Événement Parc National Fundy National Park Event
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2010 Event
May 26 2010
Five new geocaches were published and the eager geocachers hit the trails. The reward this year was a special 60th anniversary of Fundy National Park, a non-trackable geocoin.
The theme for the geocaches this year was "water", each cache brought geocachers to selected areas of the park which hilighted this theme. One example was the geocache "Fishy Facebook" where the nearby lake was the site of a new fishway which will allow the fish to travel between the lake & river system. Or "What's Up Doc?" where geocachers were guided down to the site of the many waterfalls that are located within the park.
105 geocachers started their day at 10am, but during the next few hours, another 61 had logged in. Many decided to take advantage of the weekend to book camping site and do the challenge over two days. Over twenty participants were able to log all five geocaches during the event duration. However, it was hard work as many returned with red faces and that look of exhaustion which turned into joy once they redeemed their passport for the geocoin.
The conclusion of the event included prizes from Fundy Guild, The North Face (via The Trail Shop) and The Tides Restaurant.
The third geocaching event within Fundy National Park is being planned as we sepak. Both the staff at Fundy NP and ACGA are going over the details for this year's batch of geocaches and geocoin challenge. Note that the geocoin this year is non-trackable.
The visitor centre will be open from 8:30 to 4:15 on event day. If you have completed the challenge, you may pick up your geocoin there before returning to event base.
May 19 2010
The passports are available early this year. Please note that you are still required to check-in at event base to pick up the event sheet which will list the coordinates. Any further questions can be asked in our Discussion Thread.
Environment Canada Weather @ Fundy National Park
Our friends at the Trail Shop has donated some nice items as prized, courtesy of The North Face. Other prizes includes items from Fundy Guild, Environment Canada & ACGA.
May 12 2010
In order to help everyone to plan their day, we are posting the various trailheads that you will be required to start at. Please be aware of your limitations as the challenge may take you up to 6 hours to complete. Wear proper hiking shoes & clothing and bring water. Passports will be available starting on may 23 2010 at the event, then either online or at the Visitor Centre.
- Parking (Parking Area) N 45° 35.488 W 064° 57.324
- Upper Salmon River Parking (Parking Area) N 45° 35.778 W 064° 57.154
- Tracy Lake Trailhead (Trailhead) N 45° 37.630 W 065° 04.821
- Herring Cove Trailhead (Trailhead) N 45° 34.446 W 064° 58.190
- Third Vault Falls Trailhead (Trailhead) N 45° 37.491 W 065° 01.522
May 6 2010
As a added bonus to the day of activities, there will be a CITO event. Our friends at Environment Canada will be coming by. The CITO will take place after the event. GC27KG0
April 23 2010
The 5 geocaches have been placed, expect to take up to 6 hours to complete the challenge. This includes somehwere between 15-17kms of hiking. The shortest hike is a few hundred metres while the longest is almost 8kms over strenuous terrain. Please wear appropriate footwear.
April 21 2010
ACGA & Fundy NP Staff will be hitting the trails over the next week to place the caches for this year's challenge. The total distance of trails that users will need to hike will be around 15-17km. If you have any questions, simply join the discussion thread. Discussion Thread
March 26 2010
How special is the geocaching challenge in Fundy National Park? We'll it is one of the 125 Unforgettable Parks Canada Experiences to celebrate the 125th anniversary of Canada's first National Park (Banff).
March 18 2010
3rd Annual #geocaching challenge inside Fundy National Park launch event has been published (GC251X2) Be there!http://bit.ly/dpUjIt . You can join our facebook group event here. Follow us on twitter @acga
March 17 2010
The event listing has been submitted to geocaching.com and is awaiting review (GC251X2).
Once again ACGA & Fundy National Park have teamed up to provide a geocaching challenge by introducing 5 new geocaches within the park to create awareness of the ecological happenings. This year, the theme is water. Completion of all 5 new geocaches will allow you to earn a new limited edition non-trackable geocoin.
The past two challenges have proved to be quite successful as both limited geocoins have been distributed. With the growing number of geocachers coming to the park for the launch event & participate in the challenge there will be a few changes we hope will make the experience much better.
