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
Marybelle's monument is located at Breakwater Road, Sable River, Nova Scotia.
Marybelle the last Black servant was part of the Black community of Black servants who migrated into Louis Head from Port Mouton, Liverpool and Shelburne.
To locate the cache (NOTE: Puzzle and final location modified 3pm Friday July 28, 2023; Redo the puzzle if you did it previous to that).
There currently is no punch in the geocache. Message the cache owner after logging your find to get the pattern.
Locate the monument into the bush at the corner by posted. The monument has 6 lines of text on it.
A = number of letters in the fourth word on the first line.
B = number of letters in the second word on the third line.
C = first number in year of her death.
D = number of letters in the last word on the third line.
N 43° 44.ABC' W 65° 00.DCD'
Checksum ABC = 8, DCD = 15
For more information on Marybelle: The Last Black Servant Louis Head visit https://historicplacesdays.ca/places/marybelle-the-last-black-servant-in-louis-head/?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, the ancestral 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.
