across the strait here in washington we've got a lot of old bunkers in the woods. artillery stations and machine gun stations. some are easy to get to. it's fun to look out at the field of fire over the water. We covered this side and you guys coverd that side.
The first two bunkers that you explored did not actually house guns at any point. They were the director's towers/bunkers - this is where the officers would plot the locations of enemy ships and direct the fire from the gun turrets that you explored at the end. If you headed directly to the beach from those turrets, you would have also found the battery's search light bunker. I recently explored a different gun battery on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, and it had a very similar configuration.
The military is not known for their creativity and so you see the same designs repeated over and over at different sites. I've seen this a lot both with the Endicott era and also WW2 era batteries in the US. Looking forward to exploring the Canadian ones when the border opens.
The first fort you came across was I think Casey Point and it oversaw the torpedo nets, seen it from the water but not up close., never saw the railway tracks that's neat, likley to bring construction supplies. The 2nd position is the actual gun battery at Barrett Point, it's under threat of destruction, when i visited it had not been cleared off. There is another battery across the way on Digby Island that housed a dual 6pdr turret at Fredrick point that you can see the point but not the fort from Barrett Point. There is a communication bunker near the golf course and the sunken gardens was for ammunition storage. Also two ammo bunkers at Seal Cove which as a Flying boat base.
Are you familiar with the old fortifications outside of Victoria? There are the abandoned fortifications and tunnel at Macauley Point. To see what they used to look like, check out the restored fortifications at Fort Rodd Hill. It is a staffed museum park. The fortifications were first built in the 1800s and were updated for WW2. I believe they were shut down in 1953. Macauley Point is a ruin but is accessible with walking trails.
So cool! I love this stuff. If you haven't already you should check out the Britannia Mine townsite just outside of squamish. Lots of cool stuff up there and really interesting history although it might be a lot of hoofing around on foot. Used to be able to drive in there. Random stuff in the middle of the forest like a swimming pool, fire hydrants, old dams etc.
Surprised it hasn’t been turned into a park. The battery at Fort Stevens in Oregon is a major state park down there. Nice to see an undeveloped, pristine relic of the past.
Ya, I did read some articles when researching this which were discussing the possibility of preserving this as a community park. There was some support for that idea in Prince Rupert, unfortunately it seems nothing has come of it.
Wow this is excellent .. Following train steel through the forest is my kinda thing and has been for years now .. You did excellent camera work .. I love WWII history and have quite a bit of it where i live on the Olympic Peninsula .. Do more like this i love it .. I have heard about this bunker but have never seen any pictures of it of a film .. Great find ..
Nice video, thanks. You'd like the Channel Islands. There are a lot of well preserved bunkers and batteries there. Although those were built by the Germans during their occupation, the designs are very similar for the batteries and emplacements although the large lookout towers are uniquely German. We've also got a few here in the UK, along canals and the coast especially.
I love your videos, and I have fallen in love with BC. I live in the Mojave desert, just outside of Las Vegas, NV, the driest place in North America. I am so intrigued by the temperate rainforest there. I hope to come explore the area someday.
Thats awesome, this is my home town. The other forts are hard to find, but they are there. One is past our port terminal which is hard to access now, the other accross from it. I love your videos and how much you know about the history of each place.
"As we currently live in the longest time of peace in the history of the earth" That is a scary thought, as we are currently going against the odds.....
This is so great on history , you are correct , history that shaped this country and made it great should be saved for folks to see this kind of history .. Show us more military battery installations , i love this kind of history .. I really wonder just how many of these installations are on the coast areas of Canada ? Thanks this is so good ..
I live in Rupert and visit these bunkers often, you can visit my Facebook page Ww2 forts & bunkers of Prince Rupert B.c. You missed out in the first fort bunker that is huge!! Great video on them.
Are you sure those tracks were wartime? We have narrow-gauge tracks in many forested areas. The tracks were used for transporting logs to the paper mill or to water where the logs could be floated to the mill.
Can you just imagine how much of a pain in the a** it would have been to build those things? I wonder when the guys were building it, if they thought to themselves what a waste of time... I guess better that than actually needing them.
