Exploring the Lost Canals of Venice, California
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Hidden in Venice, California are a series of man-made canals, but what remains is only a fraction of what once existed.
Written and Produced by: Bethany Guerrero
Cinematography and Visual Effects by: C. Drew Unser
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Loved the Canals. I was there frequently in the early sixties, my Great grandparents built their house in 1925 and lived there for nearly forty years. The house is still there, 457 Sherman Canal. Thanks for the video!
Great job on the video, that was really fun! Now we need to see a 30 minute paddle tour of the whole canal system! :)
Haha, yes! Perhaps with take it up a notch and only have one oar that we have to share...
Thank you for that history lesson. Never knew so much has been lost.
Thanks for answering the 101 questions I've had about Venice of America. Prior to this, all I've seen are brief video clips and images with little information. Years ago, I visited some friends on Abbott Kinney Boulevard. Now I understand the name!
Wow, I did not know that. A piece of history lost, but not totally lost. Great video Drew & Beth!!
As soon as I seen this I was like GTA5! Where is my night club :) Good Video, Thank you for taking the time to make it and share it.
it is great to see the upgrades to the canals. The last time i was there they were just a series of puddles of stagnant water breeding mosquitos. I remember seeing on TCM one or two silent movies filmed there. Great video! Thank you for sharing!
That was really Fun. The History behind the canals of Venice makes me want to visit someday. I'm glad the two of you had a Great time. Can't wait to see more exciting Adventures. 🚶♂️🚶♀️
Venice would be a wonderful place to live in CA. I like the wildlife nearby, so peaceful and restorative. Nice episode!
Welcome back...
You were your pre "break" selves on this one and seem to have your old groove back. You had fun and so did we...thanks! 💐
LoL the thumbnail! love these content and venice! Super charming canals and banging architecture!
Thanks again!!!! 👍🏻😷👍🏾🇨🇦🇵🇭🇺🇸
Watched again because I liked it so much!!!
So relieved to see the canals are not just convenient toilets for the homeless of Venice.
What a fun episode! You guys keep finding these neat treasures! Love it
Thank you for sharing. What's amazing I grew up in Hawthorne not to far from Venice and never knew about these canals.
Epic “OO” adventure 🇺🇸 Thank you for sharing 🇺🇸
An often overlooked historic neighborhood in LA. Gosh haven't been there in eons. Filled with unique homes that were built eons ago.
Aeons
They also have the Naples Canals in Long Beach. Prettier and nicer than the ones in Venice. At Christmas, boats are decorated and cruise the canals.
Been there during Christmas time, the houses and boats around the Naples Canals are really nicely decorated for the season.
Hi Drew and Bethany, I’m new to your channel - and I love it. Checking out ‘odd’ places has been a passion of mine for some time (I’m a history teacher) and travel is what my wife and I just ‘do’… so your content is great, thank you. I can’t believe the fantastic things we have missed when on the US west coast. Well done guys - interesting, entertaining and easy… thanks again. Bruce in Australia.
Hi Bruce - Love having you here! It's always awesome to "meet" other people from around the world who also enjoy diving into the odd and unusual. We have quite a bit of new stuff coming up in 2023 (we just released a new episode a week ago) and hope you'll join. Take care!
That is so cool always wondered about Venice California
What a fun place. Too bad it succumbed to the car like so many others. Glad you took the kayak out there to show the water view and the library!
On the occasions I've been in LA over the years I've made a point of visiting Venice, walking the canal paths and thinking what a lovely place it would be to live. If ever a city needed more areas like the canals of Venice then it's LA. Orson Welles' great film 'Touch of Evil' was shot largely there and being made in 1958 the then dilapidated state of the canals is evident.
Another delightful adventure, Bethany and Drew. The history of the Venice Canals was an unknown commodity (to me), until you revealed it in this video. Thanks for both the education and the entertainment. Note to Drew: Where was YOUR flotation device?
The real delight would be getting lost on Beth’s love canal.
You don`t need a lifejacket,the canals are only 5 ft deep.
one of the best channels !!
Just ran across this episode again - this is a fun one - Thanks Guys
Never knew about these canals, now I want to go there!!! thanks!!
Oh Yeah, I been hoping for that video! Thank you so much for considering my suggestion! 😍👏🏻
A little more sterile set of canals (again with an Italian name) is Naples, CA / Long Beach. You can rent kayaks nearby. I like Venice, CA more but beware that it can smell after a good rain.
I love old stuff, Enjoyed it. Thanks and have a good holiday weekend
Another interesting adventure. Thanks guys!
LOL I love this! For some reason I had no clue about these canals... i supposed it makes sense in a town called Venice!
What a cool place that would be to live. Another great adventure, thanks!
The California Chamber of Commerce should sponsor your videos. I like how you guys show a variety of attractions from the really "touristy" stuff to the things that are well-kept secrets.
Hey guys, just came across your channel today and I'm really enjoying it. I'm a big fan of California's Gold and Huell Howser and you definitely have a bit of the same vibe going on. Seeing this video of Venice Beach brings to mind the scene in The Doors where Jim follows Pam home with "Love Street"" as the soundtrack. I'm looking forward to seeing your future adventures!
Thank you so much! We're big Huell fans, so it's a compliment to be considered in the same wheelhouse. Hope you have a great rest of your week.
