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This multi will bring you to a few information kiosks along the Whittier bridge where you will gather the information needed to solve for all the waypoints in this multicache. You will start your adventure at the posted coordinates where you will solve for the first waypoint.
WAYPOINT #1
Take the name of the person that the monument is dedicated to and count the occurance of each of the letters in the person's name. Substitute the numbers into the coordinate string: N 42 5S.A3F W 07D 5E.6G8.
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WAYPOINT #2
Read the information kiosks to find the answers to the following questions and then substitute the numbers into the coordinate string: N 42 50.05A W 070 54.BC6.
A = Sum of the numbers in the year that bald eagles started nesting again in the Lower Merrimac River Valley.
B = In the kiosk about "Early Transportation", the sum of the numbers of the miles that the vehicle discussed could travel.
C = Subtract the number of trips the excursion Steamer Merrimac made each day from the number of fish types found in the river.
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WAYPOINT #3
Read the information kiosks to find the answers to the following questions and then substitute the numbers into the coordinate string: N 42 49.AB4 W 70 54.CD4.
A = In the Deer Island kiosk, the third number in the year mentioned in the seventh paragraph.
B = In the Deer Island kiosk, the third number in the year mentioned in the fifth paragraph.
C = In the Deer Island kiosk, the second number in the year mentioned in the first paragraph.
D = The third number in the year that this person's first autobiography was published.
You can validate your waypoint #3 solution with certitude.
WAYPOINT #4
Read the information kiosks to find the answers to the following questions and then substitute the numbers into the coordinate string: N 42 50.ABC W 070 54.DA7.
A = The third number in the year of the warship battle.
B = The fourth number in the year of the postcard.
C = On the kiosk with a picture of the Revenue Cutter Massachusetts, sum of the numbers in the sign in the photo in the lower right hand corner of the kiosk.
D = The number of letters in the name of the fish featured on one of the information kiosks.
You can validate the final puzzle solution with certitude.