Biquidou Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 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. Lien sur le Forum Quote Link to comment
abchan Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 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. Lien sur le Forum Quote Link to comment
abchan Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 Demande d'un Geocacheur Canadien: This is my first posting in France so I hope I'm doing this the right way. Our family is planning to come to Belgium & France 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/France (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, French, ex-pats or other geocachers who could help me out. you can email me at abchan@telus.net if you can help me. Here's a partial list of the cemeteries in France i am looking for: 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 Lien sur le Forum Quote Link to comment
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