Petrie Island Beaver Cache Mystery Cache
bloodthirstypirate: Unfortunately it sounds like a beaver may have run off with this one... It's been confirmed that it is no longer in its original hiding place.
Petrie Island Beaver Cache
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Located off a trail on Petrie Island. Cache is a 250 mL container, so bring smaller items to trade. When placed, the cache contained 3 frogs, a Tony the Tiger caribiner/compass/light combo, a panda eraser, some miscellaneous pins, and coins from Austria, Hungary and Romania. The cache does contain a pencil, but no sharpener, so it might be a good idea to bring your own. Enjoy.
The posted coordinates are for the entrance to the park. To find the coordinates for the cache place the following events in the history of the island in the order in which they occurred. The bracketed numbers, placed in the correct order, correspond to N 45°AB.CDE and W 075° FG.HIJ.
(0) Hydro Quebec’s Carillon power dam was built raising the water levels by up to 1.5m, covering up most of the island’s natural sand beaches.
(1) The Grandmaitre firm purchased the island to use for their sand dredging operation.
(2) The first road between Ottawa and Montreal was built.
(3) The Bailey bridge was installed.(9) Petrie Island was officially named for Captain Archibald Petrie, a resident of Cumberland.
(7) The City of Vanier used a portion of the island as a dump.
(0) The area was designated a Class one wetland.
(5) The Stuemer family returned to Petrie Island after a 4 year trip around the world aboard the Northern Magic.
(0) The municipality purchased the island from the Grandmaitre family.
(9) The island was used as a campground by displaced residents during the ‘Great Fire’.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Unatvat va n gerr.
Gur Sevraqf bs Crgevr Vfynaq ner n tbbq bayvar fbhepr sbe vasb.
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