$42 million of GOLD in one hole, Barkerville!

[@lucasreid6335]

This is where my life long passion and obsession with gold all started. My dad took me here for my first time when I was 8, and have loved gold ever since. And now I'm getting to share my passion with my 2 boys ❤️❤️

[@cornfarts]

That's dope! I wish my girls liked panning. Keep trying. They will regret it when they call themselves "old"

[@Ndogg012]

Dude same. I'm 30 now.

[@kenclarke4906]

Pation. For Gold at 8 years old... Late bloomer uh? The grand daughters do recognize the actual gold at an early age... It's in our DNA.

[@rh5563]

👍👍👍

[@s.s4712]

Goblins

[@fatmanwookie5180]

It's great to see some of these old place's are kept in great condition and the passion the people keep it alive thank you

[@SalvableRuin]

places* not "place's"

[@karengiorella2690]

You could mistake Dan for one of the guides. He he. Interesting content. And as always, Dan is a great teacher. Great video.

[@stevencox9452]

Your son broke me up when he showed the mosquito netting over the entry door of one of the buildings. I have come up from the southern 48 and fished up above Winnipeg several times and the mosquitos resembled our turkeys for size! And they were vicious! But GREAT fishing.

[@edwardpreston2098]

These past few days of ECONOMIC INSTABILITY, INFLATION and RECESSION watching my portfolio decline is very disheartening… Holding doesn't really profit much. Any idea on how to earn better on the short run?

[@royjohnson465]

@@edwardpreston2098~I do not know, maybe buy gold, silver, or platinum, 'or' buy stock shares in a uranium company.?

[@lutherwalker9371]

Love this guy, cool human being. Thanks for sharing this with all of us. The history of BC is cool. Thanks Dan.

[@robbsyre986]

Hey Dan I grew up in Quesnel. We used to go our there all the time for class trips.ised to be 5.00 a pan to pan for gold and the was usually about a gram in there. This was 35 yrs ago mind you lol. Lots of memories there have fun!!!

[@lllMithrandirlll]

I loved this video. The only time I made it up to Barkerville from the lower mainland was on a school trip in middle school. It's nice to see just how little it has changed. Similar to the Burnaby Village Museum.

[@karengobeil1]

I was there in 1972…..but, I did not receive as much information about the town as you offered to the viewers Plus I was there for almost 6 hours. It was amazing then, and thanks to your video it looks even more interesting now. Thank you .

[@angef9687]

Wow what a gem we have here in Canada!!! Thank you for sharing this Dan as now I have added it to my family's exploration bucket list.

[@roseredm6663]

What a wonderful historical place to visit! So glad you made a video of your visit.

[@TheMacattack66]

Well done all. Great to see all of the Hurd clan out enjoying a trip into history! Thank you

[@AndukeMTGEDH]

Love the great interactions with the interpreters, horse carriage, and blacksmith. Looks like a fun day trip

[@RaoulDukeSr]

Absolutely love that country, I grew up ranching near Alexis creek..going to rodeo's and stampedes, haying, fishing monster rainbow trout, trapping beaver, visiting Barkerville ! Easily one of my favorite places on this earth. Thank you Dan, your knowledge and enthusiasm is so very enjoyable to behold.

[@piperlynne1]

Barkerville is amazing and I'm glad to see it's still as amazing as it was when I went many years ago.

[@jasonfox6013]

This was great Dan, reminds me of my country we have little towns like this all over New Zealand, keep up the good work Dan and family 😁

[@mikesauer7775]

Great job Dan! And family! Love the collaboration interaction with the re-in actors. Great show. Great for tourism

[@michealrawlins928]

I well remember being in Barkerville.. in 1958, Dan... it was just opening up at that time.. Not certain if you are that old.. but Century Sam was here [he was our neighbour in Courtenay at the time.. He took my mother up on stage at the Theatre Royal and gave her a 'difficult' time... all in jest though... Sid Williams was a real character. The town was not much in those days... only a very few refurbished buildings... but the seeds were there

[@ScottishGoldHunter]

That is one massive piece of gold in the pan at 0:21😯 Love you adventures Dan⛏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@kingjellybean9795]

I think Dan should visit Cerro Gordo in California I'd love to see those two red heads explore the mine. I know it's a silver mine but I think Dan would love it

[@yosemitesam6945]

I watch that show all the time. Too bad about the flash flood that took out the road going up to Cerro Gordo. I’m sure Heavy D will help him fix the road. He has his excavator, after all. Lol

[@fragmina729]

@@yosemitesam6945 Oh I didnt know the road is damaged. When did that happend?

