Discovering a Forgotten City | Abandoned Nearly 100 Years

Discovering a Forgotten City | Abandoned Nearly 100 Years | Destination Adventure

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2 жыл бұрын

For years I have wanted to visit Anyox, but it is one of those locations that you cant "just visit". It is located in the North Western corner of BC, Canada. Its ocean boat access only, and you launch from a privately owned ghost town that is always locked. Needless to say, this trip is no small feat, but it is so worth the effort. We booked our trip with Rob Bryce, as he is the only one that has access to these facilities and also a key to Kitsault where we launch the boat. I highly recommend to book with Rob, because he knows damn near everything there is to know about Anyox, and he'll show you everything you want to see on your visit.
Going into this trip, I knew we would be seeing some amazing things, and some impressive history, but I had absolutely no idea just how much we were going to see. There are a couple of iconic structures that are easy to see and access, so that is all that is really shown as the remains of Anyox, but this is not the reality. If you venture past the tree-line and explore into the forest, there is so so soooo much left to see and discover, and that is exactly what we did. We booked an extra day on this trip to make sure we could see as much as possible, and we did just that. We were averaging 15 km per day of thick, brushy, steep tough hiking, but we just couldn't stop. Every ten steps there is something to see. Whether it is an old fire hydrant, a relic from one of the past residents or a massive cement building, the discoveries an Anyox are endless. I could have spent weeks exploring here, but I did the best I could with three days lol.
As the channel grows, it opens up the opportunity to take some bigger risks with these bigger more remote adventures, and that is largely due to the folks on Patreon. These big trips are not cheap, and having that platform and support is huge to pushing that growth. Thank you to each and every one of my Patrons, and if you enjoy the channel I hope you may consider joining the Patreon team as well.
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@TheRogerKyle 2 жыл бұрын

I don't know if there's movie awards for KZfaq, but your documentary film works definitely deserve the recognition. Wonderful Dustin, keep them coming.

@Destination_Adventure 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much.

@chellee 2 жыл бұрын

Yes there are, they are called the shorty awards. And this channel deserves a nomination.

@gvevers1 2 жыл бұрын

@@chellee i second that!

@jerrybrooks870 2 жыл бұрын

@@chellee , the question is how do we get him nominated?

@chellee 2 жыл бұрын

Shortyawards.com 2021 was in April. He can enter a video himself or wait until open nominations if they are accepting them and hope someone nominates him. To enter himself, the deadline is soon, and unfortunately costs about $250ish. And it is not like most awards, some categories they will announce more than one winner. The publicity and experience is 100% worth it. Trust me.

@kcmicrogrow206 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Dustin you don’t know me but , for the last year and a half I’ve been working hard at getting into shape and getting healthy . A family member is in need of a kidney transplant and I have been getting tested to be a donor ( living I hope lol ) . The transplant team told me I first needed to lose weight , which I have fought with and I’m winning . By getting up and walking every morning and going on an exercise machine at 4am 7 days a week I’ve finally achieved 65lb weight loss . There has been lots of mornings I think what the heck am I doing go back to bed this is crazy . Then I put on your videos and you somehow pick my spirits up and almost like recharge my batteries, I just wanna say thank you for getting me thru some low times when I was gonna pull the plug . Thank you my friend , be safe on your travels and glad to see you got Gnarly back .👍. Ken

@jburnett8152 2 жыл бұрын

Best of luck to you.

@billmeyer4365 2 жыл бұрын

Rooting for you, Ken

@barbibutton9619 2 жыл бұрын

I'm in the same process but not losing weight to donate. Quitting smoking to donate

@kcmicrogrow206 2 жыл бұрын

@@barbibutton9619 that’s really cool of you it’s a tuff thing to quit but it’s well worth it you’ll be so happy you did . And as for donating that’s awesome 👍. I’ve met all the criteria now . Your the only other person I know doing this 😁 take care

@geekdivaherself 2 жыл бұрын

To both of the donors in this thread, I wish you and yours well!

@camshaftP16 2 жыл бұрын

My Granddad was one of the town doctors there, my uncle was born there in 1929, my mom was to young to remember anything but my aunt told me stories of living there, she loved the winter because the snow would be so deep they had to tunnel from house too house. They were there till 1934. Excellent coverage as always Dustin, glad you made it out there.

@carlaapostoli4450 2 жыл бұрын

did they have horses there?

@quickchris10 2 жыл бұрын

Well death record s/b part of tour; if it iS a GHOST town; I want to know where unnatural deaths occurred.

