Abandoned ghost town hidden in the woods. Bradian, B.C. Canada. Explore #19
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- Abandoned ghost town hidden in the woods. B.C. Canada. Explore #19
This is an abandoned mining ghost town called Bradian, British Columbia, Canada. A visit to this historic town of Bradian and Bralorne was fantastic. The drive to this location was amazing with great views of nature and mountains. A lot of the roads were very high and just on the edge of the mountains making it a very dangerous drive. I didn't film to much of these roads as you cant take your hands or eyes off the road for 1 second. Approx. 6 hours north of Vancouver sits 22 abandoned houses in various conditions. Some houses are sealed up tight and others are wide open.
The Bralorne Mine operated from 1931 to 1970. This mine produced more then any other mine in British Columbia. 4 million ounces of gold and 1.2 million ounces of silver had been produced here.
The town sat abandoned since 1970 until a family bought the town for approx. $100,000. For 17 years the family slowly fixed up the houses to protect them from rotting away from the elements. The family then sold the the town to a Chinese investment company for approx. 1 million dollars. The Chinese investment company after 6 months of ownership re listed the property for sale as their plans fell through. This is a special place that I will never forget and I hope you enjoyed the video of this explore.
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I just sat and watched this video with my 91 yr old mom. What a wonderful few moments of memories we shared. We lived here in Bradian (Bralorne, BC) in the 60s in a few of these houses. The tin roofs were because of the volume of snow so it slid off. Man, did we get great icicles from those tin roofs. We were one big mining family. Life was great, until the mine closed. We left in 1969. My dad poured the last gold brick so we were one of the last families to leave. I finished grade 7 there and can honestly say living there was the best time of my life.
Oh wow thanks so much for sharing this. 😁
@@AbandonedUrbexCanada here's what's so cool about growing up in a town like this. The mine owned everything. These were mine owned houses so rent was dirt cheap. There was a ski hill, again owned by the mine and all the parents chipped in and ensured us kids got there and everything ran smoothly. Same with the swimming pool and the theatre, skating, etc. There were company picnics at the lake (Gun Lake) that everyone went to, so as I said, it was one big mining family. I guess that's the way it is when you're so secluded from civilization! You'll notice how big our yards were, and no fences anywhere. Our family had 2 horses that roamed freely and we had an assortment of dogs and cats that roamed just as freely. For that matter, so did us kids! There was an abandoned bunkhouse on the hillside up behind our house and we spent most of our free time playing in that old building. Thanks for this video. It has really brought back some great memories for both me and my mom today.
I have a cabin at Gun Lake, been going there for the last 42 years. Thanks for the amazing story Lexi, I loved exploring this area and the mine up the road as a kid dirtbiking in the summer. Beautiful place to be.
What a wonderful add to this story
Love love love
That's awesome 💞
Abandoned homes always look so sad and lonely. Families used to live there, lawns were probably mown and gardens at the back, laughing children played on the street and dogs barked. What were the people like and how many dreams were shattered when the mine closed. 😟. Lonely place.
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust...nothin' lasts forever.
Absolutely gorgeous scenery. I'm sure there are thousands of people that would love to live there off the grid.
Yes they would I’m sure. Stay thirsty my friend
With all the new wind turbines coming out for household use. It might an ideal place to have them there and of course a good wood stove.
In Saskatchewan some news media are saying some towns are ghost towns or have become unincorporated, but most houses are inhabited. Whether they still pay property taxes still is anybody's guess ?
The view the mine workers/home owners had was literally breath taking.Imagine waking up to that everyday.
Makes me so homesick for BC that I actually feel sick. Moving away from BC was the stupidest thing I’ve ever done. This beautiful video really hammers that down for me. Still I enjoyed it immensely. Thanks 🙏
Glad you enjoyed it, I’m from Ontario but I really enjoy visiting bc as much as I can it’s much different out there and I love it. Trying to head out there this summer if this pandemic is over 😁🇨🇦🌲
I know! I thought about leaving BC but I when to the ocean a climbed up an island and saw the most beautiful tree! I love BC and there is a reason we are beautiful British Columbia.
@@monafinlayson4637 The whole of the Cascadia bioregion is beautiful, and chock-full of history, though you have to consciously keep politics out of things, just to ensure you can enjoy it all, without unreasonable levels of drama.
