MOOOOO Traditional Cache
Team Royal: This one is no longer viable.
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As you progress through this description, you will see a theme becoming apparent. The cache is a cowmooflaged, 2 1/2 gallon ice-cream drum, located just west of Highway 11 on Highway 518 near, but not on the property of the Emsdale Airport. As this is within view of the highway, you may be observed by drive-by geo-muggles.
Parking is very close at N45* 32.522, W079* 20.408. You will be at the gate to the Emsdale Airport. You will probably find the gate closed and "No Trespassing" signs are posted... please respect these. Private aircraft will be visable tethered in the field and in the hanger. There is wartime history attached to this airport as the Royal Norwegian Airforce trained fighter pilots and ground crew here during World War II. (See exerpt of story and web links.)
THE NORWEGIANS COME TO ONTARIO
In 1940, the Royal Norwegian Airforce (RNA) needed a place to train flyers, ground crew, and mechanics. Arrangements were made through the British Commonwealth Air Training Program to use Toronto Island as a training centre. By
1942 the RNA needed more space and came briefly to the Emsdale airport near Burk’s Falls, and soon established a large new training centre called Little Norway near Gravenhurst. The location is now the Federal Beaver Correctional Camp. By the end of the war 3,000 men had been trained. This included 600 pilots, of whom only 270 survived. Some 400 of the men who trained here married Canadian women, and many returned here to live. Norwegian fighter squadrons helped support the Canadian landing at Dieppe in 1942 and at Normandy in 1944, and supported convoys on the North Atlantic throughout the war. They have a record of destroying 252 enemy aircraft and five submarines.
See complete story here (visit link)
And more of the history of Emsdale here (visit link)
On with the cache... As meantioned earlier, there is a theme to this cache... COWS... a cowmooflaged 2 1/2 gallon container. Please come prepared with appropriate trade items.
When placed the cache contained:
COW Log Book and pencils
COW handpuppet
COW stuffed toy
COW pen
COW key ring
COW memo board
COW farm animal set
COW memo clip
COW photo clip
COW stuffed toy (another one)
COW moo sound thingy
COW sunglasses
COW binoculars
Happy caching!
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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