GC8EMT5 Happy Canadian Thanksgiving Day, Eh!!
Type: Mystery | Size: Small | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: Bob and Doug McKenzie @ | Hide Date: 10/03/2019 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N38° 46.981 W104° 53.889 | Last updated: 06/19/2022 | Fav points: 0
         

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Happy Canadian Thanksgiving Day, Eh!!!

 

 

This year, 2019, our friends in the Great White North will celebrate Thanksgiving on October 14th.  What is this Canadian Thanksgiving you ask?  Here is a bit of trivia for you to learn about it while we send our best wishes to those celebrating!

 

 

Assume N38° 46.Q1,Q2,Q3 W104° 54.Q4,Q5,Q6

 

Question 1: Why is it celebrated on different dates each year?
4 - Why do Canadians do anything they do, take off, eh!?
7 - Pass me another beer, ya hoser!
9 - It's celebrated on the 2nd Monday of October. USA's is the 4th Thursday of November.

 

Question 2: What do they serve for this harvest feast?
1 - Maple syrup, eh?
9 - Case of Molson, Tim Horton's, Poutine?
5 - The usual Harvest Feast fare, turkey, Ham, stuffing, potatoes, corn, pies, etc...

 

Question 3: When was it made an official holiday?
2 - Like, oh, the day after hockey was invented!
9 - I hear if you find a mouse in your beer, you get free beer, eh!
4 - Officially, since 1879, But "legally" since January 31st 1957

 

Question 4: What are some common things we share?
8 - Like, William Shatner is probably the best actor ever, eh!
4 - Strange Brew is probably the best movie ever, eh!
1 - Football, some areas have parades, Food, festivals.

 

Question 5: What famous explorer was a "First" to celebrate?
3 - Surely a McKenzie, eh!
6 - That hoser Mountie, Dudley?
5 - Samuel de Champlain held feasts of thanks. They formed the "Order of Good Cheer" and held feasts with their First Nations neighbors.

 

Question 6: For a brief period, what other reason was it celebrated?
8 - Justin Beiber left the country!
5 - Any reason to drink more beer, eh!
1 - End of the War of 1812, End of Lower Canada Rebellion, these were a more solemn celebration.

 

We hope you enjoyed the beer, oh, like I mean the quiz, eh.

 

I understand that all these answers could be considered correct, so be sure to use the checker, eh!

 

Put on your toque, don your flannel and take off, you hoser! Go get the cache, eh!!

 

Posted coordinates are the turnoff from the main trail to the trail that goes up the mountain.  A nearby cache references Daniel's pass, so I'll go with that.

Additional Waypoints

018EMT5 - Trail going uphill
N 38° 46.981 W 104° 53.889

P08EMT5 - Trail head parking
N 38° 47.436 W 104° 54.235

11/09/2019 By Hikermama3
Found it, yep that’s some terrain! Tftc??

10/14/2019 By RPieperCO
HAPPY THANKSGIVING, to our great white north friends!!! You guys are most kind, eh! We do love you all down here!

We celebrated the "American way" with BBQ burgers and dogs, lots of sides, and a few beers. Just as stuffed as the regular Turkey Day!

Agreed, many of my absolute favorite actors and actresses come from Canada! Where would we be without maple syrup!? Jude is a rather big fan of syrup too! I think he does a 2-1 ratio of syrup to pancake! ha ha ha! Canadian bacon, on my McMuffins and Pizza!!! Yum! Ha! Lets not forget Hockey!

All said, a special day, and we celebrate with you! May your day be blessed today!

10/14/2019 By CVA64
Take off, eh, you hoser! Happy Canadian Thanksgiving! I'm signing this on the actual holiday which means I should get double find points, right?

Actually one of the greatest exports was CFOX radio from Vancouver (still is) on the AM dial. When AM was all the car had, back in the day, you went to Canada for cool. CBC and CTV were always nice to watch via the attic antenna.

I'm thankful for all the Canadian comedians who come south to humor us Americans. They have a great sense of humor and know how to take it up a notch.

God Bless Canada! It's a beautiful country with great people, except the PM today but there's going to be others.

"Oh, Canada, our home and native land, true Patriot love, by all my son's command...."

10/13/2019 By ernie66
I was one of the fortunate ones to get invited to estes01’s Canadian thanksgiving. This is always a HUGE city social event and she always has a big crowd over - you know, politicians, top musicians, community leaders. We technical nerds aren’t really into that stuff. But I really loved kd Lang’s intimate performance and the Manitou Springs mayoral candidates' justification for a new $12 charge to use the incline. Wait, what?

10/13/2019 By estes01
Happy Canadian Thanksgiving! And I feel honoured to be the FTF. I really appreciate that you Americans love us so much! And I am sure you all want to move to Canada with recent events. But we don't want you. Seriously.

Regarding Canadian Thanksgiving, it was all about beating you guys to your celebrations, eh?
We all love turkey and stuffing and this is the perfect excuse. What the hell is this poutine stuff?Must be from the French side...I wouldn't trust it.

Let's talk about your list of Canadian actors. You chose Shatner for an example!? Most of your best are from Canada. We are embarrassed by that Star Trek guy. We are prouder of Jim Carey, Mike Myers, Dan Aykroyd, Keanu Reeves, Christopher Plummer, and John Candy...and countless others that most people don't even know are Canadians.

OK. Being Canadian, I'm saying "SORRY" for everything, eh. I know you love us.