Geocaching In Canada

[+kcotsenhaf]

Hello! I need some help. Planning a business trip to Toronto, Canada the first of June. Would like to do some Geocaching. Problem is how is a good way to do a search? When I search it will only give me results of Ontario. Is there a specific way to narrow the search down to a town or a zip code like here in the states. Any help would be great.... Or if you know any caches on the western side of Toronto.... Thanks

[+Klondike Mike]

you can search by postal code that you can find here

[negzero]

I used to live in the West end of Toronto (Moved last year). I was at Kipling and Eglinton (Near the airport).. My postal code was M9R 1B2 if you wanna do a search with it...

 

Hope it helps a bit....

[thorin]

There's a dedicated Canada forum below, from which you may receive better responses.

 

Thorin

[+mtn-man]

I'll just move this one there so there we don't have two topics for the same discussion.

[+Red90]

Go here to find postal codes for any location in Canada

 

With a postal code, you can search from the normal Geocaching.com search at http://www.geocaching.com/seek/nearest.aspx?country_id=5

[+Gram&Gramps]

Sorry, folks, but this Yank is still having trouble! We will be in Ontario in July, driving from Sault Ste. Marie north to Hawk Junction, and then via train up to Oba Lake (at train milepost 212).

 

We'll have time for some GeoCaching. I've tried searches as suggested, and the GC webpage does not recognize any of the Postal Codes I am finding. I am sure there are some caches up in this region to be hunted and found, but I sure can't come up with them!

 

Any specific detailed instructions would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks alot.

 

Grandpa from central Wisconsin, USA

Edited May 21, 2004 by Gram&Gramps

[+Cache-tech]

Try this page

 

Search by Postal Code

 

Ensure you have a space between 2 group of 3 such as H0H 0H0

[+Hard Oiler]

Better yet just enter a place name in the Ontario Geocaching Association website.

 

And cache-tech is right - lots of people have problems since they don't realise that Canadian postal codes must have a space in the middle.

[+Olar]

Sorry, folks, but this Yank is still having trouble! We will be in Ontario in July, driving from Sault Ste. Marie north to Hawk Junction, and then via train up to Oba Lake (at train milepost 212).

 

We'll have time for some GeoCaching. I've tried searches as suggested, and the GC webpage does not recognize any of the Postal Codes I am finding. I am sure there are some caches up in this region to be hunted and found, but I sure can't come up with them!

 

Any specific detailed instructions would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks alot.

 

Grandpa from central Wisconsin, USA

Grandpa there are lots of caches around the Sault area up to Hawk Junction but none between or near Hawk and Oba. Caches on your route to Hawk would be:

GC:

93F7

4FDF

5F38

B491

7732

9537

71F5

93F5

JDXX

961F

9503

G971

2C37

GVR8

9A6A

9530

88F8

G97R

381E

9533

 

Sault to Hawk Junction

 

Hawk to Oba Lake

 

Sounds like a great trip. Have fun, Olar

[dutchmaster]

I've been using Buxley's waypoints webpage to click on caches in the neighbourhood I want to go to and once the cache page pops up, click on "show all nearby caches" for a more detailed list with headings and distances.

 

Click on the little map on the cache page to enable Mapquest and check if your in the right 'hood.

 

dutchmaster

[+icecoolputer]

Wow Olar!!! How did you create the map with caches already set up?

 

I need something like that for my trip from Victoria BC to Chicoutimi Quebec! How do I do it?

[+Olar]

Wow Olar!!! How did you create the map with caches already set up?

 

I need something like that for my trip from Victoria BC to Chicoutimi Quebec! How do I do it?

The map is from Microsoft Streets & Trips 2004. S&T will import waypoints and some basic info if the list is in .csv file format. There are a few programs out there that will take a list of geocaches downloaded as .loc file format or .gpx (must be premium member) and convert it to the necessary format required by S&T. I use GSAK to do this conversion.

The cache info that imports is the cache waypoint number (GCxxxx), coordinates, cache name and hyperlink to cache page.

Once you have all the caches imported and represented by pushpins then you can use a feature that will allow you to create a route from point A to point B and ask it to give you a list of all caches along that route within a distance specified by the user. Keep in mind that these programs have a mind of their own as to route. S&T will take you through the U.S. from Victoria to Chicoutimi so you may have to do yours in sections (multiple waypoints) in order to force it through Canada.

 

Good luck and have a great trip, Olar

[fortrel]

I think those are the only three in Saguenay area:

 

- Anse à la tabatiere

- Sentier du Fjord

- Tete de chien

 

If you want to do search based on a postal code, here's the one where I used to live: G0V 1L0

 

Please go and hide caches when you get there, I'll go search for them when I visit my parents. I'll also hide a few then so you can go and search them.

[Cachengrab]

Ontario Town's by OGA

 

Postal code not need only the town name.

 

Duh! I skipped through the posts quickly and repeated Hard Oiler....bad me

Edited June 2, 2004 by Cachengrab

[+graciious & twosips]

I am sorta new around here, so correct me if I am wrong, but I catch myself doing this all the time. when your at the main page and you do a search for caches by postal code (ex: K4A3N2) it will come up with nothing but an error saying it doesn't recognize the information, and you can search by postal code, zip code etc... the trick is to add the space between the first and second halves, (ex: K4A 3N2) hope that helps..

 

- graciious

[thorin]

Edit: I'll submit a request.........

 

Thorin

Edited June 15, 2004 by thorin