Treasure Hunt

Yesterday, Heather and I walked in Valley View Park.

I did not take my phone or iPad. On the walk, we discovered some interesting stones. One thing led to another.

Today we returned to the Park with my iPad. I took the following photographs.

Can you find the treasure ?

Today, I had a second iteration. I noticed some stones at COGS. Again, this could provide material for a second treasure hunt (or geocache).

Let’s take the concept to a higher level. Imagine you wanted to engage students at COGS in exploring the landscape of Annapolis County. You could locate ‘geocache’ or treasures on various trails, bicycle routes, canoe routes etc. The treasures should be hidden on accessible public land.

Would this be a way to engage students at COGS with the surrounding community? Conversely, could this engage the community with resident students?

The common denominator would be a better understanding of our landscape.

The end result could be a book of hidden treasures of the Annapolis Valley. Ideally, the treasures would be natural features. They could be viewpoints or picnic sites too.

POSTSCRIPT FROM EDWARD

I sent a note to Bob, to include the following link and graphic in one of his posts. He hesitated, then wrote, “Please adapt the blog to include the information. I am biased. I do think the Brits have a better handle on Geography, the discipline than Canada“.

This global survey supports his “bias”.

2024 Shanghai Global Ranking of Academic Subjects
in GEOGRAPHY
Note how well the UK schools rank. Seven schools in the top 10 tell me they’re doing something right. Maybe COGS should look closely at this to unearth what makes the UK institutes so strong. Going out on a limb here, COGS could adapt or adopt valuable lessons from this ranking (and invite some UK geography talent?). UBC didn’t do too badly.