In Flanders Fields Ecoscavenger Webbox

Description:

Type: Historical
Clue/Terrain Difficulty Ratings: 2/1
Stroller-friendly
Stamp: hand-carved but available electronically

FYI: There is another ecoscavenger webbox nearby - Bandstand:
https://www.atlasquest.com/lboxes/showboxinfo.html?gBoxId=13629

Go to the McCrae House in Guelph, Ontario located on Water Street and McCrae Boulevard.

N43 32.164 W80 14.681

Instructions:

The answers to the questions below are located on the McCrae House historical site. No fees to enter the grounds. If you wish to enter the house there is a small fee but it is not necessary to enter to house to get the answers to the clues.
Find 4 outdoor signs/plaques.

First plaque

At the stone entrance/gate of the memory garden, attached to a stone wall are 2 shield-shaped bronze plaques. Find the plaque with the words, "Erected by". There are 2 sets of numbers on that plaque.
_____ + _____ = _________ (A)
Hint: if you add the numbers in your answer together they will equal 7.

Second plaque

Find the "Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada" plaque entitled "McCrae House La Maison McCrae". There are 3 dates on the plaque. Write down the first 2 dates in the order that they appear. Add them together.
_____ + _____ = _________ (B)
Hint: if you add the numbers in your answer together they will equal 20.

Third plaque

Look for the reddish metal plaque attached to a stone wall, entitled "LT-COL JOHN MCCRAE". There are 5 sets of numbers on the plaque. Add the 5 numbers together. _____ + _____ + _____ + _____ + _____ = _________ (C) Hint: if you add the numbers in your answer together they will equal 21.

Fourth plaque

Find the phone number on the wooden sign posted on the white picket fence. Add the first 3 numbers to the last 4 numbers.
_____ + _____ = _________ (D)
Hint: if you add the numbers in your answer together they will equal 14.

Answer:

Mystery number

Now add the 4 answers together
A + B + C + D = ________

Go to this password page and type in the answer:
http://www.angelfire.com/journal2/vlbs/password.html

You will get a trading card (a collage of photos and hand-carved stamp images) to print and affix to your logbook.

If you would like me to snail mail you the image for your logbook, contact me and include the mystery word in your message:
https://www.atlasquest.com/mypage/mail/write.html?gMemberId=137
I will send you a trading card, it will look like the electronic version but with an actual stamped image.

Hike Length: 0.1 miles