The Dutch Village Philosopher Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 11/29/2005
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Easy Cache... In an open park

This cache is in Titus Park , in the community of Dutch Village . Close by is the grave of Titus Smith. Titus Smith Jr. was born in Granby, MA on 4 Sept. 1768. He made several notable surveys of Nova Scotia and later became an authority on Nova Scotia's natural history. He was known as the "Dutch Village Philosopher". In some of his publications, he deals with plant succession, differentiation of forest types and humus layers, and other topics in ecology. it has been said in a paper by E. Gorham in the journal Ecology, that his "brilliant observations upon the vegetation of Nova Scotia may well comprise the first major contribution to plant ecology in North America ". He died of jaundice on 4 January 1850 aged 81. Grave is near the cache.

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