The Winnipeg – Churchill train (formerly known as the Hudson Bay and prior to that Northern Spirits) is a semiweekly passenger train operated by Via Rail between Winnipeg and Churchill, Manitoba. It is the only dry land connection between Churchill and the rest of Canada.
The train, which runs through Manitoba and Saskatchewan, leaves Winnipeg in the evening on Tuesday and Sunday and arrives in Churchill early in the morning two days later. The train departs Churchill in the evening on Thursday and Saturday and arrives in Winnipeg early in the morning two days later. An additional service operates between The Pas (leaving Monday) and Churchill (leaving Tuesday).
The Cache is not at the posted coordinates.
In order to find the cache you will need to solve a simple puzzle.
The first train in Ontario ran between A and B on date (mmddyyyy) CDEFGHJK.
Now some simple math
For the North subtract (G) (F) (H) (E+K) / 1000 from the posted coords
For the West subtract (letter value of A) + (letter value of B*2) /1000 from the posted coords
You can check your answers for this puzzle on GeoChecker.com.
York Region Geocachers Club, in association with Kortright Centre for Conservation, hosts the annual YRGC Weekend Geofest each Spring to introduce the general public to our game along with social and interactive opportunities for veteran geocachers. Included in those opportunities we teamed up to present the Geofest Express where all geocache varieties are available for the finding.
We have expanded out of the park to bring you a series of caches from Bolton to the northern edge of Kortright and on surrounding trails. Based on Canadian railways and passenger trains, the Geofest Express geocaches are made up of both `Park and Grabs` and an additional hiking section. No tickets are required on this historic journey. Get on the track to Geofest! ALL ABOARD!
More information on the Geofest Express and YRGC Weekend Geofest found here.