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MMS.73 - Poverty Island Lighthouse Mystery Cache

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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 : 4/17/2015
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.

Poverty Island Lighthouse
The Poverty Island Light is a light house located on Poverty Island in northwestern Lake Michigan, 5.8 miles south of Garden Peninsula. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005 as the Poverty Island Light Station. The Poverty Island Light was designed to be a near duplicate of the Sturgeon Point Light. The tower is 70 feet high, with the light installed in a cast iron lantern at 65 feet above the ground. A wood frame and brick keeper's quarters is attached.

True : N 044° 41.221 W 085° 18.189

False: N 44° 41.320 W 85° 18.560

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)