Luke is unfortunately too young to remember the observation towers along the beach around UBC. I visited them as a kid in the early 80s, and then took a stroll along the expanded nudist beach. I didn't know, my friends didn't know. Our minders just wanted to get us back home.
I wonder how soon they will start to re-fit those? Or if they will just build new ones? I'd say re-fit. Since they have to build or re-fit some along our north and east coasts !?!?
@@lifeofluke Oh no grasshopper... they will be needed and not very far down the road either. We are exactly between Russia and the US... Russia is moving into the neighborhood polar regions... And it's not a summer campout !
"Always being rain"... o ya? We the Rupert optimists count on "always being SUN!😁" (I've not lived there since '65, but you can't take Rupert out of the boy.)
Seriously: super to watch and learn about my birth area. Thank you. But green roofs "a nice modern touch"!? Likely *camouflage* against marauding planes. (Japan began WW2 with 10 aircraft carriers, world's largest fleet at the time.)
No no, the first clue was the 'No Trespassing' sign and not the tracks...lol. What could those workers do anyway? Shoo you off? If someone wanted to make that place into a home, what would they care? I guess I get sad when I see all these abandoned places people find that just sit and rot. I just don't get it. Even gorgeous mansions with marble floors and so on just rotting away and utterly wasteful neglect. There really is something wrong with our world with our extensive habitual waste. I would love to have or find any place that was abandoned out away from people and just build what is only needed and live out the rest of my days being 65. Me, my guitar, and books. I guess the food would always be an issue until you establish a large garden and trap for meat or haul it in by boat or get a helicopter food drop. I guess it all depends where the location is. For electricity, best to find a stream, river, or fast running good clean water to drink and to power an efficient generator. Ah well, it's just a dream.
across the strait here in washington we've got a lot of old bunkers in the woods. artillery stations and machine gun stations. some are easy to get to. it's fun to look out at the field of fire over the water. We covered this side and you guys coverd that side.
Your films are brilliant ... love them... so close to home...
I agree! I subbed
Same John, great content
I loved exploring these back when i used to live in rupert
The first two bunkers that you explored did not actually house guns at any point. They were the director's towers/bunkers - this is where the officers would plot the locations of enemy ships and direct the fire from the gun turrets that you explored at the end. If you headed directly to the beach from those turrets, you would have also found the battery's search light bunker. I recently explored a different gun battery on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, and it had a very similar configuration.
The military is not known for their creativity and so you see the same designs repeated over and over at different sites. I've seen this a lot both with the Endicott era and also WW2 era batteries in the US. Looking forward to exploring the Canadian ones when the border opens.
There is a concrete gun or searchlight bunker in Stanley Park that is still in great condition.
Oh man what a beauty of a hidden gem!! Those tracks were wicked being so overgrown! Gotta love when nature takes over
The first fort you came across was I think Casey Point and it oversaw the torpedo nets, seen it from the water but not up close., never saw the railway tracks that's neat, likley to bring construction supplies. The 2nd position is the actual gun battery at Barrett Point, it's under threat of destruction, when i visited it had not been cleared off. There is another battery across the way on Digby Island that housed a dual 6pdr turret at Fredrick point that you can see the point but not the fort from Barrett Point. There is a communication bunker near the golf course and the sunken gardens was for ammunition storage. Also two ammo bunkers at Seal Cove which as a Flying boat base.
Are you familiar with the old fortifications outside of Victoria? There are the abandoned fortifications and tunnel at Macauley Point. To see what they used to look like, check out the restored fortifications at Fort Rodd Hill. It is a staffed museum park. The fortifications were first built in the 1800s and were updated for WW2. I believe they were shut down in 1953. Macauley Point is a ruin but is accessible with walking trails.
I’d smash that like button 1000x’s if I could. I never knew those existed and it doesn’t take long for the forest to swallow all that up
So cool! I love this stuff. If you haven't already you should check out the Britannia Mine townsite just outside of squamish. Lots of cool stuff up there and really interesting history although it might be a lot of hoofing around on foot. Used to be able to drive in there. Random stuff in the middle of the forest like a swimming pool, fire hydrants, old dams etc.
That's on the list of places to visit, thanks for the info!
Hi Shaun! I am a fan!
