This Virtual rewards cache is located on the ground of the McMichael Art Gallery. The grounds are open to the public, free of charge. There is onsite parking but there is a $7.00 parking fee. There is limited free parking on the street at the entrance to the Gallery. And if you are up for a bit of a hike you can park at Bindertwine Park, take the trail (see waypoints) and enter from the back of the grounds.
The McMichael Art Gallery is located on the original lands of the Ojibwe Anishinabe People. It is uniquely situated along the Carrying Place Trail which historically provided an integral connection for Aboriginal people between Ontario’s Lakeshore and the Lake Simcoe-Georgian Bay Region.
The McMichael Canadian Art Collection stands alone as the only public fine art gallery in the nation that focuses on Canadian art and the Indigenous art of our country. Through a network of outdoor paths and hiking trails through natural stands of maple, oak and pine, visitors can explore the Ivan Eyre Sculpture Garden, a series of installations and outdoor sculptures, the Tom Thomson shack, as well as the McMichael Cemetery where six Group of Seven members as well as gallery founders Robert and Signe McMichael have been laid to rest. To post a smiley. You will have to visit the various location on the Gallery ground (see Waypoints) and answer a few questions. You can do the tour in any order
The Grounds are open to the public from dawn to dusk
1. At the posted coordinates you are in the McMichael Cemetery, you will need to find out the following.
a. How many people are NOT members of the Group of Seven, buried in the Cemetery?
b. From the information on the memorial stones. What are the names of the non-members of the Group of Seven?
2. At Tom Thomson’s shack (see Waypoints)
a. How many panes of glass in the many windows in Tom Thomson’s shack?
3. At the Inuksuk (see Waypoints)
a. How many vertical stones make up the base of the Inuksuk?
4. In the Sculpture Garden (see Waypoints) You will find the only one Sculpture with a human and an animal.
a. What is the title of the sculpture? and;
b. What type of animal is it?
Not a requirement, but it would be nice to post a photo of you and your favorate sculpture (not with the ones that you need to answer questions 3 and 4)
Please email me or message me with your answers and get permission before you post your found it log.
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