MMS.24 - Old Presque Isle Lighthouse Mystery Cache

This cache has been archived.

Goldfinch: This series has been a lot of fun for me and many others. But now it is time for this Geo-Art to be retired. The area is nor open for something new. Looking forward to seeing what someone will use this area for in the furture. Thanks goes out to everyone that found the caches.
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Hidden : 4/16/2015
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

"MMS"
Michigan Map Series

The above coordinates are FALSE.

This cache is part of a series of caches. Please read about the series in GC5DBXQ - "Geo-Art Michigan". All information and updates to this series will be listed in the above cache.

To find the TRUE coords. determine if the statement is TRUE or FALSE.

Old Presque Isle Lighthouse
Presque Isle Harbor is one of Lake Huron's safest harbors of refuge. Its name comes from the peninsula which, translating from the French, is "almost an Island." Indians and Frenchmen portaged across the peninsula to avoid several miles of open lake. When vessels came to the harbor in increasing numbers, Congress in 1838 appropriated $5,000 for a lighthouse. Jeremiah Moors of Detroit in 1840 completed this lighthouse, which today is one of the oldest surviving lighthouses on the Great Lakes. Pat Garrity, the last keeper of this lighthouse, was appointed by President Lincoln. Four of Garrity's children, raised in the keeper's house, became lighthouse keepers. In 1870, a new lighthouse to the north was completed along with two range lights for the entrance to the harbor.
(Michigan Historical Marker L0039 at N 45° 20.888 W 83° 29.034)
True : N 44° 41.216 W 85° 17.967

False: N 44° 40.920 W 85° 17.030

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Jnf-Ubyr-l Pbj nabgure Qrnq Gerr Abj-Ba gbc bs yrnavat/snyyvat gerr, Nobir jung jnf gur qrnq gerr

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)


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