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Terminal Island Japanese Fishing Village AL Bonus Mystery Cache

Hidden : 2/22/2025
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:


This is the bonus cache to Terminal Island Japanese Fishing Village Memorial.  The coordinates are listed in the journals of the labs.

In the late 1800s a group of Japanese men who worked for the Southern Pacific Railroad moved to San Pedro to dive for abalone.  After a law in 1905 prohibited them from fishing for abalone they moved to Terminal Island to fish for tuna.  By 1907, there was a flourishing Japanese-American fishing village on Terminal Island.

By 1941, 3,000 first and second-generation Japanese-Americans made their homes in this area of Terminal Island known as East San Pedro.

In 2002, the surviving second-generation citizens set up a memorial on Terminal Island to honor their parents and to preserve the memory of their Furusato, their “Home Sweet Home”.

In 2018, the Terminal Islanders placed a time capsule under the fishermen statue that will be opened on February 27, 2042.

https://labs.geocaching.com/goto/852081be-80ca-48f2-abf8-47717ae7f233 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ebhaq

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)