@rosemariestrumecki6880 2 жыл бұрын

Fascinating! My older sister was born there in1935…you do beautiful work, many thanks 🙏

@DaveRyan1974 2 жыл бұрын

So freak'n cool ...... I love learning the history of places like this!!!!! 🤠

@IsaVe921 2 жыл бұрын

@@DaveRyan1974 Me too

@maryamantea3055 2 жыл бұрын

My Grandmother Mary (Dodsworth) MacDonald is on the far left in the golfer photo. She went to Anyox with her family in 1927 and worked in the Pharmacy Dept. in the Granby store. My Grandfather Jack MacDonald went to Anyox with his family in 1915. He spent many years working in the powerhouse. My Dad (Les MacDonald) was born in 1936 and the family left Anyox in 1939.

@kittehgo 2 жыл бұрын

Wow so people still lived there after the mine had closed?

@jackmacdonald8499 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! Another MacDonald with an Anyox connection. My grandfather was Allan MacDonald and was a cabinet maker in Anyox. My father Neil MacDonald lived there as a boy.

@maryamantea3055 2 жыл бұрын

@@jackmacdonald8499 I’ll ask my Dad if he knows the name. Where did your family move to after Anyox closed?

@jackmacdonald8499 2 жыл бұрын

@@maryamantea3055 prince Rupert. My dad was a prominent businessman there in the 1960s and early 70s. The family has mostly moved from there now.

@kevinsellsit5584 2 жыл бұрын

This is amazing in so many ways. At 1:47 you mention the town ran from 1914 to 1935. 21 years is not a lot of time considering what they built, let alone the mining they accomplished. It also puts into prospective how quickly history can be lost if it weren't for people studying the pictures, people, and site which you have done a masterful job of. This is a spectacular documentary. Thank you.

@mauriceclark4870 9 ай бұрын

Nature soon takes over ! Imagine what it will. Be like when. Humans are gone from the. Earth ???? !!!

@theresedillon576 2 жыл бұрын

My grandfather was a manager at the smelter 1914 to 1925 my dad and his brothers grew up there. When my grandfather retired he even got a gold watch that's engraved. When he retired they moved to Venice beach CA where some of our family had moved from Butte Montana. All I remember my dad saying about it was it was out in the middle of no where! Thanks for this vlog excited to show my family!

@jackcarter9872 2 жыл бұрын

Hearing about the old man returning home has me balling my eyes out. Thats so wonderful that you were able to connect him with something he thought was gone and that he'd never see again

@jasonmcmillan4373 2 жыл бұрын

That dam is absolutely extraordinary. I have never heard of this place. Thank you.

@exploringabandonedmines 2 жыл бұрын

Nice job on the video. We were in Anyox 3 times amazing place. We were excited to explore the mines there. We were the first ones to go underground since the mine closed. We gave Rob Brice a tour of the mine under Anyox!

@ianhagler3678 2 жыл бұрын

You do great videos yourselves. I do enjoy your channel too. Keep up the good work😉

@horatioyen256 2 жыл бұрын

cool

@acekata90 2 жыл бұрын

I think the two of you should do a joint venture

@gravytrainoutdoors 2 жыл бұрын

Your video of your underground exploration there should be linked to this video and vice versa! If you ever come back to Vancouver Island to do more exploring I’d love to join you! I’ve done a fair bit of mine exploration here on the island.

@askledhead 2 жыл бұрын

@@ianhagler3678 00

@jamiemichellewest 2 жыл бұрын

So inspiring to see nature reclaiming the land and flourishing!

@37thraven 2 жыл бұрын

I love how this feeling is the polar opposite of @Maybe Someday's admiration of permanent monuments, just one comment up (in chronological order). And how easily we can relate to both sentiments ♥

@YahshuaLovesMe 2 жыл бұрын

on Gods green Earth, everything is recyclable...

@mlalbaitero 2 жыл бұрын

Human buildings are nature

@Maybe1Someday 2 жыл бұрын

That dam is really beautiful. I love seeing man made structures standing the test of time

@roostercogburn7243 2 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure white men built that dam.

@ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113 2 жыл бұрын

I, will be Dammed. You should prove your Dam Love, to the Dam World, by acquiring a Dam Marriage License. Maybe, then, you would "Capitalize" it's Dam Name.

@37thraven 2 жыл бұрын

@Maybe Someday Have you seen the series "Life After People"? It's a fantastic litmus test of (im)permanence ♥ @@flubnub266 From the sounds of the Anyox historian (Rob Bryce) it seems like the builder (John Eastwood), _did_ intend for it to last, but I doubt he imagined we'd be spectating his creation as tourists, 100 years later, or that Anyox would be a ghost town a mere 10 years later.

