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  • This is a video that I have wanted to make for years, and I am so happy with the experience of making it. I visited the old town location of Minto, in the central interior of BC. There is nothing left structurally of the old town because the entire location was flooded by the man made Carpenter Lake, but that does not mean there isn't anything to see. My goal while visiting Minto, was to put the drone in the air and see how well I can map out the ruins and roads of the old town. This was more difficult than I had hoped, but combining what I could see from the air and what I could see from the ground, I was really able to start building this map.
    While on location, I also wanted to do some metal detecting and see if I could find some old relics. I put on a lot of miles and dug a lot of holes, and it was worth every bit of the effort. I got to see so many remnants from the residents that once called this home, and I was able to dig up some really neat relics as well.
    As beautiful as the town site is, I cant go without talking about the drive to get there. I have done this drive five times now, and it impresses me more every time I do it. I personally believe that this is the most beautiful drive in British Columbia, and I am so excited to share it with you all.
    Thank you so much for watching and enjoying. If you would like to help support the channel, and help make it possible to make more videos like this one, please consider supporting on Patreon: / destinationadventure
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  • @landlice48
    @landlice48 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I was a teacher a million moons ago. I wish each and every one of of your videos were part of our BC, and Canada 🇨🇦 curriculum!

  • @69kevroletfastback33
    @69kevroletfastback33 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    The insulators screw on to the threaded poles you found. Those stick tree`s are failed recent attempts by BC Hydro to plant cottonwood tree`s using nursery branches. I`ve seen 1000`s of them at reservoirs all over BC and almost all of them are dead. What a waste of our tax dollars! I was disappointed you didnt show us or talk about what was obviously an archeological dig of some kind? It was likely treasure hunters. Great video, thanks!

  • @regabernathy6039
    @regabernathy6039 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Possibly the "bell" is a gas cap. There is a knurled edge around the cap, so you could turn it easier.

    • @Devon-3point1
      @Devon-3point1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm going to say you're correct in that it's a cap. Possibly a fuel tank for heating or some more stationary type of machinery. If you look closely at it you can see it had something on the inside. Likely it was spring metal that would have been friction to keep the cap on a pipe by being forced into the inside with the cap he found on the top.

    • @2ofus
      @2ofus 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Devon-3point1 if it's threaded on the inside it could be a radiator cap, or a grease cap.

    • @Dodge-cs3gb
      @Dodge-cs3gb 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I agree. Often gas caps from the 40s and 50s had those serrations on the side.

  • @adreabrooks11
    @adreabrooks11 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Your methodical, respectful approach truly is refreshing to see! Other urban explorers and so on should take note.

  • @VidGirl88
    @VidGirl88 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    The first 37 seconds of this encapsulates living in Canada.
    BC has some of the most amazing dives in the country- did some exploring this past summer. So many random abandoned townships.

  • @sandrakipp6336
    @sandrakipp6336 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I love your videos! They make me feel like I'm exploring right alongside you. I will not likely ever see the things you are showing us, and I truly appreciate you for sharing.

    • @pattawoo5149
      @pattawoo5149 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Perfectly said Sandra!

  • @DaveWhite1979
    @DaveWhite1979 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I've got a cabin at Gun Lake just up the road from Gold Bridge. There's about 15 different mine shafts I've explored over the last 40 years of riding dirt bikes around the surrounding mountain ranges. Lots of hunter/trapper cabins, old vehicles in the bush from the mining days, plus fishing and views for days. If your around next July come to the south east end of the lake and start yelling for Dave. Bring your dirt bike.

    • @Destination_Adventure
      @Destination_Adventure  3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I love exploring this area. For sure I’ll come and do some yelling lol. I’d love a local guide here. I’ve explored lots of the area, but mostly just free styling it.

    • @timmiferscottnaud2053
      @timmiferscottnaud2053 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Destination_Adventure there's 1000 good spots.. jewel creek is a cool drive.. up the slim creek forest service road

    • @nicolemilley8251
      @nicolemilley8251 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      my exs family got a place very close to there,jim creek/hog creek what a beautiful place, spent a few weekends up there!!

