Work at the Trestle Multi-Cache

To get the coordinates of this geocache, visit the posted coordinates and answer a few easy questions.  The geocache is less than 200m from there. The questions for the coordinates are easy. The cache might be a bit trickier.

At the posted coordinates you will find a statue of T. T. Vernon Smith, who served as Chief Engineer during the 1860s, in the construction of the railway that went past this park and served the Annapolis Valley.

The geocache is hidden at N 45° 05.AAB W 064° 21.CDE.

To get A, B, C, D and E, look at the statue and answer these questions:

• What was the name of the original railway running past this site?
  • If "Dominion Atlantic Railway", then A=1
  • If "Canadian Pacific Railway", then A=4
  • If "Windsor and Annapolis Railway", then A=5
• Where were most of the "rolling stock" (railway cars) for the original railway built?
  • If "Kentville, Wolfville and Windsor", then B=0
  • If "Halifax", then B=6
  • If "Montreal", then B=7
  • If "New Glasgow", then B=9
• In October, 1869, a massive storm combined with lunar and solar cycle to make a tide that breached the dykes.  The storm surge was named after the person who predicted it.  What was the storm called?
  • If "The Saxby Gale", then C=6
  • If "The Smith Storm", then C=2
  • If "The Eaves Tide", then C=3
• What is the name of the artist who made this sculpture?
  • If "Allen Eaves", then D=1
  • If "Thomas Smith", then D=2
  • If "Ruth Abernethy" then D=4
• Locate the part of the map in the sculpture that says "You are here". Is this the actual location where you're standing?
  • If yes, E=1
  • if No, E=0

The final cache is a bit hard to find, and will be quite difficult if there's more than a few inches of snow on the ground.  Although not part of the clues, completing this following phrase may provide an additional hint to find the location: "Thomas Timmis Vernon Smith, born August 6, 1824, was from one of the oldest families in England __________ to the iron and steel trades. "

As a field check of the coordinates, A+B+C+D+E=15.

You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.

Below is a checker you can use to check the A, B, C, D, and E parts of your answer. To check all 5 digits, enter them as 5 characters (for example 12345). To check a single digit, enter as "letter"="number", for example A=2. If your guess is correct, the checker will say that (in this case) "2 is correct for A".

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