@alfredrussellwallace7932 Жыл бұрын

What's interesting, is the number of "pours" they did when constructing it. You can see the rungs going up when you are there and from some on this video. At the bottom of the dam, there are some huge valves that are either lying there or that are broken. The walkway is really sketchy and I couldn't walk it but my brother did when we were there and he took more photos. My grandmother, when she was a child there with her father, my Great Grandfather who was the dam keeper, she recalls encountering a man by name who was drunk, crawling along the skinny walkway in the dark. There were a ton of characters in that town for sure. My other Great Grandfather who was the town policeman, had very many stories of some of the shenanigans guys got up to. He did not use a gun but his size, strength and conversation to settle situations out. He even had his wife come with him on occasions since even then, the rowdy men would never be disrespectful in a woman's company. I found that telling of the times.

@CrankyBeach 2 жыл бұрын

When I saw the first images of the dam, I immediately thought of the dam at Hume Lake, which is just outside Kings Canyon National Park in the Sierra Nevada range in California, and features similar-looking arches. So I looked it up, and sure enough, Google tells me it was "the world's first concrete reinforced multiple arch dam, designed by John S. Eastwood and constructed in 1908 by the Hume-Bennett Lumber Company." Same designer! Amazing. The dam at Hume, however, was built to create a log pond, and the sawmill (of which there is nothing left now) was just below the dam.

@pamelapacific943 2 жыл бұрын

Don't ya just LOVE HISTORY?

@christopherweise438 2 жыл бұрын

CrankyBeach - I'm not an engineer, but i'm guessing the arches are for strength so they could make the concrete thinner with structural integrity. The visuals are stunning, but i think it's more a function of strength instead of aesthetics. Either way it's awesome. I'm a golf course superintendent, and the black sand section was fascinating to me. Sand greens used to be quite common.

@peterwray7133 2 жыл бұрын

I spent many summers (and winters) at Hume. I thought it looked familiar.

@RobertsAutomotive 2 жыл бұрын

One of Eastwood's dams is currently being repaired at Lake Hodges, Escondido.

@WestCoastRacingLeague 2 жыл бұрын

Another fantastic look at the history of BC. The government and national archives should be sponsoring this channel so you can do even more of this kind of work!

@OneBlueFroggy 2 жыл бұрын

NEVER get the government involved ! They are the ones covering up information and giving false narratives on our history ! Better off being a free agent and getting the truth out in the public arena !✌️🇨🇦

@Timmahh. 2 жыл бұрын

Pffft hahaha 🤣 yeah and have them force this guy to take every vaccine and 79 masks to go into the woods. Then tax him 90% for the privilege 😂

@kabluey_louie1718 2 жыл бұрын

I find it fascinating, exploring places that time has forgotten about.

@Juliemorgana 2 жыл бұрын

My Mom was born on a boat travelling to Anyox from nearby Alice Arm in 1928. Many family members were born at Anyox (Copper mine) and Alice Arm (Siver mine) in those old days. In 1962 we moved to Alice Arm for two years and lived in the ghost town there in summer and up the canyon at the Dolly Varden mine in winter. When we saw all the daffodils, flowering bushes, etc., Mom joked that the Alice Arm people had planted them because the Anyox people couldn't! (Toxic fumes killed all vegetation). Mom would have loved to go see Anyox again, and I suppose in 1962 to 1964 there would have been more to see than today. This was an amazing, detailed video, Destination Adventure. Many of my family are watching and can only imagine the life there in the Roaring Twenties. I hope you enter a competition and win an award, as others are commenting.

@kgsz 2 жыл бұрын

This is utterly fascinating how you turned a trip to the lost town into an amazing, engaging piece of history. Thank you very much!

@shawnmurphy2047 2 жыл бұрын

There are no words just incredible history

@AlexJonesWasRight1776 2 жыл бұрын

Mind blown dudes, I live in Washington State and we have a lot of small abandoned towns in our area around Mt Rainier owned by timber companies now. They have all be pillaged but ours look just like this BC location, The coke ovens here are Carbon ovens same design you see in this video we have 100s of these coke smelting sites. Great video.

@MissionaryInMexico 2 жыл бұрын

One of the absolute best documentaries I've ever seen. I believe you could make a documentary about a marshmallow and it would be good!

@rongreen8485 2 жыл бұрын

It's been about 4 years since we've had 📺 cable service and to be honest We don't miss it. Your adventures are more than entertaining but also educational. Keep up the great work, it's total quality.

