Banking in Canada can be a murky subject – one that we hope to shed some light on with a series of highly informational articles.
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The 7 best credit cards for newcomers to Canada for 2023 + MORE Aug 12th
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The 7 best credit cards for newcomers to Canada for 2023
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The best TD credit cards in Canada 2021 May 31st
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On the trail of Forrest Fenn’s hidden treasure
– macleans.ca
The Chama river in Northern New Mexico has been a hotspot for treasure seekers looking for Fenn’s Gold due to both its proximity to Fenn’s home in Santa Fe, and references to water and canyons in his poem. (Photograph by Josh Biggs)
There is smoke in the valley at daybreak, and the smell of coal fire pinches the nostrils as the screen door of the old café claps shut. Above us is a sky as clear as gemstones. This chill will change to shimmering heat by lunchtime. The search begins.
Below the little village is a healthy, happy river called the Rio Chama, surging its way from the Colorado snow slopes, down through the piñon and juniper and yellow-red canyons of New Mexico, keeping its immemorial rendezvous with the mighty Rio Grande, divider of nations. And somewhere along the Chama’s banks—maybe—is a small chest whose contents are said to include, as in the words of Edgar Allan Poe in The Gold-Bug:
“A treasure of incalculable value . . . gold of antique date and of great variety …
There is smoke in the valley at daybreak, and the smell of coal fire pinches the nostrils as the screen door of the old café claps shut. Above us is a sky as clear as gemstones. This chill will change to shimmering heat by lunchtime. The search begins.
Below the little village is a healthy, happy river called the Rio Chama, surging its way from the Colorado snow slopes, down through the piñon and juniper and yellow-red canyons of New Mexico, keeping its immemorial rendezvous with the mighty Rio Grande, divider of nations. And somewhere along the Chama’s banks—maybe—is a small chest whose contents are said to include, as in the words of Edgar Allan Poe in The Gold-Bug:
“A treasure of incalculable value . . . gold of antique date and of great variety …