abchan
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Demande d'un Geocacheur Canadien:
This is my first posting so I hope I'm doing this the right way.
Our family is planning to come to Belgium in July to lay flowers on approx. 70 WW1 soldiers who came from our local area of Canada almost 90 years ago. Only problem is I only have 3 days and there are 25-30 cemeteries to visit, & by the looks of it, there are a lot of war cemeteries in Belgium (for good reason), and some of the smaller ones are not that easy to find. I also want to make it fun for my kids by using my gps to have them help me find them.
I set up a website to detail some of my information: http://abbotsfordremembrance.notlong.com
I'm looking to see if there are geocachers near Ieper and Arras who could find out the GPS location of a number of Commonwealth/Canadian Cemeteries in those areas, just enough to get me to the front entrance. Once I find the exact location of our soldiers, it will be added as a part of my virtual memorial to these soldiers. The GPS location will help others find our boys when they come to pay their respects, I guess you would call it a memorial geocache.
I hope there are some willing Belgians or ex-pats or other geocachers who could help me out.
you can email me at abchan@telus.net if you can help me.
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HI Gérard,
je ne parle pas du francais, but my 3 children all speak it well enough translate for me. Here is my listing of Canadian WW1 cemeteries in France: (thanks in advance to All for your help!)
ABChan in Canada
Boves West Communal Cmtry Ext France Amiens
Cdn Cmtry#2 France Arras
Sun Quarry Cmtry France Arras
Tigris Lane Cmtry France Arras
Villers Station Cmtry France Arras
Vimy Memorial France Arras
Vis-en-Artois British Cmtry France Arras
Lapugnoy Military Cmtry France Bethune
Etaples Military Cmtry France Boulogne
Les Baraques Military Cmtry France Calais
Bourlon Wood Cmtry France Cambrai
Quarry Wood France Cambrai
Loos British Cmtry France Loos-en-Gohelle
Fosse#10 France Sains-en-Gohelle
Hangard Wood Brit. Cmtry France Somme
Givenchy-en-Gohelle Cdn Cmtry E.5 France Vimy
LaChaudiere Military Cmtry France Vimy
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Hello Abchan,
French Geocachers will be more than happy in helping you to locate WW1 Canadian Cemeteries and Memorials in France.
Could you list which places you would like to visit during your French trip ?
By this way, we'll be able to concentrate our research and to provide you GPS coordinates and French web site associated.
In exemple: Canadian National Vimy Memorial --> Parking coordinates N 50° 22.683 & E 002° 46.417
Gérard
PS: Are you speaking French ?
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from Abchan:
Thanks to our geocaching friends in France & Belgium! I will be looking over the sites you sent to me and will match up coordinates to the cemeteries as I find them online. I will let you know again soon if I have trouble finding any. You are awesome!
abchan in LangleyBC Canada
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Did the same in the French Speaking Forum
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This is my first posting so I hope I'm doing this the right way.
Our family is planning to come to Belgium in July to lay flowers on approx. 70 WW1 soldiers who came from our local area of Canada almost 90 years ago. Only problem is I only have 3 days and there are 25-30 cemeteries to visit, & by the looks of it, there are a lot of war cemeteries in Belgium (for good reason), and some of the smaller ones are not that easy to find. I also want to make it fun for my kids by using my gps to have them help me find them.
I set up a website to detail some of my information: http://abbotsfordremembrance.notlong.com
I'm looking to see if there are geocachers near Ieper and Arras who could find out the GPS location of a number of Commonwealth/Canadian Cemeteries in those areas, just enough to get me to the front entrance. Once I find the exact location of our soldiers, it will be added as a part of my virtual memorial to these soldiers. The GPS location will help others find our boys when they come to pay their respects, I guess you would call it a memorial geocache.
I hope there are some willing Belgians or ex-pats or other geocachers who could help me out.
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Cimetières et Mémoriaux Canadiens WW1 en Europe
in French-speaking
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