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The Morris Canal #2 Mystery Cache

Hidden : 3/27/2018
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


The posted coordinates will take you to an informational sign about the Morris Canal.  Once there, you'll have to answer a few simple questions to get the coords to the final location of the cache.

The cache is not at the posted coordinates.  It can be found a N40 42.ABC W074 04.DEF.

A - Early __________ settlers farmed the high ground and gathered shellfish along the tidal flats.

  • European - 7
  • Irish - 5
  • Dutch - 6

B - In the __________, engineers built the Morris Canal through the marsh land along the edge of Bergen Hill to reach its new terminus at Jersey City.

  • 1820's - 5
  • 1830's - 7
  • 1810's - 9

C - In the historic photo from the 1920's, what's seen on the right?

  • Train yards and factories - 0
  • Housing for immigrant workers - 3
  • Smoke stacks - 1

D - In the 1830's the Morris Canal was extended from the Passaic River to its new basin on the Hudson River through the __________ property.

  • Garfield Avenue Park - 3
  • Berry Lane Park - 0
  • Communipaw Family - 2

E - In _________ the Newark & New York Railroad was bult along the southern boundary of the park, where the Nerw Jersey Transit line still runs today.

  • 1843 - 8
  • 1870 - 9
  • 1869 - 7

F - Griffing used coal and iron delivered by the canal and railroad to make their famous cast-iron "_________________".

  • Bundy Radiators - 9
  • Potbelly Stoves - 8
  • Lodge Dutch Ovens - 7

Since the cache is hidden in the park, there's really no need to Google the above answers.  You can check your solution here:


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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

ZXU

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)