Canada's 150th Birthday Mystery Cache

*** CACHE IS NOT AT THE POSTED COORDINATES,
BUT IS WITHIN 2 KM ***
1867 - 2017

Happy 150th Birthday Canada July 1st, 2017!

There are 13 points to represent the provinces and territories. The 4 in the middle (same colour) represent the original provinces: Upper Canada (Ontario), Lower Canada (Quebec), Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

About Canada
The origin of the name "Canada" ~
Canada was named through a misunderstanding. When Jaques Cartier met with local Natives who invited them to their ‘kanata’ (the word for ‘village’). The party mistakenly thought the name of the country was “Kanata” or Canada.

National Anthem: O' Canada ~
O' Canada was originally written in French by Quebec born composer Calixa Lavallée in 1880. O' Canada has been widely accepted as Canada's national anthem since 1939 but it did not receive official recognition until July 1st, 1980.

Canada’s Motto ~
The motto of the Dominion of Canada is in Latin “A Mari Usque Ad Mare”
- which officially translates into "From Sea to Sea"

Interesting Facts
* 31% of Canada is taken up by Forests.
* 20% of the world's fresh water is in Canada.
* Canada spans 9,984,670 sq km and comprises 6 time zones.
* Canada is home to the longest street in the world. Yonge Street       in Ontario starts at Lake Ontario, and runs north through Ontario to       the Minnesota border, a distance of almost 2,000 km.
* Canada has the longest coastline of any country in the world         at 243,977 kilometers – 151,600 miles.
* Canada is home to approximately 55,000 different species of insects.
* More than a mile under Sudbury, Ontario is the world's         deepest underground lab, SNOLAB
* Canada produces 1.5% of the world's food but only consumes 0.16%
* Canada has twice been invaded by the USA, first in 1775 and again         in 1812.
* Canada's flag became official on February 15, 1965, almost 100 years after it became a country in 1867. Canada has used approximately 13 different flag designs since 1497 before the Maple Leaf.

While here in Ontario
* The Horseshoe Falls (also referred to as the Canadian Falls) is one of three waterfalls that make up the Niagara Falls. Located in Niagara Falls, Ontario, the Horseshoe Falls is the largest of the three falls at 174 feet high. Over the years there have been a small handful of daredevils who have attempted to go down the falls in a barrel. The first person to be documented as successfully attempting it was Annie Taylor in 1901.

* Located in Toronto, Ontario, the CN Tower was built in 1976 and at the time it was the tallest tower and the tallest freestanding structure, which it remained right up to 2010. At 1,815.4 ft it is still impressively tall. It also has a 1,122.0 ft glass floor where people can look straight down which can potentially make for a freaky experience.

* Every winter a section of Ottawa, Ontario's Rideau Canal is transformed into the world's biggest skating rink. The ice surface is the equivalent to 90 Olympic size hockey rinks.
       

This cache has been placed by a Mid Western Ontario Geocacher!

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N4J° 0A.DFE     W08H° 0B.G0C

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