Sometimes it's the dumbest reasons. I left cuz my girlfriend didn't want me. But 45 years later I came back
@@AbandonedUrbexCanada I moved here in my early 20's from the Windsor area and haven't looked back. It's not perfect here in Vancouver. It has its issues. But I enjoy it generally. Years ago I staked some placer mining claims beyond Bralorne and would pass through Bradian to get to them and always wondered what it must have been like during it's hay day. Thanks for creating the video. Will subscribe to your channel now.
ahhhh the beauty of the country and the stories those old homes could tell :)
Diana Allen I’m sure a lot of hard working people lived there back in the day. The Mine is back up and running so you never know!
@@AbandonedUrbexCanada indeed :)
True Canadian apologizing for a mishap that was out of his control. His luggage lost. Just love Canadians for the polite, open minded, and welcoming personalities ❤🇨🇦🍁😊
😂 I’m sorry ❤️🇨🇦🌲
Yup. We are overly polite but we can't help it. Sorry
@@carlguineapig6509 that's what drives me crazy about canadians..
@@pgroove163 Here In Canada you get what you put out out. That's the way it works here.
@@pgroove163 we just see others as our selves. We are no different than each other. We all have positives and negatives. We have learned to except that. Prosper my friend in understanding.
Im excited to say my explore here will be in the Readers Digest Canada Magazine for the June/July edition. Full page with photos that I took 😁👍🇨🇦
Send me your address and i can send you a microphone 😊
Wow, that's so awesome!! Congratulations!! This was absolutely beautiful land...the wildlife & nature....wow, I can't imagine being there! As I get time I'm going back & watching some of your older videos since I've only recently discovered your channel a few weeks ago. I'm really enjoying them, your videos have a real peace about them. I like the music as well. Thank you for being my travel while I'm at a season in my life I neither have the time nor money to do so. God Bless you!
That is awesome! Congrats! I am going to check it now online!
How did RD find out about the vid! Did you send it to them?
That is truly awesome! And a great video. Brent you remind me of my cousins! Lol. My family is from lucknow, kincardin area.
When I see entire towns like this, I wonder if the children who lived there ever come back to see their childhood homes.
Yes my mom goes every year she grew up there met my dad had 5 kids. There is a reunion every year for the people who used to live there.
i go back every summer !im from bralorne ..not far away
Population 67 😁👍
debraleehalinda i’m sure we must have crossed paths .. i’m 63 and left when i was 5
@@debraleehalinda aw now that's cool! Sit around an exchange memories👍
You're lucky to live in Canada it's such a beautiful country.🌍
OMG my husband and I were there many moons ago. It was beautiful. Oh how I miss both our many trips and most of all my husband. Thank you so much for this trip down memory lane. The mic is working fine. And I feel I’m along with you exploring with the wind sounds. I remember the houses bc they were newer ‘models’ from what I remembered in Gilmore Idaho when we lived near there nearly 40 years ago.
Your welcome Nancy glad you like my video. That’s great you made it here it’s so nice. 😁👍
Just me Really? Did you just go there ? 🤦🏼♀️
Paper Moon did you read her comment? She said “many moons ago”. I wouldn’t say she “just” went there.
@@Me-ru6cl she killed him. 🤣🤣🤣
The house my grandma lived in as a kid is @6:42 with the red roof. Her father (my great grandpa) worked at the mine. We go back to Bradian every once and a while for family trips.
Oh cool, thanks for sharing this 😁
Really well done! Though no one’s living there, to know someone owns it makes it feel like someone could move back. When I was growing up, I wasn’t far from an old, abandoned house built in around 1900. I think the place was abandoned in 1950. As a child I would walk around in there, seeing really old newspapers going back to 1901 and 1902 stuck on the walls. I still remember finding stuff such as scrub boards. It’s fascinating stuff!
Thank you! Yes I started exploring when I was about 7 still love it today
The scenery is just beautiful. What a great place to have a home💖
This is the most beautiful video I've seen of an abandoned town. Thanks!
A man of B.C., keen on our old-town history, I never heard of Bradian! Your approach shows dignified respect. Thank you.
Thank you very much 😁👍
Bralorne dude.
Bradian dude
For how old those houses are, they’re in good shape. The previous owners did a good job preserving them. I could see these houses being used as a resort. Just a little TLC and rent them out
I wonder how many warm meals, embraces, Christmas eves/ days were had here. I hope one day life out in this old town will again become feasible.
