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.