@benjaminrush4443 2 жыл бұрын

Everything can be found on the Internet and a Phone. I stick to the computer.

@donaldfrazier5244 2 жыл бұрын

Quit cable last year and haven’t looked back,actually it’s been very nice!

@brendakrieger7000 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, this was magnificent! Enjoyed seeing the old trains🚂

@everetthobbs6891 2 жыл бұрын

Anyox is a really special place….I explored the town a few times in the 1980’s when I lived in Kitsault. Some pretty amazing salmon and halibut fishing in that area too.

@cynaptyc 6 ай бұрын

Man! The brick work! Since humans figured out how to produce them, it's impressive what masons have done! Been watching alot of the UK adventures and exploers and now you. The general history from mid 1900s back the masonry is just so profound and amazingly pedestrian to extraordinary! I have grown so fond of in the past few months. Not just anybody could do that fine work and can't imagine how much preparation goes into a huge building that is literally put together one brick at a time! I know, several are working at the same time but it is just so complex within itself! Just astounding! Thanks again for this fantastic adventure!

@dylanlee1001 2 жыл бұрын

The guy getting to take the brick home is really nice.

@luckyme398 2 жыл бұрын

You freakin hit it out of the park !! Absolutely amazing video. So much history , plus I'm sure theres so much you didn't even get to capture ! Keep up the awesome job

@vinniefray7299 2 жыл бұрын

wow another ghost town i got to sail in bella coola once the scale of the fjords is just breathtaking . so much hidden . so much to discover!

@SabrinApollo 2 жыл бұрын

Another fantastic documentary-style video. So interesting! Thanks, Dustin!

@blueman5924 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing adventure, and those concrete structures are a testament to the ingenuity and brawn of the builders. Respect. Great show! ✌️🌲

@arthurschipper8906 9 ай бұрын

I absolutely love your content. Anything to do with mining history in the northwestern corner of North America absolutely blows me away. None of what you feature got done easily. And they still managed to build it all in such a tastefull and elegant manor.

@candymcclure2476 2 жыл бұрын

I love exploring with you. Anyox, so far, is my favorite. Gramma Candy

@frankgray7782 2 жыл бұрын

Hello Candy How are you doing?

@theresabaer2681 2 жыл бұрын

Fascinating. I’m not usually into industrial sites, but this was great. Thank you.

@pukicat 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing video! Sad , in a way , to see all that work turned in to virtually nothing. Nice to see the power of nature taking over and going back to what it once was. It really goes to show that we are very small and frail and that we are only here for a brief lapse of time. Thank you, cheers!

@mjmcomputers 2 жыл бұрын

That Dam is really impressive.

@Objectified 2 жыл бұрын

It was built by an American. He built similar dams in the U.S.

@billgoeckel6344 2 жыл бұрын

You did an amazing job Dustin. Definitely should be a TV documentary . Cheers!

@rcs3030 8 ай бұрын

Screw TV !!! Dustin made a damn good documentary and put it on KZfaq. That's good enough for all of us. Thanks Dustin

@landlice48 7 ай бұрын

I’m just seeing this now. I’m so happy to be a Patreon member of your channel Dustin. Your ability to organize speakers, you’re fabulous photography and incredible ability to enthrall and educate is beyond words. Can’t thank you enough for your amazing work.

@joelhill4107 2 жыл бұрын

That was awesome Justin!! I have watched a few videos on Anyox, but this supersedes by far the amount of information on this mining town! Part 2 Please!!

@Challender 2 жыл бұрын

Great Video! Thank You, Beautiful architecture on the dam, impressive testament to quality work 100 or so years ago. what an incredible eye candy view around there it would be hard to leave.

@pamelapacific943 2 жыл бұрын

They sure had an extraordinary work ethic back then..

@ginrobi01 2 жыл бұрын

The history, the sights, the views ... OMG! This was crazy awesome! I swear, your best vid yet! Hope one day you make your way across Canada; I'd love to see you do these kind of vids on Northern Ontario!

@DragonflyenAmber 2 жыл бұрын

All of Canada would be amazing, all the treasures that are hidden out there

@Destination_Adventure 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the beautiful compliment.

@ginrobi01 2 жыл бұрын

@@Destination_Adventure Simply speaking the truth! 😉

@joeyfiola3852 2 жыл бұрын

Dustin's documentaries are very well made and of high quality. Keep them coming.

