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Faded Markers: Homer Burial Ground Multi-Cache

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Hidden : 1/20/2017
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

ABSOLOUTELY NO NIGHT CACHING

Please refrain from using Dorr Rd. as it is a private road. There is plenty of safe parking on the shoulder of Queenston St. in front of the cemetery. As always, please replace cache exactly as found.


This is a two-stage multi located at the Homer Burial Ground, one of the only remnants of the forgotten Village of Homer.

The village of Homer was originally referred to as The Upper Ten, named as such for its location along Ten Mile Creek. In 1848 a Post Office was erected and it is believed that after this time the settlement came to be known as Homer.

Early in its life, the settlement had a church and a cemetery, erected by William Read an Empire Loyalist and a band of British subjects. The earliest services were held by the Reverend Robt Addison. There are few records of this church, but it is believed to have been crudely constructed as there were no wood mills yet present in the area. The cemetery where this cache is located is the resting place of many of the original settlers of Homer.

With the construction of the fourth Welland Canal in 1926, the Village of Homer was cut in half and Ten Mile Creek disappeared. In addition to this, the construction of the garden city skyway made sure that the fate of the village would be sealed.

The posted co-ordinates will lead you to a cairn at the front of the cemetery, use the plaque on the cairn to obtain the co-ordinates of the final.

Obtaining Stage Two's Co-ordinates:

43 09.A2B

79 11.4CD 

A) Third number in the year the first Anglican Church was erected in Nassau.

B) Third number in the year the cairn was erected.

C) Fourth number in the year god's acre was deeded to the Homer Episcopal Congregation.

D) Second number in the year the church was deeded to the Homer Episcopal Congregation.

Congrats to DCBRJ and NFJK on being First to Find!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ab arrq gb bireghea ybtf, ebpxf, rgp. be qvt hc gur tebhaq. Pbagnvare vf n oevtug benatr hapnzzbrq ovfba ghor.

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)