Nautical Catch Cache Multi-Cache
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The Town of Lunenburg, in Nova Scotia, Canada, was formally
established in 1753 as the first British Colonial settlement in
Nova Scotia outside of Halifax. In 1995, the World Heritage
Committee, under the auspices of UNESCO, recognized Lunenburg's
cultural and natural heritage by adding it to their World Heritage
List.
We hope that you enjoy discovering the town of Lunenburg. This will
take a few hours, so make a day trip out of this one if you like,
and take in other sights along the way. It is possible to do this
in 2 hours if you are just driving from one site to the other. Most
of the HINTS are located close together in downtown Lunenburg, so
you could walk to many of these, using the car or bike for the
final ones, on the outside of the town. This is not a hard cache-it
is meant to be fun and educational. The only thing that might be a
bit tricky is walking or biking up all those BIG hills in town! The
contents of the final cache are nautical themed when we started.
Bring something marine or nautically inspired if you have
something. Trade fair and have fun! At placement the cache
contained: 2 iron-on embroidered patches (shark and anchor),
lighthouse figuirine,fish windsock, starfish bath hooks, four
Driftwood Art Cards, Lunenburg Postcards, green netted bag, a FTF
certificate, a travel bug or 2...and lots of other great stuff.
ENJOY! Please note that the HINTS you will gather should be placed
in slots assigned with that HINT letter. See below.
i.e.-When you find the answer to HINT A place this in the first
slot, as your first digit to uncover the N coordinates.
IE:North AB CD.EFG West HI JK.LMN
NORTH ___ ___ ___ ___ . ___ ___
___ WEST ___ ___ ___ ___ .
___ ___ ___
You don't have to do these in the order they are listed, however it
may be easier as they are all in line with each other. You decide.
Get on your mark...get set....GO!
See below, the coordinates have been added to the
page, as Additional Waypoints" !
***HINT H waypoint: N44 22.172 W64 19.065 (same as main waypoint
listed above...this is your starting point) This is a great vantage
point to get the famous view of Lunenburg Harbour and to play a
game or two. What number tee is this? Assign this number, minus 1,
to HINT H.
HINT D & F waypoint: N44 22.502 W64 19.149. Take the house
number from this famous Captain's House. Use the first digit for
HINT D and take the second digit and subtract 7. This is HINT
F.
** Took better coordinates and posted above -
Feb 24, 2008 **
HINT C waypoint: N44 22.681 W64 19.025 Town architecture at it's
finest! Find the year the house was built for Allan R. Morash on
York Street. Add the digits together. Take the total and divide by
9. This the anwser for HINT C.
HINT I waypoint: N44 22.706 W64 19.021 At the centre of this very
busy intersection is the Temperance Fountain. Count how many lions
are at the base. This is HINT I.
HINT A waypint: N44 22.718 W64 19.004 This is a great place to eat.
Mulder and Scully reccommend the Pub Club or Philly Steak. mmmmm.
The name of this fine establishment is THE _________Pub. Take the
number of letters from the word you put in the blank and assign to
HINT A.
HINT L waypoint N44 22.594 W64 18.856 Find the cross from St.
John's Anglican church in this graveyard. Take the number of words
on the cross and subtract 10. This is HINT L.
HINT E waypoint: N44 22.571 W64 18.714 Welcome to this popular
Museum open seasonally. Count the total letters in the sign and
subtract 28. Put this in HINT E.
HINT B waypoint: N44 22.562 W64 18.597 Look to the SW column. Count
the letters of the firt word on this column. This number is HINT
B.
HINT K waypoint: N44 22.658 W64 18.587 Count how many fish have
glasses in this Sea Mural and add 7. This is HINT K.
HINT G waypoint: N44 22.687 W64 18.681 St John's Anglican Church
was originally founded in what year? Take the fourth digit from
this year and assign it to HINT G.
HINT N waypoint:N44 22.668 W64 18.571 Welcome to the Bandstand and
City Hall. Look at the monument between them that commemorates the
great war. Find the difference between the beginning and ending of
this war not inclusive. Divide this number by 2. This is HINT
N.
HINT J waypoint: N44 22.656 W64 18.251 High above town is the
Blockhouse. This is also a good place to pick up info on the town
or camp. Take the house number of the Blockhouse and subtract 10.
This is the info for HINT J.
HINT M waypoint: N44 22.781 W64 18.797 This famous school is
somtimes referred to as the Castle on the Hill. How many towers are
on this structure. Take this number and enter into HINT M. This
school is especially spooky looking at night...
And Finally!... Once you have all the
HINTS from the above coordinates, this will get you to the parking
area. You will need to subtract 00.106 off the N minutes and
subtract 00.312 off the W minutes to get to the final cache
location.
CHECK SUM DIGITS: A to G = 16, H to N
= 34
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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