Welcome to the GeoVenture 2017 Canada 150 series of caches. Geoventure is an annual GeoCaching family weekend** hosted by the Manitoba Geocaching Association. The first year listed was in 2007, held in Birds Hill Park, with the challenge, a hold your GPS, bush crashing, swamp crossing adventure, created by mtolympus.
Some of the geocaches in this series ‘may’ be near poison ivy. In the spring, ticks are also a possibility. Some of the roads used may be difficult to drive in the winter, during spring melt or after heavy rains. Please take the usual precautions.
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Bienvenue à la série de géocaches célébrant Canada 150 à GeoVenture 2017. GeoVenture est un événement annuel; une fin de semaine** de géocaching pour toute la famille animée par la Manitoba Geocaching Association. La première année de l’événement fut 2007 au Parc Birds Hill. Le défi de géocaches original, un aventure de randonnée à travers la brousse et le marais, fut créé par mtolympus.
Il se peut que certaines géocaches de cette série soient placées à proximité de l’herbe à puces. De plus, des tiques sont possiblement présentes dans le printemps. Quelques-une des rues seront difficiles à naviguer durant l’hiver, la fonte printanière, ou après des fortes pluies. Veuillez prendre les précautions nécessaires.
Newfoundland and Labrador
12th Province of Canada
Confederation: March 31, 1949
Capital: St. John’s
Land Area: 373,872 km2
Population (2016): 519,716
Provincial Flower: Pitcher plant
Provincial Tree: Black spruce
Provincial Bird: Atlantic puffin
Geocaching Statisitcs (August 2017)
Number of Geocaches: 7,249
Rank: 10
Most hides: Wells Weebles (261)
Most Finds: HannahMar (8,620)
Oldest Geocache: GCE1C, The Lookout: first ever cache in Newfoundland (June 30, 2001)
To find this cache, you'll need to solve the following.
N50° 3F.GHI WAB° 06.CDE
What year did John Cabot arrive in Newfoundland to claim it as a British Colony? 14__ (AB)
What year did the Labrador Act give Labrador to Newfoundland? 1_ _ _ plus 41. (CDE)
Year Newfoundland joined confederation, minus 3. 19_ _ (FG)
L'Anse aux Meadows, an archeological site on the northernmost tip of Newfoundland is the most famous site of a Norse or Viking settlement in North America. What year was it discovered? 19_ _ (HI) plus 4