[@X3r0.]

That would be super fun !

[@X3r0.]

@@fragmina729 immediately after heavy D and team left

[@chuxmix65]

Yes!!!

[@krisbailey4279]

I live just up the road in Prince George, I never get tired of going to Barkerville, weather it’s taking in the historic town, snowmobiling, or riding ATV’s. My work even takes me underground in the modern mines just over (under) the hills of Barkerville.

[@forg0tten]

Love when Dan posts during the week. 🙌🙌

[@Dyna-Myke]

Been watching your videos all day.. Nice to take a break and then binge watch one of your favourite content creators. Love what you do

[@BongoWongoOG]

What a great living museum. Always a treat to visit them. This one seems very interactive. Nice. We have one near me in the UK called Beamish. It has a mine of black gold (coal) that visitors can go down as well as 2 historically recreated towns, a brewery and working trams from the late 18's/early 19 hundreds. Great fun

[@Veronica.John10-10]

In Texas black gold is oil 😊

[@susanturcotte3176]

Beautiful town and people! The history and experience was so nice of you to share with us! Thanks Dan and family for the awesome video!

[@jackpontiac9409]

We (finally) had the pleasure to visit Barkerville in 2020 (Sept). we met Mrs. Hodgkinson and she was a wealth of information for the area (she referred to my Sister and Brother in law as "Overlanders" because they were visiting from Ontario). We were there right between the 1st and 2nd wave of Covid so not everything was open to see, however it was a fantastic and memorable trip for sure. I Highly Recommend it.

[@rockypalmquist7288]

Thank you so much Dan. This is an awesome video. Cheers from Texas

[@joshuajackson6442]

Evan, so happy too see you taking interest in the family business of Prospecting!

[@garethmitchell7723]

Places like this with living history are so important.

[@sandrakisch3600]

This was our family stomping ground, long before the restoration. As a teen, friends and I We're walking through the cemetery and I fell through one and broke through a coffin. It has since been restored.😄 Thanks for sharing an update. I actually met a number of the old timers when I was very young.

[@sarahgillard1538]

Cool!

[@matthewbooth9265]

pretty cool that you got to meet one of the original inhabitants:) Hope they were not too crushed by that unexpected encounter.

[@wadedavies3924]

Yup. I grew up in Wells which is a village close to Barkerville. Spent a lot of time in the hills around Barkerville. I never knew how much gold was pulled out of Barker's claim so I am impressed.

[@Gardeningchristine]

Thanks for the excellent bonus video! Wonderful wholesome educational content every time!!!

[@karenjansson3911]

thank you so much for this video. I am disabled and cannot do a tour like this, it was very interesting. I love history. Great video.

[@markroper9269]

Renaissance fair of the north....Glad you got to film!! Good stuff!

[@paulrossi4690]

DAN wow beautiful town great slice of history. It was awesome to see your family! From your faithful home bound fan thanks.

[@4seasonspix]

🌟Awesome - I love it💖 Thanks to remaining memories of a past life as a florist in a gold rush town/camp in central California, I always felt right at home whenever I would go prospecting or visit former mining towns, document the gold rush history and its Swiss/German origins, or work as a horticultural photographer in this lifetime. Can hardly wait to go back in time again this coming Sunday 🥰

[@jessin.]

This is my favorite video, so far from you. Keep up the great work, you can definitely tell your are great educator.

[@teresazurberg893]

I think this is my new favourite video. Love Barkerville!

[@whisperslmao798]

Love the video 😁 reminded me bit of Sovereign Hill in Victoria Australia.

[@redemption2]

That tour guide lady is a riot. Thank you for showing us this wonderful piece of history.

