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Hidden : 10/30/2006
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

A cache suggested by son #3. You need to do your homework first.


The cache is NOT at the above coordinates. You can park there, but there are much closer places to park.

The Canadian Martyrs are a little known part of Canadian history. This cache will, hopefully, teach you a thing or two about these Jesuit priests who came from France to the "New World".

The cache coordinates are at N45 AB.CDE W075 FG.HIJ where A through J are determined by finding the answers to the following:

A - The digital root of the year half of the Canadian Martyrs were martyred.
B - The digital root of the name of the Native tribe the Canadian Martyrs set up there mission among.
C - The digital root of the country that the Canadian Martyrs are the collective patron saints of
D - The digital root of the surname of the Martyr who founded the mission in 1633.
E - The month (represented as a number) that the Canadian Martyrs feast day is celebrated in Canada.

F - The digital root of the year the first of the martyrs was martyred.
G - The ones digit of the year that the Canadian Martyrs were canonized.
H - The number of Canadian Martyrs
I - The tens digit of the street address of the Ottawa church that bears their name.
J - The digital root of the town where the Martyrs' Shrine is located.

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Initially contained:

micro geo-swag
log book

There is no pencil in the cache so bring your own.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gur qvtvgny ebbg bs gur jbeq "PNO" vf fvk (3+1+2). Gur qvtvgny ebbg bs gur jbeq "PNG" vf nyfb fvk (3+1+20=24) Zntargvp

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)