Celebrate Canada 150 at the Roof of Africa Event Cache
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Celebrate Canada 150 at the Roof of Africa
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Saturday, July 1, 2017
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Celebrate Canada Day with us on Mount Kilimanjaro and get your Canada Day Souvenir!
Celebrate Canada Day with us on Mount Kilimanjaro and get your Canada Day Souvenir!
Canada is celebrating 150 years of confederation on July 1st, 2017. Geocaching HQ has deemed that there will be a souvenir on that day, so what better thing to do than to celebrate all things Canadian, while on an exciting climb up Mount Kilimanjaro to the Roof of Africa!
What could be more exciting than celebrating Canada’s 150th in this most excellent place? The event will take place just after sunrise on July 1st between 6:00am and 8:00am on July 1st, 2017. The location is chosen because all routes up the mountain meet here and most hikers reach the summit early in the morning in time for sunrise. When logging your “Will Attend” please note the route you will be following as well as your approximate time of arrival at the summit and the name of the guide group. In keeping with the Guidelines of Event caching there will be no logbook to sign but a chat and an exchange of caching stories is mandatory.
Some interesting facts you may not know about Canada;
Canada is the second largest country in the world.
Canada has the longest coastline in the world at 202,080 km.
Canada has 10 provinces and three territories and has 6 time zones.
Canada has the longest highway in the world, the Trans-Canada Highway, which is over 7,604 kilometres (4,725 miles) in length.
Canada has over 45 National Parks, many of which support geocaching! In honor of Canada 150, admission to all parks is free in 2017!
Banff National Park, located in the Province of Alberta, is the oldest national park in Canada, established in 1885.
Canada is home to 167 national historic sites, four marine conservation areas and 15 world Heritage sites.
Canada has over 230,000 active geocaches. That’s a lot of adventure!
The oldest cache in Canada was placed less than a month after geocaching began. GCBBA is in beautiful Nova Scotia and has over 500 Favorite points!
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.
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