2009 Event Details
The second geocaching event in Fundy National Park gathered a record 165 (logbook signed) geocachers, making it the largest geocaching event in New Brunswick to date. With triple the expected numbers, the event organizers were partnered with the perfect weather in recent memory for opening weekend in Fundy National Park.
The total distance to complete the 2009 series of geocaches was approximately 10km, taking up to 4 hours to complete. About 10% of the total participants were able to log all 5 during the event. A number of geocachers also took the opportunity to log some of the 2008 geocaches as there were still some 2008 geocoins available. Speaking of geocoins, the new 2009 geocoin was a trackable wood coin, etched locally. The 2009 geocoin was a 100% locally produced product better representing the National Park and the EcoIntegrity project better.
While event organizers only planned on 60 participants, they were able to accommodate the large influx of geocachers. However the event was not 100% perfect as those who completed all 5 geocaches were not able to get their geocoin immediately since they were required to go to the visitor centre to get the geocoin, rather than at the event base. The visitor centre was closed by the time most got back from the trail. This was an unfortunate bit of planning that was not expected, so the event organizers took the completed 2009 passports and contact information where the geocoins would be mailed in order for them in order to resolve the matter.
This along with other feedback is already being considered for next year's event.
Geocaches Related to this partnership between ACGA and Fundy Naitonal Park are (to be published on the 16th):
Please mark your attendance on Geocaching.com event listing page to assist planners.
About the Event
Saturday May 16th 2009, from 12:00-5pm.
Note that park entry fees are in effect since the event will be inside the park. Please refer to this LINK for fees. Note that the campgrounds will be open. Those who are staying over the weekend can reserve at Chignecto North. You can reserve online via Parks Canada website.
The Event will introduce you to The Fundy National Park and Five new Caches developed to promote EcoIntegrity. The Walkabout groups are designed to introduce the newcomer to the sport of geocaching, the importance of leaving NO TRACE in the Fundy national Park, and safety in the woods. Come and enjoy a day of discoveries and activities
Cet événement se veut une introduction au Parc National Fundy ainsi qu'aux cinq nouvelles géocaches placées pour promouvoir ÉcoIntégrité. Les groupes de randonnée introduiront le néophyte au sport du géocaching, à l'importance de ne pas laisser de trace (Sans Trace) dans le Parc Fundy), ainsi qu'aux rudiments sécurité dans le bois. Venez participer a une journée remplie de découvertes et d'activités.
Fundy National Park welcomes geocachers! Come explore with us!
Five geocaches will be published on event day. Passport can be downloaded HERE and will be available on event day. NEW GEOCOIN for 2009 (Year 2)! 2008 (Year 1) geocoins are still available. 10 geocaches = 2 geocoins.
Parking coords are: N 45° 36.120 W 064° 59.224
Event Base coords are: N 45° 36.190 W 064° 59.249
Can you find the geocaches in Fundy National Park? If you find them all, you earn a limited edition geocoin. With the help of the Atlantic Canada Geocaching Association (ACGA) five new traditional geocaches will be set at various locations in the park - but only available starting on the day of the event.
To participate, here’s what you need to do:
* Join (for free) www.geocaching.com (the official global GPS cache hunt website).
* Print either the Fundy Geocaching Passport version 2008 or 2009 from the website.
* Find each cache in the park (please stay ON the trails).
* Punch your passport with the different punch enclosed in each cache.
* Bring your completed passport to the park Visitor Centre to receive a 2008 or 2009 Fundy Geocoin.
Le parc national Fundy souhaite la bienvenue aux géocacheurs! Venez explorer avec nous!
Samedi 16 mai 2009, 12h - 17h
Pouvez-vous trouver les géocaches du parc national Fundy? Si vous les trouvez toutes, vous gagnerez une géopièce à tirage limité. Avec l’aide de L'Association de Geocaching du Canada Atlantique (ACGA), le parc a aménagé cinq caches traditionnelles à divers endroits dans le parc.
Pour participer, voici ce que vous devez faire :
- Inscrivez-vous (gratuitement) au site www.geocaching.com (le site Web mondial officiel de la géocachette – en anglais seulement).
