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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CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS
Old Paisley Hotel site, Napanee
The Paisley hotel, a late 19th century brick structure which faced the Market Square stood on this site until 2006. In 1882,
Sir John A. Macdonald ran as a candidate in Lennox. In the early midnight hours of June 13th, Sir John and Lady Macdonald arrived by train at the Grand Trunk Station.
They were escorted by private carriage and the Cornet Band to the Paisley Hotel
where they stayed during their week long campaign in Lennox preceding the election. On the day of the election, June 20th, Macdonald waited at the hotel until his victory was certain.
THE PUZZLE
The final location will be at
N 44° 14.9AB W 076° 56.CD7
At the posted coordinates will be standing on an empty lot
Yea, not really exciting is it?
But this used to be the location of the Paisley Hotel.
Hard to build a puzzle from an empty lot, but here goes.
A= The number of steeples on the red roofed building.
B= The maximum number of allowed parking hours +3, found on the Wallaces Sign.
CD= The number of Dormers on the red roofed building x 48
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.