    • @wolfgangzenker3049
      @wolfgangzenker3049 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hey, I live near there too, but do less exploring although I’ve been here, is there any Volkswagen vans in the forest you’ve seen? I collect them

  • @lynetteb421
    @lynetteb421 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Thank you for posting this! I can’t walk much & it’s nice to be taken along on your journey. I’m from Cleveland Ohio & I didn’t realize how beautiful Canada is! I just know ppl are just so nice & for that I’ve always enjoyed visiting 😀

  • @theell9014
    @theell9014 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    This was better than most, if not all, other documentaries I have seen regarding British Columbia. Beautifully photographed, fascinating and enlightening information, and never boring. I still can't believe that the government of BC does not help fund your adventures...makes me glad and proud to be a patreon where I can do my own little bit to help. Please, keep these amazing documentaries coming!

    • @Destination_Adventure
      @Destination_Adventure  3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Thank you so much for this comment. I’d love to team up with the BC government, but they won’t even reply to my emails.

    • @jamiefaizfahmy9740
      @jamiefaizfahmy9740 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Destination_Adventure Keep trying. Your getting bigger and better w your channel. The fact you are out there documenting history, the land should appeal to them. I know I own my business and was ignored for a while. But then I got the city of Phoenix to team up w me. Being constant is a great thing in life. Being a constant pain in the rear has always opened doors for me. I love when you interview folks that live in the areas. Or tell the history. You bring me there through video and I am super jelly of your talents. I am just a hobby adventurer. You are the real deal. Best wishes. Never stop moving forward.

    • @angelaj7229
      @angelaj7229 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Great videos, thank you. The BC government, like many governments, is inept. You don't need them. Keep up the good work.

  • @wizland5131
    @wizland5131 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Really liked the video. I use to work for a power company so I can confirm that the heavy metal objects you found are the mounts for the insulators. They very depending on the insulator used. I also think that the object you referred to as a bell is actually a fuel cap. The 2 rivets on the top would have held the spring mechanism or latch.

    • @rossmacintosh5652
      @rossmacintosh5652 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wiz -- Just after Dustin held up one of the insulator rods he held up an unidentified steel stamping. I'm thinking it was a steel bracket used on a power pole to diagonally reinforce when the installer would bolt on the wood cross-arm that held those rods & their insulators. Does that make sense to you?

    • @wizland5131
      @wizland5131 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I am fairly sure the bar he picked up was a cross arm brace. After viewing the video a second time a am wondering if some of the colored glass pieces looked at could be telephone or telegraph insulators? Depending on the manufacture they came in a variety of colors like green, pink, purple, blue and yellow/orange. If the glass seamed unusually thick, it probably was.

  • @stikinevalleybaptistchurch2315
    @stikinevalleybaptistchurch2315 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Very interesting place, yet terribly sad, too. We were there a number of times with our kids, and I felt such a sense of sadness as I thought of all the families displaced. Great video!

    • @FLMegan
      @FLMegan ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same I cannot imagine knowing my home would soon be under water.

    • @lotharschiese8559
      @lotharschiese8559 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@FLMegan Worse was that they had everything confiscated and they were put into in effect a concentration camp, forced to work for peanuts and ostracized!

  • @Fremen_Stilgar
    @Fremen_Stilgar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Dustin, Your production quality and materials gone perfect day by day. Thank you for sharing us. Also BC is an wonderfull place!

    • @CANControlGRAFFITI
      @CANControlGRAFFITI 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wonderfully expensive

    • @eggberta
      @eggberta 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you for making these videos :) they’ve helped soothe my need to explore.

    • @Destination_Adventure
      @Destination_Adventure  3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Thank you very much

    • @432forabettertime6
      @432forabettertime6 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bc
      Wonderfully locked down and against anyone else who enters the province !

  • @sashakokesch4137
    @sashakokesch4137 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    You are a true Master-craftsman of your art. Always follow your heart, but never forget where the folks are that call you their family! We've always got your back and are VERY proud of you!

    • @Destination_Adventure
      @Destination_Adventure  3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Thank you Sash, and I promise there is no need to worry of me forgetting. Too true to my heart to possibly forget.

  • @ecocentrichomestead6783
    @ecocentrichomestead6783 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    13:55 That gets bolted onto the cross beam of a power pole by the thread on the flared end. A glass or ceramic insulator gets threaded on the top and the wire is attached to the insulator.
    20:00 I think it would be a good ideal to glue those pieces together and set it aside. You might find more pieces during future scouting.

  • @jimmehp2748
    @jimmehp2748 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Dustin, your videos are getting better and better. The production quality is so good, I felt like we were there with exploring. Awesome video!!!

