stagunner

Joseph Armand Bombardier for the Motorized tobaggan aka a dogsled with an engine

Alexander Graham Bell

I missed the Flin FLon question,, I would have had it too, having been there one upon a time..

Where is the ferry route from PEI to Cape Breton ? Surely you'll pass through Pictou ? Or are you headed to Les Isles de La Madeline. rather than Cape Breton ? You are right. The ferry goes into Pictou. I missed that step. We are taking the ferry to Pictou and then driving to Cape Breton. WOW that is going to be a good trek, Loads of caches on PEI now, ( but I have not found any) You have to do the unofficial 3 provinces in 60 minutes challenge, NB, NS PEI it can be done. Isle de La Madeline ferry runs from PEI, there has been talk of a group bike n seek week trip to those islands someday. Have a great trip!!!

Hey stagunner... thanks for the link to the Scaterie Island cache. I see that it is an event... maybe if it is happening when my family and I are out there in July, we will check it out, although I see it was in August last year. You are welcome, it might go off again if there are cachers who want to go , It is not much trouble to get the boat booked, as long as it is after Lobster season,,, wehn are you visiting?

I still say canoe The point itself would block most of the nasty waves on the lake, approach on the north side of the point and sick close to shore. You only have to do wave dodging as you get close to the point, and around the bend! oh well - I dont have a boat, i will shut up That would be a lot of paddling,, it is a long point!! The inner bay is is shallow and the waves can get big, depending on which way the wind is from,, Be prepared if you go this method.. I have seen it go from calm to 3-4 foot waves in a few hours

WOW I did not realise it was that far out on the point, You could not walk to it,, to many small islands and swampy parts. I was at Bluff point years ago , by boat of course. from Turkey Point... This sounds like a good excursion,, it would be lots of Fun we might be doing the Scaterie Island hike again this summer,,see the Scaterie Island Day trip event

I would like to help but I do not have a few million dollars to buy some property out there you could wait for the Pottahawk Party and walk from boat to boat Just kidding, But I have been out the once ot twice BC (Before Caching) we lived in Delhi.. fishing for Bass,, But we live on Cape Breton Now

St John's Newfoundland I heard that the men are outnumbered there, but I have no proof?

Sure WE know that, but can't we think like we are a province?? The Island reallly does have a unique culture, lanquage, traditions and lots more!! Failte do Innis leis thar Mille Tashtay" welcome to an island with over a thousand caches. I am looking forward to finding some of those 1000 caches sometime mid July '09!!! Tha Cape Breton Highlands National Park is having a real good caching event this summer,,,I am helping out so stay tuned for details

Corrrect Inuvik Established in 1955 as an administrative centre for the Mackenzie Delta. The name is from the Inuit for "the place of man". Source: Hamilton William B. (1978): The Macmillan Book of Canadian Place Names, Macmillan of Canada, Toronto, p. 321

Close, but not the correct answer

I hope you have a great visit. One thing though- Nova Scotia isn't an island. One person also said they would be visiting NS,Cape Breton,PEI and NB.For those who do not know Cape Breton is in Nova Scotia. Sure WE know that, but can't we think like we are a province?? The Island reallly does have a unique culture, lanquage, traditions and lots more!! Failte do Innis leis thar Mille Tashtay" welcome to an island with over a thousand caches.

oh so close, no not really but there are a few letters in the corect spot

is it the NWT?? well it is a place somehwere in the NWT

I use Page Breeze it works good

Nope not there either

Not on that Continent,,,,place names are funny when you decide to go look up thier origins. the people know where he came from

OK Here it is, thinkvery hard, and find the answer to this question, Where is the place of man?

Yep... more than close enough... your chance to confuse... hope you have a good question ready... I'll not mention the typo glitches in my scoring.. I was hoping for a mention of the fact that online declination calculators such as the one at NRCanada http://geomag.nrcan.gc.ca/apps/mdcal-eng.php only give magnetic declination not grid declination... being aware of your convergence angle (and +-) from the map can save a lot of calculations... which are likely not valid anyway... The convergence angle does not change... it is a physical construct based on the grid as mentioned by you.. declinations change frequently and even the rate of change is not constant. Did you know this?... you sound a bit like a navigator of some sort. I've done marine, air and ground navigation at one point or another... Another for you... does your GPS accept declination correction... some of the newer ones seem to do it 'built-in' thru software... my old one I can correct the Magnetic ... that is declination. Congrats... Doug I was going tomention the NRCAN site but then that would mean that I had to Google it, not in the rules. So I went off the top of my head based on my military surveyor experience, and sorry for the typos,, I do that lots, I do not know if my GPSR can readliy accept magnetic declinations, but I do know that the WMM or World Magnetic Model is calculated on a set annual basis or in a 5 years span and then the software needs to be updated,, I think it is about every 5 years so be careful in 150 years the Magnetic North Pole will be over Siberia.

Thats it - your up! Oh OH!... one tends to forget the need to have a question... hmmmm... Having not read all the quiz yet... I hope this isn't a repeat... Forgetting Optical and Dental (maybe others) definitions... What is convergence angle? AND Why is it a good thing to know and how it applys to NTS maps? That should take care of navigation and Canada requirements... I'm to busy to come up with anyting else for this time... sorry... BTW I knew the 603 thing but didn't have time to enter... ha ha. from another old document in fact... NGS back in the old days... an article on making the trip... Doug The Convergence angle - my definition Grid convergence it the difference between Gid North (the lines running North and South on your maps) and True North (the point where all Longitude lines meet. Map makers use the UTM grid to show the eastings and Northings on the map, In the UTM system each ZONE is 6 degrees Longitude wide, with the central meridian of the zone at 500,000m This line has now convergence angle, while all other Easting lines will have one. So one must remember this especially when usuing True North as the way your GPSr will show. Grid Convergence can vary from a few seconds to a few degrees, depending on your latitude and your distance from the UTM central meridian The NTS maps show this in the bleeding edges on your maps, It is seen in the same place where you would find the MAgnetic declination. If you transfer your bearing,heading or direction to navigate from your GPSr to the map, remember to consider this,, Sailors and pilots will use true north to navigate, but their charts are made for this, while hikers, and land lubbbers will likey use the UTM system with its handy 1km squares to travel the wilderness with. Hope this is enough info,,

Close enough. I'll end the pain... The trip from the very southwest of the UK mainland (grid reference SW) to the very northeast (grid reference ND) is 606 miles. Land's End to John O'Groats technically. Sadly, my realization of "general knowledge" might be skewed as I'm an import... (!!). JP - over to you!!!! (Will make sure my next - if occurs - question is closer to now-home!!!) BNG I thought it was South West and North Dakota But it has been 14 years since I uesed BNG!!!

What is the longest part of Lake Superior?

My First Second and Third Guesses were correct but I had to do the research. so I won't be submitting an answer. I have lived in the land of many hills covered in evergreens and have driven through it many times Have a great geocaching day

ok My guess is YORK or Toronto. Followed by Niagara then Windsor then Brockville