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Canada Day 2017 ~ Picnic Meet & Greet Event Cache

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Hidden : Saturday, July 1, 2017
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Saturday, July 1st is Canada Day 2017

Canada Day (French: Fête du Canada) is the national day of Canada. A federal statutory holiday, it celebrates the anniversary of the July 1, 1867, enactment of the Constitution Act,1867 (then called the British North America Act, 1867), which united the three separate colonies of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick into a single Dominion within the British Empire called Canada. Originally called Dominion Day (French: Le Jour de la Confédération), the holiday was renamed in 1982, the year the Canada Act was passed. Canada Day celebrations take place throughout the country, as well as in various locations around the world, attended by Canadians living abroad. Source~Wikipedia

Come out & CELEBRATE Canada Day with us!

As part of the celebration you can earn the Canada Day 2017 souvenir for attending an event!!!

 

Bring the whole family, a picnic basket, a blanket, and sit back and enjoy this beautiful hidden gem in downtown Raleigh, NC

 

Place: Dorothea Dix Park

Event Coordinates: N 35° 46.107 W 078° 39.115

Parking Coordinates:  N 35° 46.066 W 078° 39.132

Date: Saturday, July 1, 2017

Time: 12:00PM -1:00PM

 

What to Bring/Recommended

Bring a chair or a blanket to sit on.

Camera/or phone

Trackables/Things to trade

GPS, did I mention there were some caches nearby?

Feel free to bring your own Canadian inspired picnic basket.

Recommended: poutine, ketchup chips, butter tarts, BeaverTails, Nanaimo bars, and anything maple-bacon.

 

Please Note: There are no bathrooms in the park and no drinkable water, so please come prepared to only have portajohns available.

Hope you are able to join us! smiley

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