  • @DannoM_
    @DannoM_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Wow I love this video!! The drone footage is spectacular, the history of the area, the remoteness of it and your exploration and examination of it are really good! I like how you brought back findings to look over, so cool. I can tell a lot of work went into editing this one. You continue to deliver great adventures!

    • @Destination_Adventure
      @Destination_Adventure  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lots and lots of work into this one lol. Thank you for enjoying:)

  • @mike-rink
    @mike-rink 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    If you want to learn more, I think the Nikkei Internment Memorial Center in New Denver is an amazing place to visit. Thanks to its historical structures and recreations you really get a feel for what a terrible experience this was for interned Japanese Canadians.

    • @aboveitall1653
      @aboveitall1653 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      About 1/100th as bad as the experience that Canadian Prisoners of War endured - many NOT surviving - in Japanese internment camps. But of course Liberal and Left-Wing Gov'ts in Canada as well as the news-media have successfully repressed that, while ensuring the "internment camp story" is well told to the public and is part of the "formal education curriculum".

    • @mike-rink
      @mike-rink 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@aboveitall1653 not sure what triggered you to bring politics into the apolitical statement "interning your own citizens is bad". But, since you brought it up...
      The government has not "repressed" information about Japanese POW camps. In fact, on the government's Veterans.gc.ca page "Prisoners of War in the Second World War" they accurately point out it was harsher in the East, "The Japanese camps were often run with great brutality. The food rations provided for the prisoners were particularly meagre.". You can also find more information in the Canadian War Museum's site, where they have archived newspaper articles about POW's experiences.
      As to your comment about this being Liberal, or Left-wing, I would point out that it was Conservative Prime Minister Brian Mulroney who made Canada's formal apology to interned Japanese Canadians. His apology came one month after conservative Republican President Ronald Reagan did the same in America, to interned Japanese Americans.
      Finally, just to clarify - the Nikkei Centre is not a Federal museum. It is operated by the Village of New Denver. It is likely supported in part by gov't grants, but it is independent.
      Like I said in my comment, I encourage everyone to visit the museum. It certainly educated me as to the terrible conditions forced on Japanese Canadian citizens, and the amount of mental and financial damage that was caused.

    • @cbeyre
      @cbeyre 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@aboveitall1653 interning your own citizens and selling off their possessions and destroying their business and communities because of their ethnic heritage despite being in Canada for multiple generations in many cases is totally different than being a soldier in war captured in a foreign country. Not even comparable.

    • @aboveitall1653
      @aboveitall1653 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cbeyre --- you are correct in one thing, Canada had no business sending troops to defend the "British Colony" of Hong Kong. The Chinese can defend it themselves. And in the late 1930's-early'40's the Chinese were being massacred by the tens of thousands by the invading Japanese, who occupied a sizeable part of then primitive China, in an ethnic war that had roots centuries ago. And America should have never given an "ultimatum" to Japan to get out of China, that is what caused the Pearl Harbor sneak attack. But of course back then Canada was still a partial British Colony itself, so it went to defend "the mighty British Empire" in HK .

    • @Johnketes54
      @Johnketes54 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@aboveitall1653I understood where you are coming from, The Japanese military were exceedingly evil treating all prisoners of war with disdain including Korean and Chinese civilians into slave labour women into prostitution and rape,Civilians are usually innocent of war crimes. The Japanese will never admit any wrong doing to this day.

  • @momsterzz
    @momsterzz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Love the drone shots in the canyon! @2:25

  • @mFrazz-fq2hl
    @mFrazz-fq2hl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    That was awesome. I live in B.C , the history is so fascinating to me. Love your videos😊

    • @Jarod1941
      @Jarod1941 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's amazing how much untold history we have here in BC. I grew up in the Okanagan & the valley is rich with history dating back to white man's first true western town from the 1700's into the 2nd largest gold rush in N. American history. Indigenous history dates back 1000's of year and it's all largely untold.
      Dustin does a great job of uncovering lots of BC's untold stories and historical places.

  • @blacksheepoff-road
    @blacksheepoff-road 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Was camping in that very spot in July and yes water level was lower to see more. Seeing that i now understand the unusual rock patterns and also found lots of cool stuff laying around

  • @kathnh6795
    @kathnh6795 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm finding all your videos to be fascinating. I've always wanted to do what you are doing. The Japanese who were moved to Minto were very resilient; despite the fact that they had to leave their homes behind, and those home were in either the USA or somewhere in Canada, they still built beautiful, elaborate gardens and made Minto just like their former homes.

