The cache is NOT located at the posted coordinates. To obtain the coordinates, you must find the postal codes of six specific locations in the Miramichi area.
The cache is located at the following location:
N 46 53.ABC
W 065 39.DEF
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1. Local School…did it move?
The school nearest to this cache was (like many institutions) named for the community in which it was found. When 911 was initiated in New Brunswick, rural routes were given civic addresses and many communities boundaries changed. The local school’s new address placed it in another community but the former name was kept as the school name.
A = the second last number in the postal code
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2. Seamen's Hospital
On the bank of the Miramichi River at Douglastown stands an interesting stone building with a cupula on top. Now used by St. Samuel's Parish as a church hall, this building was originally a Seamen's Hospital, completed in 1830.
The purpose of this marine hospital was to tend to sick and disabled seamen who came to the Miramichi needing medical attention. Prior to the construction of this hospital, sailors were boarded at private homes and their expenses were paid by a Seamen's Fund set up by means of a tax imposed on incoming vessels.
When the hospital closed in 1921 arrangements were made to treat ill sailors at Hotel Dieu Hospital in Chatham.
B = add all the numbers in the postal code
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3. Childhood home of William Maxwell Aitken
William Maxwell Aitken was a self-made man who grew up the son of a Scottish Presbyterian preacher in Newcastle, N.B. He became a millionaire businessman, a press baron and a British politician. He spent his life trying to make a lot of money, but he also gave a lot away - much of it to causes in his native New Brunswick.
C = subtract the last two numbers in the postal code
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4. Campground
This is a site with great significance to the history of Miramichi. Many of the earliest English speaking Scottish settlers lived and were buried in this area referred to as Wilson’s Point. It now serves as a campground and contains kilometres of walking trails.
In 2004-05, the Scottish Heritage Society built an Interpretive Center at the eastern end of the point which is a model of the first Presbyterian Church that was built there by St. James in 1791.
D = the last two numbers of the postal code added together.
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5. Miramichi Regional Hospital
The Miramichi Hospital, in Newcastle, and the Hotel Dieu Hospital, in Chatham, were closed when the new Miramichi Regional Hospital opened in 1993 in Chatham Head.
E = the last number of the postal code subtract the other two numbers.
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6. Miramichi Court House
The new Miramichi court house opened in 2003 on the site of the former Miramichi Hospital.
The sandstone from the hospital (which was originally from the French Fort Cove Quarry) was used in the construction of the court house.
F = subtract the last two numbers in the postal code.
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The cache contains some small trading items and a log. You will need to bring your own pencil.
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