- Imprimez le passeport du géocacheur du parc national Fundy 2008 ou 2009 à partir du site Web.
- Trouvez chaque cache aménagée dans le parc (restez SUR les sentiers).
- Perforez votre passeport avec les poinçonneuses différentes que vous trouverez dans les caches.
- Apportez votre passeport poinçonné au Centre d’accueil du parc pour recevoir votre géopièce 2008 ou 2009 du parc national Fundy.
Les géocaches et la géopièce s’inscrivent dans le Projet d’écointégrité du parc national Fundy, qui crée différents moyens pour les visiteurs d’explorer la nature du parc et de s’en rapprocher. Amusez-vous bien!
Agenda
| Time / Heure | Description |
| 12:00pm - 1:00pm | Event Kick Off Start,Welcome, Meet and Greet / Début de l'événement, bienvenue et rencontre des participants |
| 1:00pm - 4:00pm | Geocache release. Demo geocache |
| 5:00pm | Prizes & Closing / Prix de présence & fin de l'événement |
2008 Event Details
Almost 70 geocachers from New Brunswick, Nova Scotia & Maine gathered at Fundy National Park in Alma, NB. the purpose of the event was to kickoff the re-introduction of geocaching inside a National Park.
This was the first event of its kind where the ACGA and Fundy National Park worked in partnership to put together the event, five traditional geocaches, one Earthcache within the park boundaries and a passport/geocoin initiative. Each of the geocaches focused on Fundy's EcoIntegrity Project, a multi-year initiative to inspire park visitors to engage more often, and with greater commitment, in park learning opportunities and stewardship actions.
The five traditional geocaches are also compliant with the Parks Canada geocaching policy, and how it is interpreted within Fundy National Park.
Geocachers who complete all five traditional, using the passport are able to claim a limited edition geocoin not only at the event, but at the visitor centre during the season.
The event was held at the Chignecto South group campground in the winter shelter. The weather was typical for the month, wet and cold. After the meet & greet, a few words of welcome was given by the Park superintendent.
A number of activities were scheduled, including presentations and demo cache walkabouts. This allowed newcomers to learn more about geocaching while the more experienced cachers were on the trail. All 6 geocaches amounted to 23kms of hiking and between 6-9 hours to complete.
As the geocachers returned at the end of the afternoon, we learned that most were able to log 3 to 5 of the geocaches, leaving the most difficult hike for a later time. The fireplace inside the shelter provided a warm place to dry off as the geocachers came back from their hikes. Coffee, tea, hot chocolate & cookies were on hand (donated by the Fundy Guild).
Close the 40 geocachers returned for the closing of the event, and six lucky geocachers went home with a variety of prizes donated by ACGA, Fundy Guild and Fundy National Park. ACGA would like to thank Fundy National Park, the Fundy Guild for and to ACGA members thecyr, Les 4 Frogs, dragonflys, mark & beth and Oceancloud for assisting in this event.
Geocaches Related to this partnership between ACGA and Fundy Naitonal Park are:
- Back from the brink / Tiré du gouffre
- Gliders of the Night / Planeurs de la nuit
- Master Forester / Maître forestier
- Beauty and the Beech / Hêtre ou ne pas être
- Salmon Saga / La Saga du Saumon
- Fundy National Park - Coppermine
2008 Passport can be downloaded HERE or at the Visitor Centre. After completing all five geocaches, you can claim your geocoin also at the visitor centre. As of April 2, 2009 there are only 90 2008 (Year 1) geocoins remaining. Afterwhich these caches will no longer be part of the passport program.
Fundy National Park’s geocaches and the Fundy Geocoin are part of the Fundy EcoIntegrity Project which will create different ways for visitors to experience and connect with the nature of Fundy. We hope you have fun with this way!Geocoin were produced by 3geeks.ca
Learn More About...Pour en savoir d'avantage...
- Leave No Trace
- How to Use a Compass
- EcoIntegrity
- Camping Reservation
- Fundy National Park
- Parks Canada Geocaching Policy
- Quick Guide To Geocaching
- Guide Pratique de Géocaching
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