The 10 Mysteries of Sir John A MacDonald in Lennox and Addington.
This series of mystery caches will have you visiting Key Sir John locations in L&A County
Each Cache involves an onsite puzzle at the historical location.
Each puzzle answer leads you to the final location.
We hope you have fun with each location, and possible learn a little L&A History
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POLITICAL PICNICS
Fairfield-Gutzeit House
In June 1880, Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald and Sir Leonard Tilley,
Minister of Finance, were guests of honour at Reverend McWilliams’ picnic held at St. Linus Church in Bath.
Organized by Reverend McWilliams to “quietly work up Lennox for the next election”,
the picnic drew five hundred people who enjoyed brass and string musical entertainment and dinner in the pavilion.
It was at this picnic that Sir John A.
announced negotiations with a private syndicate to fund and construct the remainder of the western stretch of the national railway.
THE PUZZLE
The final location will be at
N 44° 10.9AB W 076° 46.CC9
To find A&B count the number of green shutters on the upper floor of the Discovery Centre
take that number and double it
now add 17
this will give you AB
To find C, find the blue oval plaque on the Gutzeit house
C will equal the number of times the word HERITAGE appears on this plaque in english.
Now off you go to the final.
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OPTIONAL GAME
This Geocache is part of the Sir John's L&A Geocaching Tour
Look for a "CODE" word at each cache final.
Don't forget to get your Game piece to fill out, for a chance at a cool prize.
Game pieces will be handed out at the DLA2015 MEGA
or head on over to
www.LandAgeocaching.com
for other game piece locations.