Where in the World? - Google Earth Scavenger Hunt
Let’s take a journey around the world,
visiting some of the sites of special
significance to this school year. Your job as
a Google Earth Geo-Explorer will be to
locate and discover these sites using the
clues I have provided. Once you think you’ve
reached a destination, please copy and paste
one picture from the site into a Powerpoint
slide – these will serve as proof that you’ve
successfully discovered the site. Next to
the picture, please record the name of the
site. A combination of careful Googling,
expert exploration using Google Earth and
your previous knowledge will ensure your
success! Read the clues very, very closely.
Example: You must find the
Once you have found an
Red Deer City Hall! Hmm
big, white block where
image in Google Earth that
– Grade 6 social ?
Mayor Morris Flewelling
you think proves you’ve
makes his decisions every
reached the destination,
day. So, first you could
simply go to the toolbar,
Google Mayor Morris
click ‘edit’ and copy image.
Flewelling to find out who
It can be easily pasted
he is – next you need to
once this is done.
think about what kind of
building a mayor might work
in.
There may be prizes for the most skilled Geo-explorers. If you get stuck, don’t get
discouraged! Please ask me for some help – that’s what I’m here for! (Some of the crucial
hints are underlined)
1. Our journey begins in Northern France in a peaceful, green field. From the rolling pasture
rises a huge tower of limestone – the largest war memorial in Europe serves as a reminder
of the thousands of Canadians who were cut down in the First World War.
2. Next, travel northwest across the English Channel to the British Isles. Find the famous
port where the pilgrims embarked on their journey to America aboard the ‘Mayflower.’
3. Now for a giant leap – take a trip west across the North Atlantic Ocean to Newfoundland.
Find the UNESCO World Heritage Site that proves the Vikings settled North America
long before the days of Christopher Columbus.
4. Next, head over to Halifax, Nova Scotia. Find the great fortress built by the British to
protect the harbour from invaders. (Hint – it’s huge and it has 16 sides)
5. Now – travel to the house, famous for its colour, but originally pink. If you visit today,
you can still see the scars from when we burnt this structure during the War of 1812.
(Hint – you’ve probably seen this place thousands of times on TV)
6. Take a trip down the Mississippi River – you’re trying to find the place the Acadians fled
to after they were deported out of Canada. (Hint – if you’ve found the ‘French Quarter,’
you’ve arrived.
7. You’re making incredible progress! Now, head east to the capital of Quebec. Find the
great ‘plain’ where the British General Wolfe defeated the French General Montcalm in
the Seven Years War.
8. From Quebec, travel west into Ontario. Find a special place with ‘Huron’ in its name and a
‘Martyr’ next door. If you’ve found the first European settlement in Ontario, you have
arrived!
9. Time to get cold…take a trip up the western shoreline of the Hudson’s Bay. Find the
important fur trade fort that provided the name for the famous ‘’York Boats’’ used by the
Hudson’s Bay Company. Chances are, if a fur left Canada for Europe, it went through this
‘’factory.’’
10. Travel west to a large fort (Yes, that’s a hint) that originally sat below the Alberta
Legislature. Today, it is a museum open to the general public. Click on the green pine tree
– what do you see?
11. Once you’ve reached the fort, travel east to Saskatchewan along the Carlton Trail. Today,
your destination is located in a ‘Provincial Historic Park’ – the main attraction lies at the
very end of the Carlton Trail. Where are you?
12. Next – it’s back out west. Visit an old railroad town built near a natural spring in the
beautiful Rocky Mountains. You’re looking for the hotel originally built by William
Cornelius van Horne – he personally picked the site for the hotel because of the beautiful
view of the Bow River. When van Horne visited he was horrified to see the hotel had been
built backwards. Instead of the rooms facing the million dollar view, the kitchen did.
Where are you?
13. Just to the south lies a giant pile of rocks that moved a little over a hundred years ago.
Some of you may know the story of CPR employee that risked his life to save the lives
aboard the oncoming train – his name was Sid, not Frank.
14. The next stop on your journey across the world is to find the place where ‘The Last
Spike’ of the Canadian Pacific Railway was hammered in. Despite the myth, the last
railroad spike was made of plain iron, not gold or silver. Where are you?
15. We will end our journey back in the north of France. Here, we are looking for a statue of
a caribou that was erected to honour the Newfoundland Regiment that was brutalized in
combat during the First World War. Where are you?
Congratulations! You are officially an expert Google Earth GeoExplorer – and the year has only just begun! Let’s keep exploring!