Long Description:
The cache is NOT at the posted location.
There are 2 boat landings near here which are the 2 main access points for Lake Temagami (excluding Boatline Bay, and the Town of Temagami itself).The landing to the right while driving down the road towards the lake is the Manitou Landing, the landing to the left, the Mine Landing.
The container is a white tupperware box with a red lid. about 10" X 5" X 4" and is located a short walk from this area. The area is quite busy in summer months (busy most of the year for that matter) so you will have to be descrete collecting your answers.
The resting place of the cache is somewhat private.
To solve this cache, you will have to answer the following questions. The answers will provide you with the coordinates of the cache.
A: At the Manitou landing, there is a large board with phone numbers on it. The board is titled the Temagami Tourist Operators Association (TEMTOA) - near the log cabin. On the top of it, there are 2 animals depicted. The answer to this question is the number of letters in the name of the animal on the LEFT side of the board. ie if it were a dog, then the answer would be 3. This is (A) below.
B: Count the number of floating docks at the Manitou Landing. This is (B) below.
C: At the MINE landing, there is a row of mailboxes. There are 6 large green mailboxes with several smaller locked mail boxes in each of them. looking at the big green mailbox on the extreme right (the right most green mailbox), the answer to this question is the little mailbox number in the lower right corner. This is (C) below.
D: at the MINE landing, there is a sign overlooking the lake talking about the Municipality of Temagami Parking and Boat Launch regulation. The sign lists a couple of bilaws. The bilaw numbers are 97-D00 and 97-D02 where the D represents the answer to this question. This is (D) below.
E: Count the number of boat ramps at the Manitou Landing. This is (E) below
F: At the FORK in the main road beteen the two landings there is a sign with many arrows on it. The top 2 arrows say that Manitou landing is to the right, and Mine landing is to the left. Very near this sign (almost touching) is a new 911 sign (little blue sign with white numbers on it) there are 4 digits in this 911 number, the first 3 are 173. What is the 4th digit in this 911 number. ie the answer to this question is 173F. where F is the 4th digit in that 911 number. (F) is used below.
G: At the MINE Landing, count the number of GREY mailboxes.
H: count the number of boats tied up at both landings. This is just to practice your counting as H isn't really used in the solution below. Just wanted to see who is paying attention.
You now have enough information to solve the puzzle below. simply replace the letter with the correspnding answer above, type it into your GPS, and go find the cache.
The location of the cache is:
N 46° AB.CDE
W 080° FG.FEA
If you'd like to participate in the game and possibly win a prize, you can pick up the official rules and the offical punch cards at the TLA building at the end of the the Temagami Lake Access Road. The contest is open to everyone and there are a lot of great prizes to win. The game will take place from the beginning of June until the end of August, 2006
|
