Cache is not at the posted coordinates but is within walking distance of the downtown core.
MoneySense magazine’s annual list has Stratford ranked 7th best place to live in Canada and 3rd best place to retire. Some of the plaques and landmarks you will visit on this little tour of the downtown core will illustrate the diligence and perseverance it took to achieve that status.
All of the puzzles can be solved while walking through a 3 block area of the city of Stratford. Have a look at the pictures in the gallery. Each numbered image has a little puzzle to be solved which will give one number of the coordinates for the cache. The coordinate numbers you find are in order of the hints so there are no tricks there. You simply need to find all 15 spots and solve the puzzle.
Gladraggs, Haffbar and Fullthymers hope that you will have as much fun as we did as you look UP,down and all around our city.
You can check your answers for the puzzle at Geochecker.com using the link below.
Image # Puzzle to Solve
01 On this building is a series of paintings. How many letters are in the artist's first name?
02 There is a round plaque on the brick beside the front entrance to this building, what is the first digit in the number of years it took to rebuild the downtown “in brick”?
03 There are two different painted numbers above the door. What is the difference between these numbers?
04 On the building next door there are two address numbers at street level. What is the difference between the numbers?
05 Divide the number on the yellow door by 20
06 There is a rock near the corner in front of this building. The plaque dedicated to the Royal Oak shows the date of the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. What is the last digit in the year?
07 Across the street from this building is a plaque on a rock dedicated to the first schoolhouse built in Stratford. What is the last digit in the year the first schoolhouse was built?
08 What is the last digit of the year this business was established?
09 Add up the digits in the year this building was destroyed by fire and subtract 6.
10 Count the letters in the name of this building. What is the last digit?
11 Above the door the name of the establishment is printed in gold. Count the letters in the word printed in the largest font and subtract 1.
12 Beside this building on a stone is a plaque that talks about this building. How many letters are in the proprietor’s last name?
13 Above the Company name on the front of this building is a row of lights. Count how many lights there are and add 2.
14 On the stairway of this building is a plaque awarded to Stratford by Nations in Bloom. What is the first digit in the year?
15 What is the first digit in the address found in the stained glass of this building?
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