Welcome to Atlantic Canada’s Hidden Histories Geotour!
You’ve located another stop in this set of geocaches that are part of the Atlantic Canada’s Hidden Histories GeoTour. Find the 8 geocaches which are located in Nova Scotia and earn a Geocoin. Find the 6 caches located in the greater Fredericton, NB area and earn another Geocoin. Find them all and earn the Digital Souvenir.
About this Location
Old Meeting House is located at 2408 NS Highway 3 in Barrington, Nova Scotia.
A National Historic Site, this New England-Style meeting house is the oldest nonconformist house of worship in Canada and among the oldest in North America. Early Black settlers including Black Loyalists attended the Meeting House before establishing their own churches, schools, and temperance halls.
To locate the cache
At the given coordinates N 43° 33.986' W 65° 34.780' & the virtual coordinates N 43° 33.991' W 65° 34.779'
A = number of letters in the fourth word on the fourth line of the grey plaque
B = number of windows on the first floor at the front of building
C = number of letters in the third word on top line of red plaque
D = number of windows on the front of building
E = number of times the word house appears in the first paragraph on the red plaque
F = last number in the first date on the grey plaque
N 43 33.ABC W 65 34.DEF
Checksum ABC = 18, DEF = 14
For more information about Old Meeting House visit https://historicplacesdays.ca/places/old-meeting-house/?a=31498
More About the Geotour
Launched in July of 2022, this GeoTour aims to highlight various diverse and sometimes relatively unknown histories in Atlantic Canada. The first phase of the Tour highlights Black History in Atlantic Canada. There are six locations in New Brunswick, and eight locations in Nova Scotia. Each of these segments has their own geocoin, which will be awarded when you complete the passport for that segment.
In order to participate in the Tour, you will obtain a passport that you will take with you as you visit each location. When you find the geocache, in addition to signing the log sheet, you must punch your passport with the included punch or find the code written in the container (eventually all caches in this tour will move to a code). Once you have a completed passport, you can submit it to receive your geocoin.
To learn more about Atlantic Canada’s Hidden Histories GeoTour, visit the website.
You can download the Nova Scotia passport here.
You may pick up your Nova Scotia geocoin at:
Black Loyalist Heritage Centre
131 Old Birchtown Road
Shelburne, NS B0T 1W0
Be sure to check here for open hours. Alternatively you may mail your completed passport to the address above and your geocoin will be mailed to you.
Atlantic Canada’s Hidden Histories GeoTour is a collaborative project between the City of Fredericton, National Trust for Canada, the Capital Region Association of Geocachers, and the Association of Nova Scotia Geocaching. We acknowledge that caches of this tour are placed in Mi’kma’ki, thancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq people. The territory of the Mi’kmaq people are recognized in the Peace and Friendship Treaties to establish an ongoing relationship of peace, friendship and mutual respect between equal nations.