  • @sheriherrick4420
    @sheriherrick4420 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The love you have for what you're doing is very apparent. The care you take in every location, making sure to only leave your footprints is also apparent and I sure hope it makes people think twice before breaking windows and destroy properly and history. Not all explorers are as great as you. I know you put a lot of hard work into your videos and I love every one of them. Thank you!

  • @markg3947
    @markg3947 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    When you are exploring old places try to find where they had their dump. Great for old bottles.

  • @johnmclaren7059
    @johnmclaren7059 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    We’ve travelled along that stretch of road many times in the past on our way to Bralorne where my buddys house is located , we’ve stopped at the Minto flats to scout around and have noticed several artifacts and left them untouched knowing that it was once a community but your in depth exploration was truly enlightening! Thank you Dustin for another great video! I also enjoyed your video on the pioneer mine, bralorne and gold bridge area keep them coming and safe travels 👍🇨🇦

  • @nbrowser
    @nbrowser 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Quite a few years ago my other half an I did a drive into Lillooet form the LM one day...ended up leaving Lillooet via the Carpenter Lake road...very scenic to say the least. Ended up in Goldbridge and Bralorme, had a small charcoal BBQ tailgate lunch at nearby Gun Lake then returned to the LM via the Hurley Main (while it was still maintained by the Ministry of Transport into Pemberton returning home via Whistler (99 to highway 1 back to Abbotsford). Phenomenal day of exploring and travel, BC has a lot to take in for sure!

  • @outdoormountainman
    @outdoormountainman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Love this, We absolutely love exploring Minto and got a kick out of you finding the McCleary Stove part as we found the front door off of a McCleary stove in Minto. We also found almost fully intact bottles which one is dated back to 1929.
    Keep up the great videos
    Cheers
    Christopher and Alison

  • @rickinnes
    @rickinnes 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My wife and I have gone through all your videos we can find . Just watched this one . When I was a kid my father scrounged wood from this site and used it to build a cabin on Gun Lake that gave us years of enjoyment .

  • @shawnbibey8442
    @shawnbibey8442 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am a ex power line contractor. The threaded metal you picked up goes on top of a power pole and the insulator you found screws on top of the metal. So you have a wood pole, a metal bracket on the top and the insulator for the power line to attach it to is screwed to the metal bracket, this makes the electricity insulated from the pole itself. Oh and the power line was tied onto the insulator using a peace of small cooper wire wrapped around the power line and the insulator. Hope this helps picture what you found.

  • @cindywickenheiser981
    @cindywickenheiser981 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love your videos, thank you so much; I was born and raised in Kelowna and I have always wanted to see Bc like you are doing ..., and love Abandoned places the old towns and cities with so many untold stories. You are a very good Explorer and teacher thank you 🙏

  • @kimberlyk3928
    @kimberlyk3928 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I live in BC and never heard of this place before. It's so cool I love history!!

  • @Annie36526
    @Annie36526 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    The glass turned purple because it has been exposed to the sun. Glass with magnesium turns purple when exposed to the sun

    • @Destination_Adventure
      @Destination_Adventure  3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      This is so interesting, thank you. I haven’t heard of this before. I will do some reading now.

  • @heathercorney2289
    @heathercorney2289 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I loved it. How wonderful that you can do this. I can't imagine the joy of having both a drone and a metal detector. All the history you uncover and the video was great. Felt like I was right there. keep it up.

  • @jcf6597
    @jcf6597 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Well done and interesting video.

  • @bchistoryhunter8634
    @bchistoryhunter8634 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your living the ultimate dream my friend! I'm hoping to buy a camper van in the near future and take to the open road. I've driven from Vancouver island to San Diego, Van island to Alaska, to cape scott the very tip of Vancouver Island and many other places around Canada in my Ranger but need to get a more permanent and comfortable living ride. There is nothing like the freedom of the open road,making your own plan on the go and stopping when ever you please and where ever you please. Love that you have a metal detector to, It definitely go's hand in hand with exploring and road tripping like that. Keep up the great video's and Well wishes on your future endeavor's.
    Cheers, Danny.

