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This cache has been placed to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the battle for hill 70. This battle was the first time during WW I that Canadians fought under Canadian command. They won, earned 6 Victoria Crosses at the cost of 6000 young Canadians killed and wounded.
The grid reference takes you to the steps of a memorial to Hill 70 in a beautiful park . The original memorial was dedicated 06 Nov 1925.
The current memorial is the end result of a farm family from the area taking a trip to France and seeing how they maintained their memorials took one look at the old memorial (beaten up by time and neglect) and Euniice told Don “This is a disgrace!” and must be fixed. Thanks to lot of hard work Don and the Lions Club created the current Memorial which was re dedicated 16 Sep 2012.
By reading the stores on the two marble tablets in front of the memorial you will be able to answer some simple questions to determine the final grid reference
After 100 years, Thanks to the members of the Prince of Wales armory, Kingston, ON there is now a Canadian Memorial to the Battle of Hill 70 near Lens, France. So now there are two.
Final Grid reference: n45 01.8”A” W075 29.8 “B” “C”
Questions for completing final Grid reference
1: How many times does Hill 70” appear on the English side if the tablet ___
2: How much did you have to donate to get a vote? ___
3: How many years was it from the first dedication to the second dedication? ___
4: How many men went over the top August 15, 1917? ___
5: To the nearest thousands, how many men were killed and wounded on Hill 70 __
6 How many Canadians won Victoria Crosses (Vcs) during the battle ? ___
Solutions: A = current northern min (1.930) minus #3 . B = #6 and C = (#4)/1000
Now take a walk through a beautiful stand of old trees. On a rainy days it may be a bit like trudging through Flanders Fields,;
The shortest route MAY NOT be the easiest route
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