GCHK81 Robert F. Legget (Unknown Cache) in Ontario, Canada created by bluelamb03

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bluelamb03: I regret this cache has gone missing, again. The first time it was relocated by some eager but misguided city worker and I managed to retrieve it; the second time it was buried by a bulldozer during landscaping work and recovered once again; now there is all sorts of construction a the GZ, and the cache is nowhere to be found. Too bad, it was a perfect location to honour this great Canadian.

Thanks for all of you who attempted this cache. The monument is right by the Rideau Canal at the locks near the Ottawa River. The statue of Colonel John By looks down on it from Nepean Point.

The Robert F. Legget Park is at the corner of Clegg and Main Street,

The final was by the sewage pumping station on Legget Drive in Kanata, close to the intersection with Herzburg Road, named after another great Canadian....hmmmmm....

Bluelamb03

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Hidden : 1/27/2004

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Size: Size: regular (regular)

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THE CACHE IS NOT AT THE POSTED CO-ORDINATES! These are the co-ordinates of the spot in the photograph below.

This cache celebrates the life of Robert Ferguson Legget, 1904-1994. The search for the cache container will take you many kilometers through Ottawa, so a car or a bus pass is recommended.

Robert F. Legget was the driving force behind the establishment of the Canadian National Building Code; the founding director of the National Research Council of Canada's Division of Building Research (now the Institute for Research in Construction); the author of a dozen books; the founding president (1987) of the Canadian Academy of Engineering; and the recipient of many honors. Born in Liverpool, England, on September 29, 1904, of Scottish parents, Robert Legget graduated with both bachelor's and master's degrees (in 1927) from the University of Liverpool. After working in construction in Scotland, he came to Canada in April 1929. On his arrival, he worked in the design and construction of major power projects and geo-technical engineering. Between 1936 and 1947 he taught civil engineering, mainly soil mechanics and foundation engineering, first at Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario, for three years and then at the University of Toronto. Dr. Legget was an Honorary Life Member of the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority, and authored the books Rideau Waterway and Ottawa Waterway, Gateway to a Continent. He died in Ottawa on Sunday, April 17, 1994, age 89.

To locate the final cache location you must find two monuments to Robert F. Legget, each of which will provide you with half the cache co-ordinates - every other digit.

At the monument in the above photo you need to find the interpretive sign located 15 meters to the north. The first part of the cache coordinates are printed somewhere on that sign.

At the sign pictured above (though there's a new one now) you need to locate a small pine tree 10 meters to the east. The second part of the cache coordinates are printed on the log book of a micro container hidden in the tree. Make a trade, sign the log, and note this half of the co-ordinates.

Now interleave the two halves of the co-ordinates and seek out a small ammo box! Cheers!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gur zbahzrag vf bireybbxrq ol Pbybary Wbua Ol, Jrypbzr gb Bggnjn. Gur fvta vf znvayl ba gur fgerrg . Ybbx haqre gur bayl gerr nebhaq!

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)

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