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
Sylvia’s War is located at 11 Blockhouse Hill Rd in Lunenburg Nova Scotia.
Sylvia was enslaved by Colonel John Creighton in Lunenburg during Nova Scotia’s period of slavery. When the town was invaded by American soldiers Sylvia bravely shuttled cartridges of ammunition hidden in her apron from Creighton’s house to the fort where he and his soldiers were engaged in battle. When the house came under fire, Sylvia threw herself on top of the colonel’s son to protect him with her own body.
To locate the cache
At the given coordinates N 44° 22.664' W 64° 18.231' using the visible front of the building answer the following questions.
A = number of windows on the top floor
B = number of large windows on the top floor
C = number of total windows (inlcude the door) on the front of the building
D = number of large windows on the top floor
E = number of small windows on the top floor subtract 1
F = number of small windows on the top floor plus 4
N 44° 22.ABC' W 64° 18.DEF'
Checksum ABC = 17, DEF = 13
For more information about Sylvia’s War visit https://historicplacesdays.ca/places/sylvias-war/?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 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.