Definitely was a much cooler spot before it was revamped into a tourist destination
@@MrPolaris07 pretty sure he’s talking about the townsite not the mine buddy
Another great video, in beautiful B.C.!! Love the history👍
Yep, same here, so many hidden gems, thanks!
Great video as always Luke! Your videos are very professional. Can’t wait for the next one 😁👍
I watched this again ! It is so good !
I’ve always liked this kind of history all my life ! I still like to go out and search for the sites !!
That's a badass spot for a battery
Ya, definitely
Excellent video. Thanks for taking us along on your adventure.
Thanks for watching!
I just stumbled upon your page and I’m so glad I did,I love your adventures ! Good vibes from Idaho
Awesome, thanks for watching!
Superb production - thank you. Don't stop now, keep going! We want more.
Thanks Cliff!
Man I would love to convert that into a home... That would be awesome
Surprised it hasn’t been turned into a park. The battery at Fort Stevens in Oregon is a major state park down there. Nice to see an undeveloped, pristine relic of the past.
Ya, I did read some articles when researching this which were discussing the possibility of preserving this as a community park. There was some support for that idea in Prince Rupert, unfortunately it seems nothing has come of it.
Amazing video, I want to visit that place!
Wow this is excellent .. Following train steel through the forest is my kinda thing and has been for years now .. You did excellent camera work .. I love WWII history and have quite a bit of it where i live on the Olympic Peninsula .. Do more like this i love it .. I have heard about this bunker but have never seen any pictures of it of a film .. Great find ..
Thanks Norman, exploring the Olympic peninsula is something I'd like to do in the future!
Nice video, thanks. You'd like the Channel Islands. There are a lot of well preserved bunkers and batteries there. Although those were built by the Germans during their occupation, the designs are very similar for the batteries and emplacements although the large lookout towers are uniquely German. We've also got a few here in the UK, along canals and the coast especially.
Ya, thanks Simon, I have researched the Channel Islands and would love to go there someday!
Hey man, just wanted to say me and my mom love your videos! My mom thinks Nina is the star of the show.
haha, she is! Thanks!
I love your videos, and I have fallen in love with BC. I live in the Mojave desert, just outside of Las Vegas, NV, the driest place in North America. I am so intrigued by the temperate rainforest there. I hope to come explore the area someday.
You'll find it's pretty much the complete opposite! And both extremes are beautiful in their own way
Thanks Luke
Thats awesome, this is my home town. The other forts are hard to find, but they are there. One is past our port terminal which is hard to access now, the other accross from it. I love your videos and how much you know about the history of each place.
Thanks Kathleen!
Well done video. What an interesting place.
Thanks Faith!
"As we currently live in the longest time of peace in the history of the earth" That is a scary thought, as we are currently going against the odds.....
It is far from a long period of peace , it’s just spread out more and not followed by mainstream
This is so great on history , you are correct , history that shaped this country and made it great should be saved for folks to see this kind of history ..
Show us more military battery installations , i love this kind of history .. I really wonder just how many of these installations are on the coast areas of Canada ? Thanks this is so good ..
Coastal vibes! Love the drone shot at 8:10
Thanks hermano! It's definitely coastal, very rainy
I live in Rupert and visit these bunkers often, you can visit my Facebook page Ww2 forts & bunkers of Prince Rupert B.c. You missed out in the first fort bunker that is huge!! Great video on them.
Thanks Saige!
Hey @Saige I've asked to join your group, would live to know more about these forts and bunkers.
Are you sure those tracks were wartime? We have narrow-gauge tracks in many forested areas. The tracks were used for transporting logs to the paper mill or to water where the logs could be floated to the mill.
I don't know for sure, so that could be a plausible explanation
Greeting from Terrace BC, great video, so close to Rupert and never knew it was there.
I've sen those trenches before. It's possible it was a flume to send logs from the clearcuts down the hill easier.
Interesting, that would be one wild ride
What an awesome find
Thanks Tim!
Pretty cool, Luke - you explored the area I've always wondered about but have not yet been able to get to. Thanks for another awesome video!
Thanks Cody!
Can you just imagine how much of a pain in the a** it would have been to build those things? I wonder when the guys were building it, if they thought to themselves what a waste of time... I guess better that than actually needing them.
Prince Rupert, I must visit sometime! Looks like a beautiful area
I see you around TH-cam a lot . I gave you a subbed!
