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The Cathedral of Aero Camp Traditional Cache

Hidden : 11/7/2013
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
4 out of 5

Size: Size:   not chosen (not chosen)

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Geocache Description:

This Geocache is located at Aero Camp, which is a logging camp from the 1940's, now abandonned. 


Aero Camp gets its name from the fact that the wood harvested from this camp was mainly used to build planes, including the famous "Mosquito". This particular bomber plane model also gave its name to "Mosquito Lake" just north of Moresby Camp. Here is an exerpt of Wikipedia about the camp: "Aero or Aero Camp was a logging camp and associated post office on Moresby Island in Haida Gwaii off the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada. Logging had ceased by 1965 but a watchman remained on site and the wharf remained in use by fishing vessels."

One particularity about Aero camp is that a railway was used to bring the wood to the dump site. The machines used were steam powered, and huge quantities of wood and water were necessary to keep everything working.
There are a lot of remains from the logging days at the site. One can find cars, machinery, wooden structures, even bed frames, in the forest and on the shore. 
The cache is inside one of those remains. It will be VERY obvious where the cache is located once you get in front of that particular structure. The cache is INSIDE, and there is a small opening to get in. Once inside, you might want to try singing, your voice will sound wonderful, no matter how good or bad a singer you are. In the 70's, so I ve heard, a group of singers was gathering there on a regular basis for some "in the woods" concerts.
To get to this site, it is possible to walk from Moresby Camp, following a logging road and then the shore. The easiest would be to arrive by water though. The site is easy to spot from the water as there are remains of wharfs and docks in front of it.
Note that there is a smaller logging site before Aero Camp, with also some dock remains. You can land at Aero Camp about 70 meters from the cache site. 

For this cache, you might want to bring a lamp with you...

It is a small cache, so small items only, and a pen will be handy to log in. 

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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)