I had absolutely no problems hearing you, that sucks that your luggage got lost. We are so blessed to live in such a beautiful country,the scenery in this video is stunning. Seeing the deer and bears = amazing ! How sad that this beautiful town is abandoned, I really enjoyed this video and the music you play is always spot on as always. ✌️ 🇨🇦
So beautiful. Wish I was there or anywhere that I didn't have to hear about all this Corona Bologna nonstop.....
Ya same here. Sick of hearing about it. We just have to let it run it’s course
Life is so depressing right now and that would be my go to place to live in peace.
@@AbandonedUrbexCanada i live in the valley ... it's all consuming topic here as well. With a year round population of 100-150 in the valley ... avalanch gates are down and men posted ,.. if not recognised , told to turn around. Can't wait till media STOPS with the fear mongering and people return to normalcy . WWG1WGA
We live in a small comunity of 60 in a 1000 hectares valley, one way in, one way out, not visitors allowed now, our general store is 5 kms away and we only go out for esentials, we are not conected to electricity or City water sistems, not Phone lines, our cell Phone are our only contact to the out side world, at 1500 ft our weathe is great, some snow and rain now, we been here since 1983, we already pass the cabin fever many years ago.
Collin S Bueno wow! Thanks for sharing this. The town I drove through to get to Bradian was called Bralorne and they have a population of 67! I live in a town population of 75,000! What town do you live in?
Absolutely beautiful. Oh no, I hope you can get your belongings back. That stinks!! I love ghost towns, the stories the walls could tell us. I always imagine what were the people like that lived there, what did they do, what did they eat. Deer and trout looked plentiful. Kind of silly I guess. Thank you for the explore. Much love and be safe.
Ronna Kelly Yes I got my luggage back once I got home in Ontario. Yes love this ghost town. This was the first ghost town I have been to. Thanks for watching.
Ronna Kelly.......Ronna Kelly, it’s not silly at all. I often wonder the same things, it is just so amazing to be able to see all of these old homes and now a ghost town ! I just found this channel yesterday and I can’t stop watching !
@@carolbeatty8085 Thank you for the comment. I love to see these amazing abandoned places. To visit them through the lens of a camera. Pretty cool.
That place is absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!!!
Lawn mowing the grass and you got a highway. Paint the house and you got a restaurang. Up with the sign again and you got a city. 😀
What about food?
Don't forget a huge greenhouse to grow your veggies! 3600 feet I think he said!
Wow. So beautiful! I love the wildlife! Thank you for sharing such a beautiful area. What a treat!
What an awesome experience this must have been for you!! Absolutely beautiful! Breathtaking scenery. The wildlife. Wow
Best explore ever ☺️
Beautiful scenery
the authenticity of your vids is what keeps me coming back. You show the realistic views of all the abandoned videos that no other urbex yter shows. Its particularly fascinating seeing these houses deep in the woods and how interesting the housing designs were in Canada. I've never lived nor visited Canada, but someday intend to. First thing I think of when seeing the abandoned places is what my childhood self would think and where would be a cool nerf gun war zone/fort area would be. lol
The first time I set foot in BC, I fell in love with it. Such beautiful country.
It sure is, I can’t wait to go back
Great video! Thanks for sharing. Can't wait to explore more up there!
Just absolutely Beautiful!
Awesome. I will check it out soon. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful country, amazed how the bears just carry on doing their thing. You can just imagine when it was a busy wee street. Alot of history there. Would love to visit Canada! Great video Brent
Thanks Robb
Some of these homes look so cozy.❤
That was so cool to watch .. loved the soundtrack ...fit the atmosphere of what a peaceful looking place to live .. rivrers flowing with fish . Forrest's free to roam ... Nature rules!!!Ho Ho Ho Green Giant.. thanks for the view . Inspirational in many ways...😂
Thanks John I’m glad you liked it 😁🇨🇦🌲
Fascinating!! Thank you so much for doing this video!! Would be a great movie set! 😊🌸🇨🇦
How wonderful you were able to catch the salmon spawning while visiting our beautiful province
Yes! And fat bears eating them 😁👍
You mean gold.
Wow this reminds me of being a kid and driving across Canada to visit family. There is nothing like seeing the views and different animals. It’s so beautiful ❤️ how cool to think about the people who used to live in the town and their lives lol
Loved the scenery!!! Thanks for sharing this little bit of Canada.
Your welcome!
Wow so beautiful.
I don't know why but this place reminded me of Washago, Ontario where I grew up with our family businesses. I remember as a kid we went exploring into the woods and wood see rundown houses.
