This Multi-cache will take you on a short tour of downtown Fredericton. All the waypoints are in a two-block radius. You only have to use the parking meters if you are there during working hours on a week day. Suggested parking is at City Hall, behind the Library on Carleton St (near Beaverbrook Statue) or near the Burns statue.
The posted coordinates are for City Hall. The entire tour is less than 750m from the two most distant waypoints, a distance of about four blocks.
The coordinates are:
N45° DH.EGF W066° IA.BJC
Clue A
These are the steps of City Hall
Look above the steps at the front of the building. Use the last digit on the date
N45 57.778 W66 38.599
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Clue B
This is the Justice Building
Use the fourth digit of the 2nd date
N45 57.778 W66 38.543
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Clue C
This takes you to a Sun Dial
Count the number of hours on the sundial. Use this number
N45 57.734 W66 38.461
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Clue D
This building was the guards quarters
Use the second digit of the address
N45 57.761 W66 38.441
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Clue E
This is the JT Clark Memorial Building
Use the first digit of the address
N45 57.728 W66 38.423
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Clue F
This is the Temple Fountain, once used to water horses in down town Fredericton.
In the date on the front of it, which number is used twice? Use this number.
N45 57.614 W66 38.175
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Clue G
This is the 'Watermark' sculpture that shows the high water mark for Fredericton's historic floods.
From here you can see the supports of the old Carleton Street Bridge. Count them (including the one holding up the pedway on shore) and use this number.
N45 57.828 W66 38.393
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Clue H
This is the Playhouse
Count the number of strips painted on the top section
N45 57.621 W66 38.224
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Clue I
This is the Legislature
Look at the statue on top (her name is Britannica). How many points on the object in her right hand?
N45 57.573 W66 38.158
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Clue J
This is the Sir James Dunn fountain. It is covered in the off-season. From here you can see the Bill Thorpe Walking Bridge (old train bridge) crossing the river.
Count the TOTAL number of spans on the bridge.
N 45° 57.443' W 66° 38.008'
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Original Contents
Logbook and Pencil (and Fredericton Pens)
Fredericton Flag
Fredericton Pins
Fredericton Fire Dept Patch
Team Fredericton Promotional CD
1984 Fredericton Trade Dollar Travel Bug
This cache, placed as part of the
GREAT WHITE NORTH GEOTOUR
Look for the 3-digit number under the cache cover
Stops on the tour:
British Columbia (Victoria) - GCXRHE
Alberta (Edmonton) - GCXP29
Saskatchewan (Regina) - GCXY08
Manitoba (Winnipeg) - GCY71E
Ontario (Toronto) - GCXHXG
Quebec (Québec City) - GCYVE8
New Brunswick (Fredericton) - HERE
Prince Edward Island (Charlottetown) - GCXTN9
Nova Scotia (Halifax) - GCY5JH
Newfoundland and Labrador (St. John's) - GCXDZ8
Great White North GeoTour (Ottawa) - GCYK96 (FINAL CACHE)
This Cache was placed by proud members of the MGA and ACGA
-=Maritime Geocachers Association=-