@seebreannarowdscrosshere6312 2 жыл бұрын

Why don't you all come down here to South Ontario... California that is... here is a buoyant, poetic view of my home town which is 40 miles east of Los Angeles. Ontario~ California ♥♥♥ Ever since I was four years old...Ontario has been my town, my home. Before this town was even first founded, there was a time when she was nearly surrounded, by grape vineyards for making fine wine. There were orchards where lemons and oranges grew; some tangerine, grapefruit and avocado too. From time to time, it just came and went...that sweet Sunkist scent. An aroma so familiar in the misty morning dew...always a citrus breeze blowing on our way to school. Since the Euclid Trolley Cars and Track, have retired and won't be coming back...The grassy Euclid Center Divide is now lined with roses both far and wide. And the lemon blossoms unique sweet scent, perfumes the warm spring air a hint. The nesting birds sound very very content because nature assures them another seasons free rent. The annual Autumn Santa Ana winds, mark the fall season before winter can begin. Its powerful gusts blow down the fresh pine air, that's almost to crisp for your nose to bare. And who does not enjoy the view of the snow dusted mountain peaks? What an awesome and breathless sight; especially if you catch a glimpse of how they glow in the full moons' light. So the next time these devil winds blow, just remember that they clean up our air; make the sun shine more bright; and from this sometimes dull, sunk-in valley, make all the mountains that surround us, an exclusively rare and beautiful sight. I am still proud to know and proud to show, a city where my family will live and grow, I feel it deep in the heart of my home town ..we call ONTARIO. © Copyright 2021 Duke the Fluke (readmreshwless at Writing.Com). All rights reserved. Writing.Com, its affiliates and syndicates have been granted non-exclusive rights to display this work.

@avrilvalentine8839 Жыл бұрын

My Grandparents went there in 1922 and Pop was there until 1939 when it closed down. My Mom grew up there with her brother & sister who was born there. Lots of family memories.

@amygeyer1166 2 жыл бұрын

films like this will be invaluable 100 years from now for future exployers

@certainlyitis 2 жыл бұрын

Having those two previous Anyox residents revisiting this very cool abandoned town would have made a cool documentary too.

@endangeredmarmot4518 2 жыл бұрын

Super cool, conductor D. This site has fascinated me for a while, and there just really isn't much good information out there about it. Your video, as always, shines a great light on this interesting little slice of west coast industrial history. It's amazing how much the coast has changed in the past century, and the way the forest has just consumed Anyox is indicative of this re-greening.

@AxleBoris 2 жыл бұрын

How the forest has taken this land back is something I also found most interesting there are trees that have grown to well over 2ft in diameter even in places like the tailings area trees and life are starting to take it back.

@hellofoodiebeauties 2 жыл бұрын

You walking towards the water on top of the dam, made me get the weird feeling like I was falling lol definitely scary, even from behind a phone screen. Awesome video :)

@frankgray7782 2 жыл бұрын

Hello Meaghan How are you doing today?

@hellofoodiebeauties 2 жыл бұрын

@@frankgray7782 I'm good, how are you?

@roxannehiguera4111 2 жыл бұрын

You really are a natural when it comes to filming your adventures Dustin! This is excellent! I want to go! You make every place an adventure of intrigue! Thank you for sharing each destination with us! It’s getting me away from the heat of Arizona along the Colorado River!

@tarn1135 2 жыл бұрын

Seeing you crawling around in the power house tells me that you are a hell of a lot braver then I am. Happy you did it though. Can’t believe I just found your channel. Subscribed instantly, keep it up!

@37thraven 2 жыл бұрын

My first impulse seeing the full frontal view of the dam with staircase @6:46 was: _"Damn! I want to climb that thing _*_*so*_*_ badly. I wonder if the stairs are sturdy, or rusty? What a view!"_ To just 30 seconds later, watching him film up top @7:17: _"Oh dang. He's holding a camera and gimbal with no hand rail? And climbing around? Crazy..."_

@sandrakipp6336 2 жыл бұрын

thank you for another great adventure! I love going along, seeing things I would never see otherwise

@carius007 2 жыл бұрын

I agree, as much as I’d love to do these explorations it’ll more than likely never happen. Super cool to see! 👍

@frankgray7782 2 жыл бұрын

Hello Sandra How are you doing today?

@leilaparker4371 2 жыл бұрын

my great grand father i never knew worked and lived there. he died in prince rupert in the 30's. thanks for showing a snippet of his life in Anyox...

@hermionejaschinski7839 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful documentary! I think it's amazing how a place so devastated by human activity can be so beautiful once nature reclaims it. I especially loved the look of the brick ovens.

