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Jimbo 2


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I have an idea for a new game.


 


I will post a set of co-ords. The first person to give the name of the location "wins",and gets to post the next set of co-ords.


The co-ords don't have to be to a cache site, or even to a place you have been before.


Co-ords are:


N 51° 05.166 W 114° 21.366


Good luck.


 



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Dragonfreys


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Isn't it pretty easy with Google Earth community:


Calaway Park
Biggest Amusement Park In Western Canada!!



Or where u looking for the specific ride?



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Near the Boulder Bumpers ride.

$25 will get you in the gate although there are some height restrictions (I'm not naming any names).

Quick work DragonFreys!

Sounds like a fun game Jimbo 2



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Ah yes, but you got the ride name first TurdleEggs, from this trusty map no doubt



If download it you can overlay it in Google Earth


I do have an idea for the next one if allowed Jimbo2.



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Yes!, one point for Dragonfreys!


Name of the park was good enough.


Honourable menthion to TurdlEggs for the Exact location....


I used to go there when I was a kid. It opened as "Fred Flintstone Park", then was re-named Calaway Park.


Wish we had one around here.


Go ahead and post your set of co-ords Dragonfreys.



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Actually looking at the overlay it might be slightly closer to Twiz and Twirl Maze.

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Isn't there a big amusment park on the east side of Winnipeg here: 49°50'11.79"N 96°58'46.47"W


The next mystery coordinates are here: 50° 0'38.20"N 110° 6'48.32"W. You may need a little perspective to see it.




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It's a face in the Alberta hills ... a FACE!!! holy cow!

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Here are 2 references to it:


 


http://www.dvhardware.net/article14548.html


 


http://news.satimagingcorp.com/2006/10/google_earth_reveals_face_in_a_1.html



-- Edited by Jimbo 2 at 23:06, 2007-01-16

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Just a note:


Because Dragonfreys posted these co-ords, it will be up to him to decide a winner....



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Yep that's the one.


Dani has the ball for the next coordinate, bonus points for Jimbo2 for finding references.


Here's the story that ran in As It Happens on CBC


http://www.cbc.ca/aih/features/2006/alberta_rock_sculpture_20061026.html


If you look at the 3D image it's interesting to see that it is actually a valley or coulee rather than a hill.



-- Edited by Dragonfreys at 07:54, 2007-01-17

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I was thinking about the name for this game and you could add on the title of Whatzit as well as Wherezit.




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Dragonfreys wrote:


I was thinking about the name for this game and you could add on the title of Whatzit as well as Wherezit.






Good idea, if the forum would let me edit the title of a thread.....



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Ok, my turn ... What's this?  N34 08.045 W118 19.301  ... should be easy ...


 



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Nice one Dani!

Under the “Y” in Hollywood we have the Hollywood Hills.


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That would be the HOLLYWOOD sign.  That is where "His Brother Clint" Travel bug is trying to get to

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Oooh, a race! By some strange coincidence, “His Brother Clint” is sitting about 2 m away from me right now :)

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Doh!  Lost out by a minute and I had the next coordinates ready to go.  At least now the Sheriff knows where Clint is.  He's hot on his trail!

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Alrighty then, thanks for yielding the next round MBeans. Being a meddlesome player, I’ve decided to make the next Wherezit? more difficult. You’ll find the coordinates are for an island. To claim the round, you’ll need to identify the island, but more specifically, the complex the coordinates point to.

The next Wherezit? coordinates are:

N17 18.399 W62 42.935

Hint #1

The complex received its last shipment at 1:15 PM, Friday July 22nd 2005.

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TurdleEggs wrote:

N17 18.399 W62 42.935

The St. Kitts Sugar Factory in Basseterre, St. Kitts.

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N 32° 9.3183', W 110° 49.80468'

Name of the base, please.

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Nice work grnbrg. I see I should’ve left the hint off :)

There’s an article commemorating the last trainloads of sugar cane to the factory at St Kitts sugar factory receives last canes and another about the history of the Sugar Factory at St. Kitts Sugar Factory and Compound. Slavery was a part of the history of St. Kitts, and it’s interesting to read about what drove it and how recently slavery was outlawed at Saint Kitts.

The Sugar Factory has a special place in my heart, because not only did it produce sugar, but also molasses and rum. At the ripe age of 13 I had the privilege of traveling to St. Kitts on a school exchange and bought myself two bottles of rum at the factory (only to have them confiscated later by Canada Customs).

Enough history! Grnbrg’s won the round and get’s to post the next Wherezit?

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Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona.  The Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) is an aircraft storage and maintenance facility.  In recent years, the facility has been designated as the sole respository of out-of-service aircraft from all branches of the United States government.



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holy poop .. you guys are fast!!!


At least you can still use your next coords MBeans ...



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Well, I can tell you that the island is St. Kitts in the Carribean.  The coordinates appear to be close to the town of St. Peter's, not far from Basseterre.


I'm going to take a guess at what the complex is, and say that it's a sugar processing plant.



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Ok, nevermind - seems I was too slow in my search!

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Ok, this is a place my wife and I went on our honeymoon.  The coordinates are: 


N 48° 50.104 E2° 19.885


To make it difficult, you have to tell me what is at this location and what it was used for during the 2nd world war.


Hint:  You can't see it above ground



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The Catacombs under the steets of Paris, France. Parisian members of the French Resistance used the tunnel system during WWII.

This is so cool! I wouldn't have thought of it as a honeymoon spot though :)

Over 300 km of tunnels - wow! Good choice MBeans.

Image:Catacombs rueDeLaVoieVerte.jpg
Image:Catacombs-700px.jpg



-- Edited by TurdleEggs at 10:07, 2007-01-19

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Here’s the next coordinates to keep this fast game going. For this round of Whatzit? you’ll need to provide the nickname the locals know this object by.

N58 45.621 W94 05.2275

This one’s not in Google Earth community!


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She's known as "miss piggy", and is a popular spot for drinking parties apparently. 


I don't know if that is the right answer because that is in Google earth commuities.



-- Edited by MBeans at 13:41, 2007-01-18

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