  • @NTromb
    @NTromb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Absolutely love your videos, especially when they’re like this. When I was younger iused to go camping with my family and go find all the Abandoned buildings and stuff like that .Very carefully look through them.if the building was to dilapidated I would just venture around outside and find lots of neat treasures. please keep it up with these videos I love them!!

  • @j.i.bennett9934
    @j.i.bennett9934 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great little adventure before winter sets in. I enjoyed the follow along style of your videos. It is nice to have some sense of being there along for the exploration. Looking forward to seeing where you go next time. Thank you for sharing your adventures.

  • @kcdook153
    @kcdook153 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just love seeing you travle our back yard and teach peaople about the history of Beautifull British Columbia.

  • @devinudsen1948
    @devinudsen1948 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really cool! Keep the hits coming Dustin! Thank you for exploring for the rest of us!

  • @timmiferscottnaud2053
    @timmiferscottnaud2053 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I loved this... my great grandfather worked in the bralorne mine.. my grandpa built a cabin on big gun... now I go up to camp out at Minto and the lower ponds.. this was really well done

    • @Destination_Adventure
      @Destination_Adventure  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you very much. I would have enjoyed a conversation with your great grandfather.

  • @gomiftw
    @gomiftw 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your cinematography is amazing! Really highlighting our beautiful province, thanks so much for these videos! Your quickly becoming one of my fav youtubers!

  • @jilldavis7229
    @jilldavis7229 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thank you for sharing this experience! I loved this!!! I love old ghost town’s! The artifacts were wonderful & interesting!!! The scenery was beautiful! I am sooo very sorry that the Asians were treated sooo very poorly😔 It must have been a beautiful place when it was thriving!!! I’d love to stay there for several days with my medal detector! I’m with you... I hate snow, been there done that coming from WY, US... that’s why I now live in AZ, US😂 Loved the history lessons! Thank you for sharing this magnificent find... I loved it ❤️

  • @derekp2674
    @derekp2674 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks very much. Some great landscape footage there and I really enjoyed the history and archaeology too.

  • @missjddrage1111
    @missjddrage1111 ปีที่แล้ว

    😧..😖...🤣
    Ohh my goodness that intro!! I love falling asleep to the mix of these videos and waking up to the surreal moments this man gets to physically visit. Absolutely stunning of a profession to pursue with quality truly unmatched. 💐🏆🥂💕🔥 Waking up to that intro just made my day though. Thank you.

  • @sissysenn833
    @sissysenn833 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love this video! It's always so interesting to find old things and to have someone like you to be able to explain what they are and when some of the thing were made makes it even more interesting. Would love to see more metal detecting videos.

  • @offgrid-bound
    @offgrid-bound 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Amazing… beautiful area, and beautifully filmed and documented. Bravo, Dustin!

  • @tantroe-biff696
    @tantroe-biff696 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cool Dustin. I think you where right on the money with every one of those items. Those power grid thingies we're really fascinating to me. Great work on the documentary as well you're giving these people some memory

  • @cfred5393
    @cfred5393 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Great video and love the different aspects used to capture the scenery. KUDOS 🏅. Lol Went to bed last night and it was Fall and woke up to the much hated Alberta winter so truly get the hate snow opening lol.

  • @rossmacintosh5652
    @rossmacintosh5652 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Dustin, your video was recommended to me by TH-cam today. I'm glad I checked it out as I really enjoyed the video. You got a like early with your antics about the snow and also a quick subscribe. I look forward to checking out more of your channel's earlier videos and following the new ones as they come out. Thanks from a new friend in Prince Edward Island.

  • @hughwolfe1176
    @hughwolfe1176 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hello Dustin,
    I love your mix of history with exploration. This was a fascinating glimpse into the past. With every episode I’m gaining ideas for more places I’d like to see for myself someday…
    It seems from what you’ve shown people aren’t removing everything they find, but I’ve heard of places that have been totally stripped of artifacts. Its always better to leave future generations something to find. Sure I’ve got a few “treasures” from years of poking around in old locations, but I can hold it all in one hand…
    A metal detector looks like a fun item to have, perhaps a video on what’s possible with one.
    Safe travels

  • @beckyperkins4181
    @beckyperkins4181 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You just added to my bucket list!!! ❤️

