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EPIC Auchterlonie Centre Mystery Cache

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BIRDSEECER: A few of the waypoints are no longer in play. Will replace this hide with a new one that has working waypoints as part of the Pender Alphabet series.

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Hidden : 11/14/2015
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:

EPIC = Exploring Pender Island Caching

The Auchterlonie Centre is a community space named for James Auchterlonie who arrived on Pender in 1884 to become the first postmaster of North Pender Island, as well as a Justice of the Peace, and one of the first trustees of the local cemetery. 


Today, the centre is home to the Nu-To-Yu Thrift Store, the Epicenter for youth and the Pender Island Public Library. This plot of land was given by the Crown to the Pender Island Recreation and Agricultural Hall Association (PIRAHA) in 1983 when the new school was built and the students were relocated to their current home near the medical centre.

The posted coordinates should bring you to the centre’s parking lot. This is NOT the location of the cache, but a good place to begin to collect the information you need to find the cache INSIDE one of the many structures in the area.

The cache has been hidden with the permission of the building manager and may be accessed on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays or Saturdays between 10 am. and 4 pm.

In order to figure out exactly where the cache may be discovered, locate each waypoint below, OUTSIDE the buildings, to discover the numbers or letters that may be substituted for A-G:                                

           A B C . D E F G

A = Bench at N48 47.918 W123 16.927: Dedicated 200?

B= Sign at N48 47.890 W123 16.913: Est. in 198?

C= Pole at N48 47.919 W123 16.912: 2nd to last number carved in.

D = Go to N48 47.891 W123 16.925: Month Lizzie was donated.

E = Pole at N48 47.915 W123 16.953: Norton’s initial.

F = Box at N48 47.929 W123 16.928: 3 words in a row begin with this letter.

G = Bench at N48 47.906 W123 16.939: Last letter. 

 

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Nqhyg AS

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)