[@trentonevans8574]

What an absolute fabulous way to change it up a little bit I loved it thank you so much and you’re supporting cast they’re great to thank you once again

[@steveh1792]

Seeing Barkerville's Chinatown brought memories back for me. My wife's grandparents emigrated from China to California and Oregon. Her paternal first came over when he was 12, worked for a couple years around Sacramento, then went back to China for a wife... During his first time over here, he developed a reputation for honesty, and with some prospecting and mining still ongoing at the time, he was tasked with bringing in their take from the miners ... nobody expecting a Chinese kid to be carrying gold with him. Barkerville sounds like a great place to visit for a day or three.

[@jacobpippen]

Really enjoyed this informative video! Watched the whole thing while at work lol. Thank you Dan for keeping my spirits high!

[@JustForks]

I got to visit Barkerville a few times as a kid and seeing this brought back so many memories. Truly a great experience to visit, and now I want to go again.

[@BillMulholland1]

Great video Dan. Thanks 🍻👍 It was great to see the whole family.

[@ant-1382]

Dan Hurd in Barkerville. Who'd a thunk it!! Maybe he should become an ambassador.

[@toddbob644]

I went here as a child in a school field trip... One of my most memorable field trips indeed, seeing all these buildings again is a trip.

[@steven_ewen]

Fantastically well put together video Dan. Thank you for sharing your experience with us.

[@X3r0.]

I still recall doing an elementary school project on Barkerville, as well as getting to visit it!

[@ryansmiley5495]

Wow what a treat. Thanks for the upload 😀

[@johnstuart8511]

This is a great video. Loving the history of the old Gold towns. Just like Brent's ghost town. Dan. We would love to see more ghost towns and history. Regards South Africa 🇿🇦.

[@mitchkersey2908]

I visited barkerville when I was like 8 an loved it!! Such a gem of northern British Columbia love this video Dan!!

[@GrouchyHaggis]

This video was great Dan, Props for the director/production work done here. Bravo Dan, Family and everyone involved.

[@ferdburphel2076]

Fun tour! Quality staff! It's nice to see history so well preserved.

[@l_alvarez_1k]

That amazing green pine forest background is breathtaking!

[@scottie47h]

Awesome great tour! Beautiful old history town! Wanna go there someday in future !

[@blazzin42]

I love Barkerville so much, I'm up in Dawson Creek and every sumer we drive through and stop here ❤❤ amazing history in this town!!

[@Mr.JayFrady]

Dan we recently went on vacation out west and I made sure to visit Silverton Colorado!!! If you haven’t heard it’s a small little place near Durango Colorado and the operation that’s there in Silverton is quite historic and valuable to mining history. Absolutely neat area and during the great depression it was one of the largest employers for people in what’s known as the four corners region.

[@lgrgg86]

been on that stagecoach a couple times myself. thanks for bringing back the memories

[@luisapedrosa4906]

Wonderfull. Thanks for the video! Continue your great work. From Portugal

[@Patvk8]

Awesome video and very informative! I was there in 1980 with my family. We rented the "saloon". It was such a blast panning that I still do it whenever I can.

[@keithbriere]

That was a fun and educational trip with you and your son. Love your channel ❤️ Cheers from Parksville B.C.

[@robwolfeauhunter8349]

I miss Barkerville has been 21 years since last vist. Yes I was 12 years old and didn't appreciate it as much as I would today. But now I have kids and need a second black and white photo to update the wall. Very much so wish I was a little older to be able to remember most of the stuff I saw/heard. All I do know is that is where I first learned to pan for gold and definitely started my gold fever. That and on the same trip went to Atlin bc and also went to Skagway. And saw the Graves from the famous chillkoot avalanche. And held a 30oz nugget. Good stuff love it. Thanks Dan for the childhood memories!

[@Geodatan]

Hello from Barcelona. I had no clue about the story of that town. Great video.

[@Theresa.W1264]

Loved your video! This place looks amazing! Thanks so much for sharing your adventures!

[@MegaAk212]

you should definitely go to Cerro Gordo mine. It was a silver mine but it's super interesting

[@robertlewis6736]

What a wonderful place Dan. Love this video.

[@stevem7868-y4l]

What a fantastic vid, thanks Dan, it really does give an insight to what was happening 150 years ago,

[@lawrencerenew8668]

Very very interesting Dan. Thank you for taking me on the tour loved it

[@thomasmeyer9932]

Thanks for refreshing my memories of a trip to Barkerville in 1990, a lot has changed since then but it is still a journey worth i think.