  • @allandavis8201
    @allandavis8201 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was lucky enough to visit Canada twice, once with the RAF, we overnight stopped in Gander on the way out and Goose Bay on the return flight, and it was very Hospitable in both stops, but very windy and snowing on the return leg, the second time was a ten day holiday to visit relatives in Mississauga, Ontario, and we visited some beautiful places off the tourist trail, (handy having Canadian relatives), we went to places so diverse and historic, I would have loved to emigrate but by the time I left the RAF the idea of selling up and moving on to a new life was very appealing to me, but not the wife (now ex wife) and so we stayed here in England, not that England doesn’t have some wonderful and beautiful places to go and live, but I really fancied the ability to escape to the wild and wonderful vast expanse of Canada 🇨🇦, some of which is virtually unexplored, oh how I envy my relatives, and Canadian people in general.
    Thanks for sharing another fantastic experience and so so beautiful, keep the videos coming, especially during another coronavirus endured lockdown, it brings a little of the outside in. 😀👍🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
    The “top of a lantern” looks like a replacement shell for a tortoise 🐢, Lol 😝.

    • @Destination_Adventure
      @Destination_Adventure  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I very much enjoyed my visits to England as well. Even if you don’t see it possible to move, you could always take an extended vacation and just stay six months or something.

  • @kmorris48
    @kmorris48 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Loved this video, I suspect the bell is likely a gas cap to a vehicle/tractor

  • @MyButtercup
    @MyButtercup 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Using lidar technology would be fun. Purple glass is generally over a hundred years old, that how long it takes for the sunlight to turn glass purple.

  • @sherimcdaniel3491
    @sherimcdaniel3491 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is a great video, my new friend! I live in the Port Angeles area on the Olympic Peninsula in the US and have spent time in BC over the years.
    Your exploration of this townsite from the "ago" really peaks my imagination! I loved hunting these types of places and I enjoyed watching you discover!

  • @allawa
    @allawa 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wow! Just stumbled across this it's beautiful. I use to live in northern bc now I regret moving, the scenery is to die for

  • @travelingtophe
    @travelingtophe ปีที่แล้ว

    Loved your intro. That's pretty much how we feel about snow. Fantastic transition from Minto town to the lake at 6:34, Dustin. Well done.

  • @deeboomhower7529
    @deeboomhower7529 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Loved the video. well done! Thank you for sharing the beauty and the history of Minto.

  • @march0199
    @march0199 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I have quite a few of those glass mason jar lids! That’s all I canned with this year. Thanks for all the info on them cause I didn’t know how much of what’s on the lid means something.

  • @mitchellc2723
    @mitchellc2723 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Beautiful drone footage.

  • @aKaMizK
    @aKaMizK 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I spent the summer of '95 on a road trip across Canada in a 1971 Sportsman. I spent many weeks wilderness camping in BC finding the best sites from fishing maps (pro tip!). The flashback you just gave me @2:50! Amazing! Thanks for the happy memories!
    and it's my 1st video of yours, how cool is that?!

  • @TheSassygrasshopper
    @TheSassygrasshopper 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your production quality is so mint for your channel size. Its great seeing your channel grow!

  • @brendakrieger7000
    @brendakrieger7000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow, absolutely spectacular

  • @staceyhazelett2397
    @staceyhazelett2397 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Interesting and sad history for those families that were displaced, thanks for sharing!

  • @archerygirl_ab
    @archerygirl_ab 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    When I saw your first video at Minto, I had made a mental note that I wanted to checked it out. This past summer, I was on a random road trip trying to find a lake to fish at for the weekend and driving down this random road I decide to turn at the "old township sign". It wasn't until I was out of my car and on the "beach" that I realized that "Hey! This is where Dustin made that video. Good job randomly finding it". The water was much lower then (August long weekend). That drive is amazing and I want to do it again next summer and explore some more.
    I also totally understand the nerding out on the mason jar lid. That was a pretty epic find.

  • @tomquinn5437
    @tomquinn5437 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for who you are and what you do.

  • @DocJ58-OCB
    @DocJ58-OCB 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video Dustin,I believe that the heavy steel rod you found(#13:50) with the threaded end is probably the mounting rod for one of the insulators you found pieces of. I have,on occasion watched some of your other videos,but after this on I have subscribed to the channel and am going to go back and binge the older stuff. I'm born and raised on Vancouver island and even thought I've haven't lived there in a very long time,I'm in Southern Ontario now,British Columbia,the most beautiful province in Canada, is still the place my heart(and head if truth be told) calls home. I'm 62 now,but I'm going to be starting a new chapter in the spring(2021) and I'll be living in a converted van and traveling back to B.C. to explore ,so I'll see you out there....stay safe,enjoy the adventure.....

