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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THE MACDONALD HOMESTEAD
Haybay
John A. Macdonald came from Scotland to Kingston as a child. His mother’s connection to Lt. Col. Donald Macpherson
meant that the Macdonalds moved easily into Kingston society. Hugh set up a store employing Donald’s son, Evan. In 1824,
Hugh Macdonald moved his store to Hay Bay, west of the Methodist meeting house. The family lived here until 1829
when Hugh rented the Stone Mills at Glenora. By then, John A. was attending school in Kingston.
He visited his family at the Stone Mills, likely travelling by stage. One Christmas he brought “choice spirits” for a party.
THE PUZZLE
The final location will be at
N 44° 06.ABC W 077° 01.DEF
At the posted coordinates will be a Monument surrounded by a black iron fence.
Count the number of pointed spikes on the entire fence
These ones
You should end up with a 3 digit number if you counted correctly.
To get ABC simply take 113 from that number
To get DEF take 134 from that number
DID YOU COUNT CORRECTLY?
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.