Should Treasure Hunt Canada light .. be called Treasure Hunt Canada Light? Probably not. But it's worth asking.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Does one person do one treasure hunt, or could there be multiperson involvement? I've gone back and forth over this. This refers to two different things: puzzle person vs. treasure placer, and also a treasure hunt that is a multi-author patchwork.
 

Someone may not be inclined to plop a treasure out there for wwhatever reason. A different person may not be built to make puzzles, but is mobile and otherwise built to place treasure. Of course these two could be in different provinces. The author would not be tied to one zone for this book series.
 

Having multiple distinct parts from multiple authors attached together to make one treasure hunt would be interesting, different. This seems like something I would have dreamed of when I was young. Something for later in the series.
 

In both cases it's cleaner to have one person do the whole hunt. Payment, responsibility, vision and evaluation would be cleaner. People might just not want to do this with someone else anyway.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Treasure Hunt Canada is serious about being a national set of treasure hunts. The cover and other bits would have both English and and French ("Chasse au Trésor au Canada").

But what about the initial THC light, if it doesn't have a French-language treasure hunt? That would look a little silly, and a bit of bait and switch for a Québequois audience. On the other hand, this would establish the brand and make the goals clear. Note that I can do whatever I feel like for a self-published book.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Treasure placers do more tasks than you think.

You probably need to choose the location. The place needs to be integrated with the puzzle. You need to get the treasure, plus a container, some money shuffled around. Heavy? Big? Certainly valuable. Protecting the treasure from the elements should be considered. You want to make sure you don't get caught placing the treasure, the nightmare of creators. Ideally placing a test treasure and seeing if it is discovered over time should be tried in advance. Once the book is out, the treasure should periodically be checked to see if it is there and communicating this (the finder is also encouraged to report that is was found). The treaure placer might be roped into responding to e-mails. Somebody needs to have a documented (photo and video?) explanation for the place and how the clues lead to there. This is both for when the hunt is evaluated before it is published, as well as revealing the explanation to searchers when it is over. And you have to keep everything secret.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The first level of evaluation is about separating the wheat from the chaff, and seeing if you do the work. Maybe some sections are not right/ready, art is not there, the place for the treasure is not nailed down.

The second level of evaluation is a thorough scrub, making sure all the details are looked at. But even there it is likely to be an incomplete, iterative mess.