  • @Shadowmick
    @Shadowmick 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for showing Pavilion lake and the coolest train bridge! Love your videos !

  • @robertsine8812
    @robertsine8812 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thx D!! Really interesting Eppy brother. Keep ‘em comin! Dig it ..

  • @suzanneberkey1114
    @suzanneberkey1114 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This might be my favorite from you. So beautiful !!

  • @therebex23
    @therebex23 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Haha, exactly how I feel about the first snow of the season - and that's one of the main reasons why I moved to the Island and then to Vancouver from the East Kootenays.

  • @darreng9108
    @darreng9108 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video! They just keep getting better.

  • @Symplicitee
    @Symplicitee 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Totally enjoyed the history and scenery. Thank you.

  • @candacep2519
    @candacep2519 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sweet! You just gave some a new spot to check out this summer. I'm a BC res too... You're a literally living my dream right now! Lucky bum! 😂
    Keep em coming these are great

  • @glynnL
    @glynnL 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Only watched 10 min so far and it’s clear the amount of work you put into your videos. Some of the shots and fading and editing are just so good you forget you’re watching a self made video. Really great job, you’ll be getting more subscribers soon I think, as your video gets recommended to more people.
    Also, this type of content is really appealing because I’m nosey af.

  • @blakedurrant9399
    @blakedurrant9399 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love the vids man, cant wait for the return to Minto

  • @paulsayer8248
    @paulsayer8248 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great finds, being an Albertan all my life(80 years) I did;nt know we had a Gem factory at Redclif. We have been canning food in our family using Gem jars as well as others for as long as I can remember. Thanks Justin, love your shows.Happy Trails P

  • @ruththinkingoutside.707
    @ruththinkingoutside.707 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was awesome.. we have a massive reservoir here they made for Boston.. they flooded several towns to do it.. the history is fascinating.. you can walk around the edges and in some places there’s foundation holes, old stone porch columns and dirt roads that disappear into the water..
    I confess to being a dirt relic nerd too 😜 I spent a year cleaning up an old section of a village.. I brought home SO many funky odds and ends 🤣.. I’ve saved the very best chunks of colored glass, it’s going to get put in a rock tumble eventually 👍 I make jewelry and decorative sculptures when I have the time, so at some point, my old glass will be up-cycled 😬
    Thanks for sharing all of this.. it’s stunning scenery as well.. ATB

  • @michaelshaw849
    @michaelshaw849 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love that corner as well. That drive is amazing did a 900 km trip this summer in one day on some of those same roads

  • @nathanbrand4607
    @nathanbrand4607 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh it's so much fun doing that just going out and finding old places like that exploring always enjoy your videos always find out so much information keep up the great work

  • @angesvlogs6628
    @angesvlogs6628 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I never knew about this place and I'm born n raised in BC. Thank u for all the adventures 😊❤️

  • @joannamarie_yt
    @joannamarie_yt 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    That story was really sad. Loved the video as always and super could finds!!!

  • @lisaandlindasadventures79
    @lisaandlindasadventures79 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic episode. Lots to learn here!!

  • @robvenables2738
    @robvenables2738 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You're channel and videos are Amazing!! Keep up the great work!!

  • @lindsaymisquez9063
    @lindsaymisquez9063 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really like all of your videos! Thank you so much for sharing the cool finds!

  • @amybriese6678
    @amybriese6678 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    There is an old town and a historical point on the Lewis & Clark Expedition in Montana(U.S.A.) that is now a reservoir. When the water is low enough you can still see parts of the old town, the last time this happened was when I was 5 or 6. The reservoir supplies my family's ranch with the water needed for crops so I dont want anything to happen to the reservoir but I would love to be able to see what is still remaining of the old town. Supposedly there were still some roofs of buildings sticking out of Clark Canyon Reservoir when I was 5 or 6 but I personally do not remember that. It amazes me how society can decide to wipe out an entire town, peoples homes, their lives, some cases may be for the better for the long run but it is still so saddening.
    I stumbled upon your videos a few days ago and I am sure glad I did! You have absolutely amazing content and I'm throughly impressed with your knowledge!