Your mike worked beautifully.
Thank you very much! 😁
BEAUTIFUL . GLAD IT'S STILL INTACT
I just love the scenery!!! It's really beautiful!! Makes me think about moving!!
Lori Mast its so nice I can’t wait to go back! 😁
Nice nostalgia 👍💯
Love the bluegrass, reminds me of living in East Tennessee.
😁👍
East Tennessee is awsome i sadly live in middle Tennessee
@@loudog3998 middle Tennessee has its own beauty and little gems. I guess when you live there you kind of forget you have them. Even west Tennessee has them. I lived out by the state park there and found a hidden gem, a path along the river. I thought I was in one of those fairy tale forests with the hanging moss. Then it opened up to the river. When your up on the Cumberland Mountains and looking out I get awe struck at the beauty. Happy hunting for yours.
@@debraellison6255 i moved out to new mexico for a little bit and forgot how beautiful Tennessee really is its the land of the rolling hills my husband and i actually want to move out to east Tennessee we are nature people we live in nashville and they just cant stop building here pretty soon itll be all concrete jungles no more forest
@@loudog3998 noisy Too! Good hunting finding the best place for you. There are a lot of good choices.
Awesome filming! Thanks for the adventure!
Thank you Nancy 😁❤️
Love the scenery, beautiful mountains . Such tiny homes 🏡. Great video and music.
Thank you👍❤️
Abandoned Urbex Canada 🙂
Beautiful solitude, BC is a magical place!
Amazing. Simply amazing. Thank you, your channel is a blessing 🍻🍻
Wow!! So beautiful
This is a beautiful video. Thank you 😊
Such a beautiful scenic area n sad that it's just been abandoned. Thank u for sharing it with us 😉☘
Your welcome! Thanks for watching I’m glad you liked it. 😁👍
Wow gorgeous
VERY NICE VIDEO, THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS VIDEO. LOVE ITS BEAUTY.
I was waiting for the 3 bears to come barreling out of the room....
🐻🐨🐼
I fear the cougars before the bears they go for the throat 😳
@@AbandonedUrbexCanada lots of cougar sightings in the valley last year. In and around Lillooet as well. I work in the jungle .. not afraid of bears so much as a kittie on the hunt.
If you were to locate the tailing piles from the mines, I would imagine as any gold & silver mines they didn't get it all, especially close river & creeks run off's, the metal detectors they have now are incredible! Be a great place to spend the Summer's in, prospecting for gold, cool adventure thx for sharing! Watch your six in them wilds places! There's more then just bears out there!! Safe travels 👍🌲🌲
That's awesome about the Readers Digest. This place seems to have a lot of history to it, appreciate you bringing to attention.
The fact that they were boarded up means that someone thought the town might be occupied again. Looks like the mine was worked out, so no reason to stay.
Thanks for the tour.
Love seeing the deer, the scenery is breathtaking. I love nature so much. The views through the mountains were so incredibly beautiful. :-) Such a beautiful little town,,, makes me wonder about the place and the people who lived there.. Thank you for sharing.
Your welcome Dawn glad you enjoyed it😁👍
Interesting that many of these home have tin roofs. And those look like they are still in great shape. Smart thinking when they were built. Btw...great video too!
Thank you! The previous owners years ago put on tin roofs on some of them.
Whenever I can't to sleep I go to back to your videos it is sad to see such a beautiful place abandoned,what a wonderful nature it will never be clear to me why such beautiful places are left to decay...I'm a little sensitive and this amazing music touches my heart and you know...!
Glad you enjoy them and thank you for re watching them 😁
This is a great small town for individuals who are willing to out in the work for a fixer upper and create a more sustainable way of life off the grid.
In 1990 I went to visit my friend Barry James who lived in Gun Lake, one morning we went for a ride to this amazing gost town(Bradian), I remember there was not so much brush all around, it was all much clean, it looks like one day People just left all at once, the people had left the town 20 years early back then but it looks almost the same, I have been to many abandoned places and I always find a lot of dust inside the house but not in this place
Thanks for the video, Greetings from Rumorosa Baja California
Oh wow thanks for sharing this Collin 😁
landscape wonderful
Hernanny Barbosa It was wonderful! Thanks for watching.
British Columbia is definitely on my bucket list! Thanks for the awesome video.
Your welcome!
Great to see a place abandoned that long that isn't full of graffiti & broken glass.