@frankgray7782 2 жыл бұрын

Hello Hermione How are you doing today?

@branon6565 2 жыл бұрын

I'm just glad that so many man made structures are still standing, they're a testament to human ingenuity and resolve...it'd be nice if someone would log this area, a lot of nice furniture just sittin there....

@jewelcopeland3374 2 жыл бұрын

Such an amazing place. I absolutely enjoyed every minute of this film. I would love to see you get some kind of award for this film. I feel Like this was a documentary and tribute to what definitely was a really important town in mankind's history . Thank you for bringing it back to life for us ! Awesome job well done! J in Oregon

@lucan447n7 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome stuff man! You do an amazing job at not only showing off the spectacular natural beauty of BC and Vancouver Island but also at bringing the forgotten history to light and doing it justice. Can’t wait to see what you post next! Keep it up!

@salliannebrown8129 2 жыл бұрын

Dustin, we absolutely love your documentary style films. You are so talented in story-telling.

@allandavis8201 2 жыл бұрын

I have had the privilege to visit Canada twice, once on duty with the RAF and nearly got snowed in at Goose Bay Newfoundland and once on holiday to visit family in Mississauga, obviously I didn’t get to see much on the first trip, but on the second I was lucky enough to have a Canadian guides (my uncle and aunt) and was treated to see some of Canada up close and personal, went to the places Canadians go to relax and get away from it all, it was a magical time, however somewhere I would have loved to go would have been to somewhere like this, to see the things that made Canada into a economic and cultural independent country, the beauty of the wilderness is breathtaking and second to nowhere else on planet earth. Thanks Canada and my family for the best experience of my life. I am so jealous of you right now conductor ‘D’ but thanks for sharing what must be one of the best trips you have done, total excellence. 😀👍🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@Objectified 2 жыл бұрын

There are many areas with comparable wilderness and geography, including in the U.S. and elsewhere.

@bevolson7619 2 жыл бұрын

Dustin I love your explores that I can learn and be entertained. I never heard of Anyox before..there is so much we can learn. Thank you for doing this and sharing with all. The videos are absolutely fascinating ! That dam was unreal.. for that gentleman to have developed a map locating all the places made it realistic…. Infrastructure was the same…. That was quite a town in its day….

@bobbiesox6289 2 жыл бұрын

Love it! Thank you for taking us along! Take care and be safe!!

@kma7685 Жыл бұрын

My grand father lived there. With his mom and dad. Dad was a powder monkey, got gassed, got sick and passed away. Grand father delivered mail at age of 11 to help support family. I have hauled freight and fuel there. I worked for tug company. To see it is cool and to think there was not the machines like we have today. Be safe..

@MzJust1girl 2 жыл бұрын

Wow. Such an amazing adventure that you brought to the world. So cool to explore where a whole community once was. Great video! Thank you

@tedgamma8650 2 жыл бұрын

Awsome what your doing. Keep bringing history to life

@1slippery2 2 жыл бұрын

"The springs were all stretched out" 🤣👍

@powdersdead1428 2 жыл бұрын

Time is such a powerful and destructive force. Yet at the same time majestic, breathtaking, beautiful, all understatements.

@Ivegotnochoicesilencemyvoice 2 жыл бұрын

I was gonna comment this, it never fails to amaze me

@minustaco42zero24 2 жыл бұрын

This is amazing and this is truly keeping history alive. Thank you guys

@sarahbradley3027 2 жыл бұрын

I hope I am not the only one of your viewers that would like to say to you, "Slow down, you move too fast." Fast pans and tilts blur and can be disorienting. I get a second of time to see whatever it is that you just exclaimed over. Please take your time to show us the remarkable places that you discover.

@terrysweat4187 2 жыл бұрын

Now I have to say out of all the video’s I’ve watched, this one was very entertaining because it’s something that I would love to do, is have the chance to go somewhere like that/this and just see everything in person even after seeing your video. I hope to see some more adventures like this one very,very cool.👍

@pamelapacific943 2 жыл бұрын

Great too that many people may

@karengiorella2690 2 жыл бұрын

You've changed my perception of abandoned places. You've shown the beauty past the rubble. You tell a story. Love it!

@AuroraLakes 2 жыл бұрын

I was born in the states, but was raised in B.C. so it will forever be home to me. I love this doc. I now have a new bucket list item. I grew up in the Cariboo, in the mtns, between Kamloops, Clearwater,and 100 mile. Hiking on the original Hudsons Bay trail, B.C. has my heart. It is heaven on earth, for this girl.

