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July10/2010

Geocache Activity 754

FIND 695

IDENTIFICATION

GC283XN

The Triangle CARL2

N 49° 31.421 W 112° 24.187

Difficulty 1.5; Terrain 1.5; size regular; Creator: morningdrifter & Stitch1 Date First Hidden: 5/06/2010 Date Last Found: 7/04/2010
rural

Description NOTE: The coordinates listed above are for the first of 2 CLUE locations needed to find the cache. At this stop you will find the coordinates to the second clue location as well as the the first part of the coordinates to the cache. At the second clue location you will find the last part of the coordinates for the cache. Pallisers Triangle Named after John Palliser, who led a survey through the area in 1863, is a semi arid steppe region in the prairie provinces of western Canada. He reported it as unsuitable for agriculture because of its unfavorable climate and soil. Several years later, John Macoun, a government official, argued that it would be good for growing wheat and advertized it as such to immigrant farmers. The "Triangle" began to be settled and farmed buy the start of the 20th century. Great debates still rage over whether the prairie sod should have been broke! Here, at this cache location, you will find a piece of that history.

Hint 1st clue - magnetic
2nd clue - rocky

Comments

PLANNING

This morning I made a quick sortie south of Lethbridge to search for 7 possible geocaches. The first cache had the incorrect coordinates posted and this threw me off. But the next 6 geocaches unfolded according to plan. My total is now 697.

OUTCOME

This was my 4th search of the day. I was in a bit of a hurry as rain was forecast for later this morning and I was eager to bring my total number of finds close to 700. This would then make it possible for me to have my 700th find in Kingston, Ontario.

Here is my posting to the geocaching.com website:

Once again you had me driving on some very scenic country roads. A very nice multi. TNLNSL. TFTC.

Here are a few photos:

stage 1: GeeCee with magnetic key holder

close-up

stage 2: GeeCee with rock

GeeCee with container hidden in rock

stage 3: end of the triangle

GeeCee with container

I am now 4/4 for today.

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GC283XN	The Triangle CARL2	N 49° 31.421 W 112° 24.187
	Difficulty 1.5; Terrain 1.5; size regular; Creator: morningdrifter & Stitch1 Date First Hidden: 5/06/2010 Date Last Found: 7/04/2010	rural
Description	NOTE: The coordinates listed above are for the first of 2 CLUE locations needed to find the cache. At this stop you will find the coordinates to the second clue location as well as the the first part of the coordinates to the cache. At the second clue location you will find the last part of the coordinates for the cache. Pallisers Triangle Named after John Palliser, who led a survey through the area in 1863, is a semi arid steppe region in the prairie provinces of western Canada. He reported it as unsuitable for agriculture because of its unfavorable climate and soil. Several years later, John Macoun, a government official, argued that it would be good for growing wheat and advertized it as such to immigrant farmers. The "Triangle" began to be settled and farmed buy the start of the 20th century. Great debates still rage over whether the prairie sod should have been broke! Here, at this cache location, you will find a piece of that history.
Hint	1st clue - magnetic 2nd clue - rocky
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