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Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Parks 15 caches across the province, 6 possible geocoins to earn by visiting various combinations. Acadian Shores Geotour 29 sites along the shores of Bay of Fundy & Atlantic Ocean. Geocoin available, unknown how many are left. Acadian Settlements Geocoin Complete 6 of 12 geocaches across the province to earn geocoin.

ACGA gave some pointers to Gulf Islands during the spring based (amongst other parks) on our success at Fundy national Park over the last 4 years. We also guided the parks & sites for the Environment Canada contest. The Environment Canada contest is just a first step to hopefully an annual event where more sites go online. The benefit of this year's contest is that a few sites were setting up their gc.com accounts to manage their listings due to the positive experience. I'd say to those who want to see more, to contact your nearest park and offer to help them. In most cases, the parks approach us to help since this side of the activity (the community) is an unknown beast. The policy is there so that you work with the parks to select appropriate locations & their requirements. We have partnered with 4 parks canada sites in NB & NS and all have different requirements how they'd like to see the containers hidden or when to have them available. For example, Fundy & CB are more traditional placement 3 feet from the trail, but Kejimkujik wants it along existing infrastructure on the trail. The only downside is that some sites take a while to things going, or they are not ready or don't have the staff to assign to the project. However, once they are ready to go, it's always a good experience. Oh - this is a good spot to mention that our launch event for the 2nd backcountry series at Kejimkujik is set for sept 24, 2011. This is only for cachers who like a challenge http://coord.info/GC317C7 http://www.atlanticgeocaching.com/

The event is this weekend. Latest news/info will be posted via this link : http://bit.ly/ACGA_Fundy

In case nobody has seen this yet...

The event date has been set for the 4th annual Geocaching Event in Fundy National Park. As usual, 5 new geocaches will be published on event day, along with the usual passport / geocoin reward. http://coord.info/GC2QCHV Latest news/info will be posted via this link : http://bit.ly/ACGA_Fundy

Logbook had 72 names, making this the largest ACGA hosted event in CB - Fantastic for a winter event & during a snow storm. Brief event report & video can be found via (http://bit.ly/ACGA_Louisbourg).

There will be a few more updates, but otherwise all set for Saturday (http://bit.ly/ACGA_Louisbourg)

Just a heads up that there there will be a new series of geocaches challenge being planned by ACGA and Fortress of Louisbourg Historic Site of Canada. The launch event is scheduled for February 19, 2011. Bookmark this link (http://bit.ly/ACGA_Louisbourg) as it will contain the latest info.

Last bit of updates have been posted on ACGA LINK.

Posted another preview video - focusing on the backcountry & paddle caches that are part of the challenge. Just follow the link to view the video. (visit link) I also placed all 5 geocaches yesterday, it should take a person about 8-9 hours to complete the challenge in a single day.

A few more updates have been posted. HERE

Update posted including preview video #1. Details can be found at here.

Just a heads up that there there will be a new geocaching challenge being planned by ACGA and Kejimkujik National Park. The launch event is scheduled for November 6, 2010. The theme for the overall challenge is “Under Starry Skies”, to coincide with the recent Dark Sky Preserve designation that the park obtained this year. Five new geocaches will be released with this theme in mind. Unlike previous challenges that ACGA has setup at Fundy & Cape Breton NP, the hiking distances will be more demanding (~30km), in addition to access to the back country that might require an overnight. Bookmark this link as it will contain the latest info.

One last update before the event this weekend. Link

updated info posted http://bit.ly/bzzqgV

All caches for the passport are active - the event will be to introduce the new trail along with a new geocache on it.

Last set of updates have been posted on ACGA and the weather is looking fantastic. http://bit.ly/zaZtT

Added the last video of a sneak peak of the last park that will be part of the challenge starting on June 19th. http://bit.ly/bxfmhn

Added a video #2 of a sneak peak of 2 of the 5 parks that will be part of the challenge. http://bit.ly/bxfmhn

Added a brief update, including a preview video and estimated time/distance to complete the challenge. http://bit.ly/zaZtT A little more info about the trails will be posted to the link above a few weeks prior to the event.

The 2nd geocaching event at Cape Breton Highlands National Park is set for June 5 2010. There will be one new geocache in the park, commemorating the former Acadian community of Cap-Rouge and celebrating the addition of a new trail in the National Park. This year’s event takes place on International Trails Day and will give geocachers a sneak-peek of the spectacular new trail, Le vieux chemin du Cap-Rouge. Along with that, the passport program from last year will be in action. Just bookmark this URL for all the latest news, including videos on the upcoming event. http://bit.ly/bzzqgV

Added a video of a sneak peak of 2 of the 5 parks that will be part of the challenge. http://bit.ly/bxfmhn More to follow in the next 2 weeks......

Nova Scotia Provincial Parks and ACGA have partnered to provide a new geocaching challenge for the 2010 season. The inaugural launch event will be held at Smiley's Provincial Park on June 19th 2010 (GC25MQ2). Five official park sanctioned geocaches will be part of the geocaching challenge, which will be spread across five (5) provincial parks in Nova Scotia. The geocaches will be published on June 19th 2010. You will be required to use a passport provided at participating provincial parks or download from ACGA or Nova Scotia Parks (to be published). Each passport will list out the rules, disclaimers and more importantly the list of geocaches that are part of the challenge. But before finding the geocaches, you will need to review your knowledge of trees (hardwood, softwood). As part of the challenge, each of the five geocaches have a central theme; trees. Once you find the geocache, use the supplied punch to your passport to keep track of your finds. After completing all five geocaches, simply mail in your passport to the address supplied to Nova Scotia Parks and you will receive a limited edition trackable geocoin. As mentioned, you will be required to visit five provincial parks in order to complete the challenge. The parks involved are the following: • Amherst Shore Provincial Park • Ellenwood Lake Provincial Park • Battery Provincial Park • Smiley's Provincial Park • Salsman Provincial Park Visit the following link often as more information about the event will be posted. http://bit.ly/aLARgl

Quick heads up that the 3rd Geocaching challenge in Fundy National Park is set for May long weekend. There will be 5 new geocaches to explore other areas in the park along with a new limited geocoin upon completion of the challenge. Note that the 10 geocaches that were part of previous years are still active, but no longer part of year 1 & 2 challenges as those geocoin are all gone. Just bookmark this URL for all the latest news, including videos on the upcoming event. http://bit.ly/zaZtT This will be the first of three major events that ACGA will have within Parks, Cape Breton Highlands NP being the second and look for our announcement with Nova Scotia Parks shortly. --------------------------------- twitter user? follow us @acga