I agree worth the trip! I subbed to you as well cheers mate
Bring your rain coat
It is beautiful! And not packed with tourists like other places, I recommend it
Great camera work Luke.
Thanks
great stuff as usual... this reminds me of exploring the german bunkers in Europe when i was young
Ooh I like the sound of that
Love your videos. Annnnddd I love that you take your pooch .... look at that sweet dog. ❤❤
Thanks Jenny!
Love those train tracks
yeah they’re pretty cool all overgrown like that
cool video, love the doggo
Too cool!! While you’re up that way check out Stewart & Hyder 👍🏽👍🏽
I'd really like to!
You have a freakin awesome dog
100%
New Sub love these kind of videos.
Thanks Charity!
Great video Luke!
Thank you Carlos!
Magnificent
Thanks Les!
HI LUKE....GREAT PHOTOGRAPHY !!!!!
Thanks!
Awesome video!
Thanks Shandore!
Another killer video bud 👍🏼
Thanks Anthony!
I like your videos!
Much appreciated, Jeff!
Really like what you do and where you go.
Luke is unfortunately too young to remember the observation towers along the beach around UBC. I visited them as a kid in the early 80s, and then took a stroll along the expanded nudist beach. I didn't know, my friends didn't know. Our minders just wanted to get us back home.
Loved this, man. Great video. Also want to meet whoever disliked this video and ask them questions. Haha. Seriously. Great channel.
I just wish your videos were longer
Well I aim to make longer ones, so stay tuned!
Cool thanks 👍👍🙂
I love your vids, Thanks! Just curious, did they ever have to use the guns for defense?
Thanks for watching! I don't believe the guns have been used for defense
Long time no see, Luke
Thanks for watching, Yul!
Nice dog ⛅️
Didn’t think there was bunkers or batteries in Canada
Oh there is! And there's more too that I have yet to visit
I wonder how soon they will start to re-fit those? Or if they will just build new ones? I'd say re-fit. Since they have to build or re-fit some along our north and east coasts !?!?
I doubt it, as they're no longer needed
@@lifeofluke Oh no grasshopper... they will be needed and not very far down the road either. We are exactly between Russia and the US... Russia is moving into the neighborhood polar regions... And it's not a summer campout !
"Always being rain"... o ya? We the Rupert optimists count on "always being SUN!😁" (I've not lived there since '65, but you can't take Rupert out of the boy.)
On the seventh minutes, I see a image of person. What's this?
Seriously: super to watch and learn about my birth area. Thank you. But green roofs "a nice modern touch"!? Likely *camouflage* against marauding planes. (Japan began WW2 with 10 aircraft carriers, world's largest fleet at the time.)
You're most likely correct, I say that about modern roofs as partly tongue-in-cheek
nice
Complaints about lack of housing in remote areas of BC and you have a dwelling already started.
Neat
No no, the first clue was the 'No Trespassing' sign and not the tracks...lol. What could those workers do anyway? Shoo you off? If someone wanted to make that place into a home, what would they care?
I guess I get sad when I see all these abandoned places people find that just sit and rot. I just don't get it. Even gorgeous mansions with marble floors and so on just rotting away and utterly wasteful neglect. There really is something wrong with our world with our extensive habitual waste. I would love to have or find any place that was abandoned out away from people and just build what is only needed and live out the rest of my days being 65. Me, my guitar, and books. I guess the food would always be an issue until you establish a large garden and trap for meat or haul it in by boat or get a helicopter food drop. I guess it all depends where the location is. For electricity, best to find a stream, river, or fast running good clean water to drink and to power an efficient generator. Ah well, it's just a dream.
The minesweeper is moored on private properties and the guy who owns the boat owns the land and you trespassing can't you read the signs
wrong video Jim
jim farr wake up you are too anxious to criticize
Craig Sheppard.......The graffiti vandal
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Would love to, need to get permission though
leprechaun trains i guess! ffs
Your dog ruined this video for me. Dogs are an invasive, non-native species everywhere. They should be leashed in the woods.
HAHA. Must be a fun life being a dog nazi
Intriguing. Very cool video Luke.
Thanks Brooke!
great video Luke!
Thanks again!