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wow, had no idea they had to tunnel that complex

Before my time but incredible to watch. So many if this major achievements are so impressive as years and years before lasers computers and today's technology...

Absolutely an engineering feat! That’s when men were men !!!!

Thank you !

One is tempted to wonder how many fish that killed! Talk about dynamite fishing!

I remember watching this live, on TV, when it happened.

I like this kind of content.

I'm blown away by how complicated and time consuming this operation is. We could probably do the same thing now with a couple of JDAMS.

What bothers me about this story is in the beginning when they were clearing Maud island for the tunnel a fish boat with 9 men on it returning from work rolled over and all were lost. One of the men on the boat was a relative of mine with the same name as me , John Surgenor.

Love this footage. Always been fascinated by Ripple Rock. My Mom, when I was little, had a photo of the blast and I was constantly looking it. Even now, old enough that I have my own grandchildren, I still stop by the area where travelers could stop and see the Narrows (though not as god a view as at the time, I'm sure). Not so easy to see now-a-days, but It's still a strange feeling knowing once-upon-a-time.... Quite the feat, blasting ol' Ripple to Rubble. Never seen this particular footage, but WOW, amazing piece of BC / Vancouver Island history.

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I’ve been fascinated by this since learning of it many years ago. Seen many poor, short, clips about it, but this Dupont documentary covers the story in detail with nice clear footage of the blast. The work that went into pulling off this feat was amazing and should be more widely known. Thanks for posting this historical treasure.

ah yes, AvE's first job

This is cooler than any fiction I've read about dwarves mining.

It's on the East Coast of Vancouver Island. Passed over it twice.

Today they wouldn't do anything like this... The lives of fish is more important than the live of people!

Do you treat your big hammer with stink jell? How do you do it? Everyone has some diffrent method.

It's interesting. Other large blasts included the ship filled with war explosives in Halifax harbour (WW1) and the destruction of a German command centre in WW1 using 1M pounds of explosives.

I lived in Western Washington (I still do) and we were able to receive all the Vancouver, Victoria, and Bellingham TV channels perfectly. I was 11 3/4, and I remember being glued to our old black & white set. It was a truly astonishing event and I've carried my memory of it right through to the present day. Simply amazing! Thank you.

Thank you for sharing this documentary video. I grew up in Campbell River and have fished for chinook in the Seymour Narrows many times in the 70's and early 80's before moving away nearly 40 years ago. I was born after the 1958 blast and have never seen this film footage before. Cheers...

As a former Alaska Marine Highway (ferry) employee for many years as an Able Bodied Seaman, I steered many different ships through the Seymour Narrows under all kinds of tidal conditions and let me tell you folks; it was ALWAYS a challenge! I can only imagine what it would have been like before they blew the top off of Ripple Rock!

Was that behind Quadra

Now that's what I call an explosion !, as a species we sure know how to blow shit up, the effort that went into doing it properly is commendable, well worth the watch, thanks for posting.

amazing piece of history

Great documentary!👍

Very nice. Couldn't do anything like this today. The ecofreaks would fight it in court, and the environmental impact study would take decades.

As a person working in mining as a hoist operator I laughed when I noticed @ 5:30 that they got off the cage before the hoist man gave them three bells ...the signal that tells them the brakes are set so the conveyance won't plunge to the bottom. Miners are still the same today LOL. This was an amazing reminder that once upon a time our country could actually ACHIEVE something noteworthy.

garmin strike plus 4cv can detect shrimp?

Who here was in Campbell rivee

Is this really a kind of sonar which displays where you can catch shrimps with a fishing net? Is there a link from the producer? I read Raymarine. Can you tell me what type it is?

Thank you for this Todd...Super cool program about this....

This all looks ecologically sound, was pretty cool though

Research vessel, huh? We are still waiting for that full report.

I would have went out after the blast to gather some dead fish :).

Seeing it spelled R.C.M.Police is off putting lol

Very nice. Thank you for the doc. My father almost went down going through the currents in his fishing boat 2 years before the blast.

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A nice piece of history there.

I remember watching the explosion on tv when it happened in '58--I was only 7 but the memory stuck with me all my life-so when youtube came along I finally got to learn all the particulars of this amazing project. what I find most amazing as far as everything I 've read or seen, not one man was lost accidentally in this unprecedented mining and detonation project. those Canadians are good. this is a great doc, Todd, thanks for bringing it

Ripple Rock was on the (inside) Eastside of Vancouver Island part of the inside passage. Thanks for the video

how does one get a job on a vessel like that?

great video

how bout using this for surf perch?

Don't buy survival life before you read my review. Go to *inspirereviews(dot)com/survival-life-review/*. Thanks, Hans.

To find them locally I go to wal-mart

Sure, they work great for Bass!

hell yeah!

Great video and thanks for sharing. When the four of you are in the thick of it you it really shows you may have fished together a time or two. Choreographed. John

great job on the video todd......that is awesome......