@l.o29 2 жыл бұрын

This is the coolest channel I have found in a long time. Became an instant fan. This is truly amazing. To learn and to see is truly a gift, thank you. Words can’t even describe how truly amazing history is, but to see decade old history standing still is pure beauty.

@johncarold 2 жыл бұрын

Nice video on ANYOX, I have seen some great videos on ANYOX and everything that is left inside the mountain. I like how you did it again, I just can't stop watching anything on what is left . Great pictures of the Town and what was not covered before. I'm sure I will be watching it again soon.

@coldwind Жыл бұрын

Overlaying the maps and using the fire hydrants to orient and line everything up was brilliant!!

@ericryckman5174 2 жыл бұрын

Great work to all who participated in this video. So intriguing.

@michaellawrence5492 2 жыл бұрын

Nature reclaims all structures built by our hands in time.

@jeffy069a 2 жыл бұрын

I think we worry too much about the things we do. This is less than 100 years worth of deterioration. Another 100 years and there will be little or no trace of it. Imagine how many civilizations could rise and fall over thousands of years and would be completely forgotten in such a very short time. Even in this same spot.

@Waylon55 2 жыл бұрын

Lol. Wow really!

@BilgemasterBill 2 жыл бұрын

It's humbling what less than a hundred years can do to the works of man.

@victorcrossier8642 2 жыл бұрын

This place is older than the nation of "Canada".

@BilgemasterBill 2 жыл бұрын

@@victorcrossier8642 I'm just a dumb Yankee, but I know the capital's Ottawa, and thought Canada was founded as a Dominion in 1867, a bit earlier than that town's heyday. I seem to remember some Centennial coins in 1967...pennies with a bird in flight on the back instead of a leaf or something.

@victorcrossier8642 2 жыл бұрын

@@BilgemasterBill check out the "New Chronology" by Anatoly Fomenko. It's an historical narrative based solely on data with no thought given to the Russian House of Romanov or the Catholic church.(anti-Scaligerian) North America, he says, before 1775, was the far western Siberian-Tartarian Kingdom. Which declassified documents from the CIA have admitted to destroying this evidence completely from the historical narrative. The nation known as Independent Tartary existed as late as the 1950s north of China.

@frankG335 2 жыл бұрын

And fire...

@BilgemasterBill 2 жыл бұрын

@@victorcrossier8642 Seriously? Fomenko? That is just deranged bullshit: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_chronology_(Fomenko). Pay that no mind. The true wonders and plots are FAR more interesting...

@dianeladouceur6102 Жыл бұрын

WOW!!! Thank you so much for capturing this old town. Documenting it, capturing what the town looked like back then and how it must of felt like living there. The dam is so majestic and magnificent I never knew it even existed in CANADA for cripe sakes! And I live here. Congrats Dustin, job well done. You deserve an award or funds to continue your great work 👏 👍

@lisaharris7549 2 жыл бұрын

I’m sooooo happy this channel popped up. I love love this stuff. Extremely well made as well sir

@martymcmannis6581 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, You folks did and still doing a great job with everything about that town. Hats off to ya. Thanks

@leekenney7066 2 жыл бұрын

Bill Barlee would approve ! Great Job !

@mikedavison3400 2 жыл бұрын

@ Lee Kenney Bill Barlee would indeed have loved this and so would have Denny Boyd who wrote for the Vancouver Sun for many years. He wrote about Anyox at least once as he was born there.

@IvanProsper 7 ай бұрын

Content like this is what makes the internet great. Thanks so much for sharing.

@allviking5203 2 жыл бұрын

Love our Province, Hidden Treasures and Spectacular Vistas Everywhere ✌👍🇨🇦🤌

@englishteacher1260 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing place and AMAZING video thanks for your efforts!

@Itiswhatitis55 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent history lesson, thank you!

@tammysampson2512 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. Visited there last year and must say... you have captured the beauty of Anyox and Rob Bryce with excellence. Cant wait to see your other video's.

@brittboy82 2 жыл бұрын

New subscriber. I enjoy the long form video format for these interesting places. I was unable to step aways from the video without pausing and had to watch every last second you gave us. Keep up the great work and inspiring me to go to these interesting places.

@barrymyers8268 2 жыл бұрын

I enjoy this much more than the house exploring, ty keep em coming!

@perryramberg9131 2 жыл бұрын

I was raised in bill's puddle [W.L.]IN 50'S TO 60'S never heard of Anyox, but i do remember the little store at 103 mi. as i recall we stopped in there a few time . this was an interesting video. good adventure.

