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Albert Park –A Saskatoon Heritage Multicache Multi-Cache

Hidden : 1/22/2019
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


Explore Albert School, now the Albert Community Centre, and then find the coordinates to the nearby final.   Terrain difficulty is based on the steps you will need to visit to get some basic information. Puzzle difficulty is based on the requirement to visit the first coordinates and also complete some research.  When done you can check your coordinates or simply download them and go off looking for a micro.  You will need a TOTT and a writing instrument.

 

Albert Park is so named due to the school – one of Saskatoon’s oldest.  It is a tribute to the city’s early British history with its acknowledgement of  Queen Victoria’s husband, Prince Albert.  When the school was no longer used, City Councillor Kate Waygood initiated it becoming a community centre open to the public.  It houses a number of activities including an indoor playground, dance group, the Saskatoon Potters Guild and an Akido studio.   It is managed by volunteers and maintains a cooperative approach.  See  http://vvcasaskatoon.com/albert-community-centre-2/albert-community-centre/for more details

Differing dates for the structure appear on different sites.  Please use the information requested in the questions.

The final coordinates are located at N52 0F-2. E D+3 B-2 W 106 3L. I+2 C-2 H

 Thanks to Smokin Deni for organizing Winter Caching games #11 which prompted this local multicache.  Congrats  to the as yet unknown FTF!

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Answer the following:

  1. What  date was the Saskatoon  school   built on the same plan  demolished according to the sign on the building?   ABCD

        2.   What year was the cornerstone laid?  EFGH

          3.  How many letters make up the surname of the chairman listed on the cornerstone?  I

               4.  The school joins a small, list of municipal heritage properties according to the Saskatoon Heritage Society.  When was the oldest designated building in Saskatoon which is still on its original site built? JKLM

 

 

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Pbafvqre gur gbja anzrq va Ybhvfr Craal’f zlfgrevrf

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)