City Hall - X marks the spot
Congratulations da_na for solving this hunt!
The playing field for this hunt is City Hall and the surrounding area in downtown Toronto. The bounding streets are Dundas St W, Queen St W, University Ave and Yonge St. Each clue is an important piece of the puzzle needed to find your final destination. The first 4 clues require you to search the playing field and will be released at the beginning of the hunt. The remaining clues will be released later and will tell you what to do with your answers from the first 4 clues. Once you figure out what you're searching for take a picture of it and be the first to submit it along with a description of it's location to win. Find it. Snap it. Send it. Win! Happy hunting!
| Clue #1 | Released October 16th, 2009 07:00am |  |
Find your way to the South African War Memorial. Once there look at the west side of the statue and remember the top province engraved on the memorial.
| Clue #2 | Released October 16th, 2009 07:00am | |
Next make your way to the south side of Osgoode hall. Where the two 'y' foot paths meet you'll find a blue sign erected by the Ontario Heritage Foundation. Looking at the english side of the sign remember the 5th word of the last sentence.
| Clue #3 | Released October 16th, 2009 07:00am | |
Now find your way to the statue pictured below (hint: it's located in a garden dedicated to the opposite of what's being honoured in the monument you visited in clue #1). Remember the 3rd last word inscribed on the top ring.
| Clue #4 | Released October 16th, 2009 07:00am | |
Make your way to the Labyrinth as directed by the sign below. Once there look at the dedication plaque and remember the first sentence under the heading 'Toronto Public Labyrinth'.
| Clue #5 | Released October 19th, 2009 12:00pm | |
Have all your answers for the first 4 clues handy to start figuring out your final destination! Take the second word from your answer to clue #1 and drop the first and last letters. Unscramble the remaining letters to spell an animal.
| Clue #6 | Released October 19th, 2009 12:00pm | |
Remember your answer to clue #2. Throw away 2 letters from the word. Do your best. Unscramble the remaining letters to spell an animal.
| Clue #7 | Released October 20th, 2009 12:00pm | |
Take your answer to clue #3 and find a fish in the word.
| Clue #8 | Released October 20th, 2009 12:00pm | |
One more animal to go! Using the sentence you found from clue #4 use the following letters to find your animal. 2nd word the 3rd letter, 3rd word the 5th letter, 5th word the 2nd letter, 8th word the 4th letter, 13th word the 3rd letter and the 14th word the 4th letter.
| Clue #9 | Released October 21st, 2009 12:00pm | |
A picture of each of the four animals you found in clues 5 to 8 is somewhere in Nathan Phillips Square. Locate each picture and draw an imaginary line from the picture of the animal in clue #5 to the picture of the animal in clue #7. Similarly draw an imaginary line from the picture of the animal in clue #6 to the picture of the animal in clue #8.
| Clue #10 | Released October 22nd, 2009 12:00pm | |
As the name of the hunt implies your final destination for this hunt is the picture of an animal closest to the intersection of the two lines found in clue #9. Be the first to submit a picture of the mystery animal and give a detailed description of it's location to win!
| Clue #11 | Released October 23rd, 2009 10:00am | |
Still need some help ? The animal you're looking for in clue #1 is also found on one of the Canadian coins.
| Clue #12 | Released October 23rd, 2009 11:00am | |
Still need some help ? The animal you're looking for in clue #2 is a bird.
| Clue #13 | Released October 23rd, 2009 12:00pm | |
Still need some help ? The fish you're looking for in clue #3 has 5 letters.