@douglawrence4066 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for doing what you do. You are helping to preserve our fragile history...….

@dr.artheriomontaghuetittsm2396 Жыл бұрын

This immediately pulled me in . Well done to all persons involved in the production of a great little documentary. It’s a Wonderful story that speaks to the explorer in each of us. Beautiful

@louise2536 2 жыл бұрын

It would be awesome to see you do adventures like this in the Yukon, following the gold rush path up to Dawson city. I think you would be awesome at telling that story.

@Maxdekriek 2 жыл бұрын

wow.. a long episode!!... thanks for sharing your adventure's with us greetsz from holland.. max ps.... what a great history, your life is so great!!

@tatayvlog724 2 жыл бұрын

Once I stumble into your content I'm so fascinated with your history about the place your featuring. And now I'm probably one of those person who love this kind of vlogs. Keep safe always in your new adventures .

@BrightStar3862 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent job of commentating. A superb video with a fine explanation of what happened to Anyox. Thanks, for this video.

@billshroyer9487 2 жыл бұрын

There's an old video game, "The Vanishing of Ethan Carter", that looks a lot like it was made in this town (it's made in Unreal Engine, so none of the buildings are actual locations - but some of these external shots would fit right into the game!). A lot of the buildings look VERY familiar. Very interesting explore! Unless you know what you're looking for, you'd never even realize a town ever existed there! I loved this!

@rockymountainroughridersofMT. 2 жыл бұрын

Outstanding explore and video work on this one Dustin !!! It's mind blowing to imagine how much work, labor, craftsmanship and materials went into building and constructing such an massive operation. I'm guessing much of the machinery and materials had to be brought by boat and ship. It's also amazing to see how the trees and vegetation have consumed and taken over the remains. Fire usually seems to be the culprit of destruction on many of these historic sites.

@jimswank3259 10 ай бұрын

Mother nature is absolutely amazing. We walk amongst many hundred plus year old buildings, towns, etc and as long as we habitate them and keep up with them, they still appear to be as what they once were. 90 years later, this entire town is almost completely overtaken by mother nature. Absolutely amazing. Geat video 👌

@valbain209 Жыл бұрын

You're so good at what you do when it comes to story telling along with the perfect filming.Just amazing job.

@frankG335 2 жыл бұрын

Wow. How amazing! What fun! Some of these places could be restored. I can't imagine why no one wants to live there again unless it's too toxic. There are foundations and partial buildings of cement...

@nativeamericanfeather9948 2 жыл бұрын

Wow,a brilliant documentary! Thank you so much for taking us on this adventure with you.Very well covered & so beautiful.Youre blessed to be able to be an explorer♡

@sheriherrick4420 Жыл бұрын

I LOVE this one! Well I mean I LOVE them all so far. I love you put the pictures in of where you were walking! It's crazy how fast the trees grow through some buildings and how the earth is taking back the area. I love history and learning how people lived. This was just an amazing story. Oh and I love how the man who was born there got to come back! That gave me goosebumps! Keep up the great work!

@eyeOOsee 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! Great video! Nice job you all did! Thank you for sharing! Amazing to see the old pictures compared to the current remains. Fascinating! I won't forget this place now! I had never heard of it before. 👍👍👍 Thank you!

@devinudsen1948 2 жыл бұрын

Three minutes in and wow, fantastic place!

@bobbiallison1117 2 жыл бұрын

I am amazed at how quickly Mother Earth reclaimed this toxic wasteland after it was abandoned. Beauty for me is judged by the amount of natural growth and coverage, this place is gorgeous!

@wintersbattleofbands1144 2 жыл бұрын

Keep in mind, a fire swept through, eradicating most of it. be interesting to see what it would look like now if that hadn't happened.

@gfunk4014 Жыл бұрын

If ya ever read this John Eastwood was a fascinating dam engineer in the early 1900’s. He is also known for the Hume Lake dam in the Sierra’s of Northern California and the Mountain Dell dam in Parleys Canyon outside of Salt Lake City. But what I believe is more fascinating is the series of archway dams he build outside of Malad Idaho. Very very few people know about them but they are still standing and we’re a very important part of southern Idaho agriculture in that era. They are no longer in use but they are remote and worth visiting if you ever make it that way. Safe travels and thanks so much for what you do.

@rosepalmer73 2 жыл бұрын

It’s amazing to see how Mother Nature is reclaiming her land. Thank you for sharing. In my younger years I would of been all over the place just like your doing. This is a real treat to see all of this. Again thank you for sharing.