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E11 - Neil McLeod : Famous P.E. Islanders Mystery Cache

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Olewaif: This series being replaced by a new group of caches nearby. Many thanks to all who visited this group and for the many kind remarks both on logs and in person that I received.

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Hidden : 12/5/2017
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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camoed pill bottle  5' up as large evergreen

 

Neil McLeod (December 15, 1XXX – October 19, 1915) was a Prince Edward Island lawyer, judge and politician, the fifth Premier. He was born at Uigg on the island to Roderick McLeod and Flora McDonald, Scottish immigrants. He was educated in Uigg and in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, articled in law at Charlottetownand was called to the bar in 1873. McLeod entered politics in 1879 winning aseat in the provincial legislature as a Conservative. He was re-elected in 1882 and became secretary-treasurer and then minister without portfolio in the government of William Wilfred Sullivan. In 1YYY, Sullivan resigned to becomeChief Justice of the province's Supreme Court and McLeod became party leader and Premier. His government was defeated after a series of by-electionlosses led to it losing a Motion of No Confidence in 1891. McLeod retired from politics and was appointed a county court judge in 1893. He died atSummerside.

 

For each cache in this series access biography of the famous PEI person from the provided URL and discover the XXX and YYY  numbers in the biography.. Apply those to formula to get actual coords of cache

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_McLeod_(politician)

 

N 46 24.(XXX - 681) W 062 50.(YYY - 787)

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)