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NL Who's Who #14 Mystery Cache

Hidden : 6/26/2012
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

NL Who's Who is a series of seventeen caches dedicated to famous/important people from Newfoundland and Labrador. Each of the caches will require you to do a little bit of research on a particular person or group of individuals in order to obtain the final coordinates for that particular cache. The caches are all relatively easy finds and are all located on Bell Island.

NL Who's Who #14 is dedicated to Christoper Pratt.

The coordinates listed above are false, go there and you will find nothing but the Atlantic Ocean.

The final coordinates for this cache are as follows:

N 47 AB.CDE W 052 VW.XYZ

Where:

AB = Christopher Pratt was born on December 9, 19_ _. Add 2 to this number.
CD = He designed the Provincial Flag which was adopted in 19_ _. Subtract 8 from this number
E = He received the Order of Canada (Officer) in 19_3.

VW = Christopher Pratt becames curator at Memorial University's Art Gallery in 19_ _. Subtract 2 from this number.
X = He became a member of the Canadian Society of Graphic Artists in 196_.
YZ = He was name to the Federal Government's Stamp Deisgn Advisory Committee in 19_ _.

The container is a Medium Lock n Lock and should not be hard to located once in the correct area.

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Onfr bs rireterra

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)