  • @allenthibault9523
    @allenthibault9523 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome place Dustin
    Great job

  • @johncroft9888
    @johncroft9888 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Excellent video production. The camera angles and music. REALLY impressed. You did a fantastic job!!! I grew up in B.C. and I really miss home. There is so much I don't know about the province and I love videos like this. Honest to God, you did a first rate job. You can almost put it on TV. I am a fan of Bill Barlee and Mike Robert's old TV show called Gold Trails and Ghost towns. One of the ideas I had was to incorporate their old videos and have someone go exploring where Bill and Mike were talking about. They were often in the studio and it would be great to go to the old towns and mines they talked about. Maybe CHBC in Kelowna would be interested in doing another series. Especially with a young hip guy who comes across really well on cam. Maybe, get your hot girl friend to be on the show. Two good looking young people exploring B.C.. Maybe, the government would be interested in teaming up as a sponsor. The other idea for just a simple video would be to do a 30 minute to 60 minute interview of Mike Roberts. Ask him questions about the show. What was his favourite show? What was Bill like? Did he ever going with Bill exploring? How many shows did they do a day? What time of year and what time of day did they do the series? Was the series fun? Why did it end after 10 years? I think the fans would love that video and it would be great to have an archived video of Mike talking about the series and maybe a little more about him. What I understand is that he was a reporter for 40 years at CHBC, which was the station that produced the series. I loved Gold Trails and Ghost towns TV show growing up as a kid. My Dad who passed away a year before Bill did didn't watch a lot of TV but he loved that show. We would have coffee Sunday morning and watch the show together. A lot of the places I went to with my Dad and it was fun to see Bill and Mike talk about the locations and the history. Keep up the great work. This video was amazing!!! You are getting better and better at these videos.

    • @FLMegan
      @FLMegan ปีที่แล้ว

      Wait! You have a hot gf you have been hiding lol?? 🤣

  • @coryhobbs5386
    @coryhobbs5386 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love your channel well done every time, thanks

  • @kattribble4922
    @kattribble4922 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love your videos keep up the good work TYVM for the history lesson and the spectacular views 👍😊

  • @jaegermah
    @jaegermah 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome review! Love it!

  • @gwengwen4535
    @gwengwen4535 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The beginning was hilarious, love it. I’ve always had this in my blood as well. I guess we’re just ‘rediscovering’ things then? That’s ok!! LOVE IT💗 ok back to watching💃

  • @jeffbransky6499
    @jeffbransky6499 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The “bike bell” looks like a gas cap from an old car to me. The prongs that latched into the gas filler pipe are gone. The gasket is gone too.

    • @RandomTorok
      @RandomTorok 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was thinking that it was the top of some kind of container as well. The ridges around the outside are for gripping. But reading your comment makes perfect sense.

  • @richroy80
    @richroy80 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    One of your best videos yet!

  • @erty9727
    @erty9727 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    hello from wl, one of your best episodes yet, thanks for the channel bud

  • @neilvollman1294
    @neilvollman1294 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Like the show. I lived in the yukon and hiked the original Alaska hwy not all of it and panned gold. I also lived in BC and work the railroad from moose
    jaw sk to Vancouver
    Island. It's amazing what you get to see, my adventures took me to the railway line in the east and west kootneys from Sparwood to end if line trail BC the abandoned mines the rail
    railroad gang camps and also Kootenay landing bridge ( I worked that bridge restoring and replacing timbers, all wooden trestle bridge. In this episode I noticed in the water there was another channel like road from the other rock lined road from zone 1over to zone 3.
    Thanks for the videos enjoy them tremendously stay safe keep it going

  • @ladybug3825
    @ladybug3825 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    the lines of trees you found would of been an apple orchard ,,Minto and Shalath grew and shipped apples there for many years sending them out by the railway at Shalath to the lower mainland

  • @krinklekid
    @krinklekid 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I don't know why but I found that opening so funny I laughed for a solid minute.

  • @nicole4667
    @nicole4667 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was on the Island for almost 2 weeks and came back to the snow. The beginning of your video is exactly how I felt coming home after living a little further north for most of my life. Hahaha

  • @wolfwoman9261
    @wolfwoman9261 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love all of your videos ! I love following you. Your living my dream ♥️

  • @Hogger280
    @Hogger280 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Caution, rock fall hazard, no stopping - you must keep moving right into or over the land slide !!" LOL