GCXYNM Lance Cove Memorial (Traditional Cache) in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada created by Newfie Retrievers

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A cache by Newfie Retrievers Message this owner

Hidden : 8/29/2006

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Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

To the best of our knowledge, this is the third geocache to be placed on scenic Bell Island, joining the fabulous NaGeira's Treasure and Bell Island Lighthouse caches. Completing all three will ensure a fairly comprehensive covering of the small island and will make for a most enjoyable trip.

Bring cash for the ferry ride. No debit or credit cards accepted.

Lance Cove, Bell Island has the unfortunate distinction of being the only North American community to suffer a direct hit at the hands of German Nazi U-boat submarines during WWII action.

It is the site of the torpedoing of the ore carriers S.S. Saganaga and the S.S. Lord Strathcona by U-boat 513 in the waters off Lance Cove, Sept. 5, 1942, and the similar dispatching of the PLM 27 and the S.S. Rose Castle by U-518 in the same location the following November 2nd.

Read all about it at (visit link)

We encourage you to take a few minutes to read the memorial plaque and imagine what it must have been like on those terrible fall nights in 1942.

We salute the fallen heros who died protecting the freedoms we continue to enjoy today.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Lbh jvyy unir gb zbir n srj ebpxf gb svaq guvf bar.

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)