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Presqu'ile Lighthouse #5 Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 2/20/2020
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Welcome to the Presqu'ile Lighthouse Series

The cache is not at the posted co-ordinates so you don’t need to swim

You will have to get the right answer to determine the correct co-ordinates

 

The Presqu’ile Lighthouse is a collection of 27 puzzles caches floating in Presqu’ile Bay just south of Brighton, Ontario.

In order to solve the puzzles it will be necessary to make Google your friend.

 

August 10, 1837, a general description for this lighthouse was given.  The engineer called for a 69 foot octagonal stone tower with a base 8 feet high and 30 feet square.  The diameter of the octagon diminished from 23 feet 6 inches at the base to 17 feet at the top.  Who was the engineer hired for this job?

  1. Joseph Gibson           N 43 07.901  W 077   26.901
  1. John McLeod             N 43 01.289   W 077  12.989
  1. Nicol Hugh Baird      N 44 01.738   W 077  39.607
  1. Thomas Read             N 44 98.567   W 077  45.384

 

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