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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EARLY SCHOOL DAYS & OLD FRIENDS
Adolphustown
In 1824, Hugh Macdonald moved his family to Hay Bay where he opened a shop in his red painted house just west
of the Methodist Meeting House.
He was also the agent for The Kingston Chronicle in the Hay Bay area.
From here, young John A., along with his sisters, Margaret and Louise, walked to a small log school taught by
Mr. Hughes in nearby Adolphustown village. They joined other young scholars from the Allen, Hagerman, Dorland, Trumpour and Ruttan families.
Contemporaries later remembered John A. as “nicely dressed and rather superior in ability.”
On Sundays, the Macdonald family also attended St. Paul’s Church in the village.
When Reverend McWilliams organized a political picnic in Bath in 1882,
Sir John A. Macdonald insisted that his rival David Wright Allison be present “since he and Allison were old friends”.
On June 20, 1882 Macdonald was elected in Lennox, defeating Allison, a successful Adolphustown farmer and lumberman, by 201 votes.
This victory was challenged under the Controverted Elections Act, and Macdonald was unseated.
Allison served as a Member of Parliament for Lennox from 1883-1891.
The museum on the grounds is the former home of David Wright Allison. Sir John A. ran in Carleton and won that seat.
THE PUZZLE
The final location will be at
N 44° 03.8AB W 077° 00.C5D
At the posted coordinates will be a telephone pole
Add each of the large digits by the red dot, now add 89 to that number.
This will equal AB
Now just using the top row of numbers the Middle number will equal C
and the left number will equal D
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.