Sanilac County - Letters From Home Letterbox Hybrid
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Sanilac County - Letters From Home
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Parking for the caches in the Letters From Home series can be found at N43 02.850 W85 48.512 (Marne), N43 07.578 W85 52.886 (Conklin), and N43 11.031 W85 56.816 (Ravenna).
| Cache is not located at the coordinates listed above. See below for further details |
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| LETTERS FROM HOME |
SANILIC COUNTY |
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| Sanilac County is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the population was 43,114. The county seat is Sandusky. The county, which is part of the Thumb region, was created on September 10, 1822, and was fully organized in 1848. |
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Sanilac County was probably named for a Wyandote (Huron) chief named Sanilac.
In the middle of the 19th century, the area now called Port Sanilac was called Bark Shanty. It was named for a lone shanty made of bark, which was used to make shingles from pine. The Algonquin word "zngwak" means pine. Sanilac County was named for Chief Sanilac, who was Wyandotte. The county seat of Sanilac is the city of Sandusky. |
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To find the geocache, you must follow these instructions:
1. Read through the county description above. let A = the number of letters in the county name. Let B = the number of letters in the Algonquin word. let C = the sum of the first two digits in the population. let D = the sum of the last two digits in the population.
2. Travel ABCD feet on an azimuth of 235 degrees true north.
3. You will find what you are seeking nestled among a group of young ones. |
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In each geocache container you will find a stamp. Use this stamp to complete your Map of MI (related webpage above)
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| Remember to bring your own ink pad. No ink pads will be placed in any of the geocache containers in this series. |
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| For more on Sanilac County visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanilac_County,_Michigan |
For those that might not have tools to project waypoints geolifeline.com may be of some use to you.
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| There are 83 caches in this series. That is a lot to maintain so feel free to help by bringing along a spare bag and maybe a towel to dry out anything that gets moisture in it. Please keep the containers hidden from muggles. Thanks for playing. |
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(Decrypt)
arfgyrq nzbat n tebhc bs lbhat barf
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