Geocaching - 2010 - Tree Identification

 

2010 marked the inaugural season for an official park-sanctioned geocache program, complete with passport, coins and prizes.

The theme for the 2010 program was Tree Identification. Although there are no longer prizes for completing the passport, the caches are still available. There are five geocaches spread around the province.

For the 2010 park geocache program you will need the passport and the relavent information from Geocache.com:

• Geocache Passport
• Amherst Shore (GC28CK8)
• Ellenwood (GC28CKD)
• Smileys (GC270A6)
• Battery (GC279BV)
• Salsman (GC2709Y)

The following is a list of links local geocacher's may find helpful.

• Download Nova Scotia Provincial Park's GPS file in the commonly used GPX format. This file is also useable in Google Earth.
• Download Nova Scotia Provincial Park's Xutm, Yutm and Latitude and Longitude co-ordinates in one PDF.
• Tree Identification program from Department of Natural Resources
• Hardwood tree identification sheet
• Softwood tree identification sheet
• Geocaching.com- the official global GPS cache hunt site
• Atlantic Canada Geocache Association (ACGA)