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NL Who's Who #16 Mystery Cache

Hidden : 6/27/2012
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 #16 is dedicated to Gordon Pinsent.

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 = Gordon Pinsent was born in 19_ _. Add 7 to this number.
C = He received a star on Canada's Walk of Fame in 200_. Add 2 to this number.
DE = He received an Honorary Doctorate from Queen's University in 19_ _. Subtract 82 from this number.

V = The Arts and Culture Center in Grand Falls was renamed after Gordon Pinsent in 200_ in honor of his 75th birthday.
W = Gordon Pinsent provided the voice for Babar, the cartoon series premiered in 19_9.
XY = He was name an Office of the Order of Canada in 19_ _.
Z = He was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 201_.

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 ynetr gerr/syngebpx

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)