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2010 Winter Activities
Written by Administrator Sunday, 31 January 2010 11:07
We are well into 2010 and the outlook for geocaching in Atlantic Canada is looking great!
Winter Activities
Geocaching in the winter is a great opportunity to join in a group hike and log some finds. There are a number of organized hikes planned, so here are a few:
1. Ice Walk 2010 (GC221KE) - Shediac, NB
2. Porcupine Inland - Lake Echo, NS
Keep an eye on the Group Hike board on ACGA for more as many group hikes are planned within a week or two: http://forum.atlanticgeocaching.com/index.php?board=95.0
Geocaching Maritime Mega Event 2010
Last Updated on Saturday, 12 September 2009 07:02 Written by geocachingonline.com Thursday, 26 March 2009 18:56
Well, it’s official! Nova Scotia, Canada will be hosting a Geocaching Mega Event on July 10th, 2010 in celebration of the 10th Anniversary of Geocaching and the 10th Anniversary of Canada’s First Geocache!
The ‘Maritime Mega Event’ (GC1P585) will be a one day event and held at the Municipal Activity and Recreation Complex , just outside of Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. The
MARC offers a 100 Acres of open space, which includes fields, woods, ponds, brooks and trails. It is only minutes from Canada’s First Geocache and hundreds of other Geocaching opportunites.
This event promises to be a great time! There will be Geocaching related educational opportunities, great food, swag vendors, entertainment and lots of socializing. (a Maritime tradition!). It’s going to be one big Cachin’ Ceilidh!
Irishtown Nature Park Event & CITO
Last Updated on Thursday, 10 September 2009 20:17 Written by Rev Slippery Thursday, 10 September 2009 20:13
On July 12th I was contacted by the city of Moncton to help them understand Geocaching and how it was being done in Irishtown Nature Park. I met with Charles Landry and Heather Hawker to see what caches were there and how we could improve the caching experience in the park. The City of Moncton had previously done an environmental study to learn what was in the park, which is part of the Fundy Biosphere, a UNESCO world heritage site. They discovered some plant an animal life that they wanted to protect and preserve therefore they developed a Geocaching Policy for the area. This meant that some of the existing caches should be removed, replaced or moved. They also wanted to have some new caches placed for an event day. That is where I came in. I walked the Park with Charles to determine where they would like to have the new ones placed, they choose areas where they wanted to attract people. I, along with help from cachers in the Moncton area for the wording and translation, came up with 4 caches that would be part of a passport/punch system similar to the National Parks. I also planned for a regular event and a CITO to attract cachers and kick it off. In total, eight different caches were developed for the day; regular, multi, puzzle, letterbox, WherIGo, an Earthcache and the 2 types of Events.