Bethany’s beaver eats wood.
Once again you have brought viewers a great video, I have flown over the canals many times and made note to self want to check them out one day .Great camera work!
One of my favs.
Was in Venice yesterday on my bike.
Always make it a point to check them out.
Special. TY!
Great video as always people, thanks.
A very interesting and enjoyable video on the canals. It is too bad that the original sections were filled in though to make way for the automobile. I appreciate all the hard work which goes into these videos.
I always end up clicking on videos with another Bethany😂 first time watching your videos
Hahaha, it's like we're all drawn to each other. Glad to have as a viewer!
So cool!
Thank you for this!!!!!! Another place to visit!!!
Pretty nice review and helpful info thank you guys for the beautiful review ☝💯👏🌠🌹💖
I love your channel. "So interesting!". Again greetings from Yorkshire UK. Take care. John. Have a great July 4th....
Wow... Never have seen or heard of those canals before. How cool and what a neat piece of history. Thanks for sharing this adventure with us. Look forward to the nest Odyssey ... 👍🏻
Glad you enjoyed the episode!
Such a great video, thank you
Great video guys. Keep them coming
Glad you enjoyed!
Another great video
Really fun video guys! MY current favourite youtubers, excited to see the next :)
Thank you so much!
That was funny watch y'all kayak😆👍
Love it
Keep up the great work Drew and Beth I’m a big fan from Los Angeles !
We appreciate that, thank you!
Cool Video! Waterways give off a certain kind of tranquility. I had to go to San Antonio TX for business once and decided that my employees and I deserved a little break. Being a History guy, I figured that we should visit the Alamo. I guess from old movies and such, I was thinking it was out in the country. Well, it might have been but nowadays it is in the middle of San Antonio! It is Cool to visit such an old historic place and walk out into a city. The atmosphere is great. They have a Riverwalk along a man-made section of 'river' that I think was built as a water resource for downtown. Walk about a block and there's a Mall with good food and drinks (and shopping, if that's what you're into). I think more cities should have waterways. They beautify the area and seem to offer a peaceful setting in the middle of the chaos of a big city.
Ya'll Take Care and be safe, John
You left so much info out about how the canals were taken out after being incorporated by LA, and that the locals fought to keep them but lost
What is that cool mapping software you use?
Great video
Thanks again for taking us on another of your great adventures I always thought those canals wound smell and be full of mosquitoes and such so does the water recirculate somehow
The canals are tidal with the sea.
Very interesting
Great video as a kid in the 70s the canals and Venice was a dump it looks so much better now. I live in NYC and don't go home much
Bethany there is a musical on Broadway called moulin Rouge and it's star Karen Olivio looks like you your Georgeous
Much ❤️ 😍
Drew living his best life 😂
Love this. Do you guys have kids, you can take them on some of your adventures. Like this one. lol Thanks for another fun video
The canals look awesome! I bet housing is quite expensive along these waterways...
Damn the OG Venice looked amazing! Wish we would have kept it that way.
"what are these two idiots doing?" 🤣🤣🤣
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I remember little Venice popping up as a location in some old American cop show - possibly Starsky and Hutch? But I suspect it's been much gentrified since and those houses looked very expensive.
I hope there are strict building controls there,it will be ruined if people start demolishing those little houses and replace them with high-rise blocks.
So sick they should make it big again
I figured Venice, CA was named for waterways. Intetesting.
Where Did u load your kayak in ? I never found a spot that was accessible
And you found a little library too. Is there a map of those…lol. A pirates map…lol
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Hey there! Great to have you on board! 🙌❤
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They should rebuilt the original waterways. Must be fun to live there.
It looks like the canals are at sea level and connected to the sea through a channel. I assume the water is sea water, salty? Does the water level rise and fall with the tides, or do they have valves that they open only at high tide to let new water in?
Great question. There are valves that connect the canals to the marina. I believe once a week they're opened up to let the tide in and flush out the old water.
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That makes sense. Thanks.
Was that low tide?
Something about the Venice canals is that Matt groening the Creator the Simpson
row row row your boat.......
When Drew says he likes how Bethany is doing all the paddling , I expected him to get a paddle in the back of the head!!
North of Toronto on Lake Simcoe there is a retirement community designed along much the same lines called "Lagoon City", Lake Simcoe also connects to the Trent/Severn Canal system which wends its way through the Southern Ontario countryside down to Lake Ontario.
I think the comment about doing all the paddling deserved a whack in the back of the head with a paddle, or at least a splash of water.
Chain link fence around the gondola replica was a nice touch from California.
I've wrecked a lot of cars flying over those bridges while running from the cops.
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Ok... where'd we park the car?
Sharks in the canals?
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Was I the only one waiting for Steph to splash Drew with her oars/paddles? Something tells me if it hadn't been for all of the recording equipment she would have.
Oh course it don't look like Italy..its southern California nothing like it in the world
You spelled Marina Del Rey wrong 🤣
Legitimately you lot complain we only have 300 years worth of history but u ruined n hit it all get it dug up
*Suicidal Locals Only Fools! ...Punk Rock 83!*
Now it's just silly people from back east
Ask the OG's
You guys should look up the Llano del Rio Collective that's in the high desert, it would make a good subject for one of your videos. It's located at 34 30.393N 117 49.627W
We'll have to check it out! Thank you for the suggestion.