Vandals can’t afford to drive out here to far 😂
Abandoned Urbex Canada Yes, it takes gas which costs $$$ and they’d rather spend $$$ in other ways. Thank goodness. My husband and I were at this site many moons ago. I always remember the town being in a setting much like Gilmore Idaho, which we visited several times and were always ‘alone’ in these out-lands when we did so, much to our joy.
@@AbandonedUrbexCanada good job the vandals can't afford to get there plus they would more than likely to dum anuff to get ripped to prices by a bear 🤔 wouldn't be a bad thing to offer the vandals a lift and just drop them off nearer to where the bears can easily get them far anuff away from the actual village/town so they can't escape from the Bears Could even make a video of them getting killed by bears could title it vandalising scum get their comupance
@@interestingfamilyorigin3574 jesus christ, chill out man, you're angry about hypothetical vandalism that hasn't even occured.
@@dcan911 No it called respecting others property that's why i keep golf clubs in the boot of my car's it's the best use of golf clubs as golf is a boring sport
Scenery is breathtaking
I had a friend in Bralorne, pretty close.
Cool! Yes it’s right beside Bradian
I was born in Bralorne in 64, we moved when the mine closed the first or second time.
Thankyou for shareing your interesting explore.
Your welcome, glad you liked it
Thank you, superb!!
So beautiful
5:00
That water heater looks like it could go any minute!!
Thanks for the great share a friend from B.C Rob 🇨🇦 😀
Thanks Rob!
Love this place. Maybe if they sold off in lots some of these cabins can be refurbished make a great place to get away
Oh for sure, hydro and sewer is there ready to go
Hi guys. That was something I was wondering about. Were there any buildings here with hydro still turned on? Or Brent, have you ever been in a place that still had the hydro on? Because I have seen empty places where the outbuilding lights are still on...I guess for security.
I love old houses and homesteads 😁 lol. They're addictive lol.
That's what I was thinking, it could be a cool place to go camping.
Wow I would love to live their beautiful place and huge houses .
My first video of yours and I'm in love !! Thank you for doing this!
Welcome to my channel! Hope you enjoy my other videos
Quite beautiful
So sad to see all those forgotten wooden houses.
Just wonder what a nice place to live it should have been years ago.
Loved the bear picks... got a thing for seeing bears... put me in the mind of large laid back dogs.
Great vid.
Thank you!
Crazy to see all those little cottages/houses just wasting away. Super cool that you made the Reader's Digest!
Thank you 😁👍
This is the show where I was introduced to your channel, been hanging out ever since. Hopefully you can get back to BC and check out some more ghost towns. Keep up the great explores
very cool find!!!!
The nature looks so beautiful there.
It sure is
Cool and comfortable😌
So cool! I've been exploring all around here. It's funny to see someone else's video. The story goes that back in the late 60's hippies squatted here. So the "MAN" came along and blew up the mine to get rid of the hippies.
That’s great! Thanks for sharing this 😂 sounds right to me. Lots of hippies in BC 😁👍🇨🇦
This would make a great little vacation spot for people who love the wilderness
If those walls could talk... beautiful country. So nice to see no graffiti or vandalism. Thank you Safe travels
Wonderful place!
👌💥 great video!
Beauuuuutiful! What a wonderful place! I can just imagine "doing up" one of those houses and being all snug and warm inside while the snow piled up outside and the wind blew! Only thing I'd be nervous of would be the bears and possibly cougars.
lots of happy memories there it feels. Such a beautiful place to have lived
For sure! 😁🇨🇦🌲
Very cool.
Glad I returned to this post a year later. Still gently moving; you seem a friend to the houses. Some of their insides look well finished and cared for.
Thank you ☺️
I just love your content! I just subscribed and hit like Cheers from Sask Canada! Looking forward to seeing what comes next.✌🙂
Hey thanks so much!
Absolutely stunning, you are so privileged to live in Canada ❤
Excellent report Thank you
I'm from B.C and i've never been to Bralorne, i have to make a trip out there one of these days, great video.
Beautiful country!!!! Gotta love Canada. Been there a couple of times myself. Never been that far up though. Hope your luggage gets found. Probably ended up in Hawaii lol. Great video as always. Ghost towns r fascinating.
Wow beuatiful 👍 nice video
Thanks 😁👍
Amazing
So beautiful thank you for sharing God bless you always🧚♀️
Thank you !
When my grandfather and his brother came across they ended up in Canada. I never met him but I have loved Canada. This made me think of him. Thank you.