workshop 
  “Introduction to GEO Caching” 
  What geocaching is all about?
  1. Types of Geocaches
  2. Finding Geocaches
  3.  Hiding Geocaches
  4. Tractable items
  5. Safety
• 1:30 PM- 3:00PM - Workshop 
  “How to get the most use of the Geocaching Swiss Army Knife
  Data base Program”
  1. Intro to GSAK
  2. Using Pocket queries
  3. Managing  your Geocaching waypoint database
  4. Sending waypoints to a GPS receiver
  5. Using a Macro to help
  6. Other options
• 4:00 PM - Award / Prize Presentation and Barbeque

Please visit the Southend Community Center Cape Breton History, Cultural and Heritage Geocaching Festival Website  (link)

to register   for this event,. By registering we will know how much great food to prepare for you!