[@johnslobbe7438]

I haven't visited there since I was a teenager travelling with my parents. My Grandfather Thomas Parsons of Victoria donated a lot of the tools and equipment of the cabinet shop to Barkerville. It had belonged to my greatgrandfather Alfred Henry Knott who made player pianos back East early last century. We had a Knott player piano while I was young but my parents sold it , apparently to Spirit Lake Lodge , which was buried in the mud flows when Mt St Helens went up. I do have memories of one of us kids pumping the pedals and the other pretending to play. Wish we still had it.

[@m.pearce3273]

Fabolous to know

[@caribooskidoo3997]

That's awesome. There was a another carpenter there, Johnny Knott, who built the Barkerville Hotel. Another relative I assume?

[@glenncombs3471]

I really enjoyed this video. Such nuggets...

[@MrAdamred]

looks fantastic Dan looks great fun i love learning more about gold history great content

[@randallmcclure9901]

Great work on camera shots and editing.

[@Kakiro_Miro]

Oh lovely. Now I have yet another reason to visit Canada. Thank you was very enjoyable to watch.

[@glendadalejones3753]

Very very interesting Dan Hurd. Enjoyed watching this video 👌👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@stevenkofoed1698]

This was a delightful video to watch! I really appreciate your efforts, it was cool to learn about Barkerville! Thanks Dan Hurd!

[@ghostprepper5859]

Thanks Dan! This is why You're one of the best Utubers out there!

[@qldabandonedmines]

Outstanding Dan. Just finished watching your episodes with Jason and thoroughly enjoyed those too. Your production is worthy of a prime time slot on TV!

[@donnac1279]

Thank you so much Dan! That was awesome. 👀 from N Carolina,

[@Drifter6942]

This is basically my back yard. I grew up very close there still in a very high gold rush neighborhood from there. You were right about the Chinese when you mentioned they would follow old claims and re work the tailings. I was working this one claim in Hixon B.C, just North of Barkerville, and the excavator picked up two stone carvings for human feet that were carved by the Chinese back in those days. We also unearthed old picks, and other tools. My claim is 48 km North of Barkerville if you continue the back roads, and I am very fortunate to have found Virgin ground in this area And if any viewers haven't been to Barkerville, and live in Canada, or is going to travel through to Alaska, I highly recommend the trip there. It is just about an hour East of Quesnel British Columbia Canada. Packed full of entertainment. Great for the whole family. And last time I was there, it was wheelchair friendly also for the most part. My dad was in a wheelchair and he was able to see most things back in the late 80's, so I am sure it is much better today Barkerville also used to do a mail run in the winter with sled dogs for Canada Post , I am not sure if they still do that or not ??

[@chainesaw]

I've always wanted to be from the old days. Thank you for a exceptional show!

[@christhompson4270]

What an awesome place, thank you for showing us around such a beautiful place. God bless, take care and thank you for sharing 🙏👍👏❤️

[@andrewthompson7022]

Hey Dan, great content! I feel blessed that I get an additional video that isn’t on a Sunday!

[@THESLICKNESSEDM]

That was a fun adventure hope you do more of this kinda history lesson showcase stuff I loved it

[@joegarcia7887]

These videos are amazing just love them the History the Gold n Silver 👍💰💰💰😁

[@Dan-we7vs]

Nothing but smiles.. love your videos...

[@BubbaHamilton1]

Thanks Dan, love your channel and your passion for your craft. Excellent content today!

[@shonniehall1266]

Dan Man I really enjoy your show😛 it’s awesome Your personality carries the whole production Again ..... totally awesome

[@suzannehousden1779]

This was a lot of fun! A definite destination on my book!

[@winterfell2650]

Hello Dan Hurd, from the Republic of Ireland 🇮🇪🇮🇪 watup errrybody✊

[@melvincapps5975]

Great job Dan and great place thank you for sharing

[@elisabethe8055]

As a history and mineral freak, this episode was really good Dan! Thank you!

[@doobiecfoogle]

We will probably never get to BC so these kinds of vids are so fun to see. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge but for the time & trouble it takes filming!

[@DAYBROK3]

i remember in grade 5 going to barkerville from the former trading capital of new caledonia, ft. st. james. the fort is still there on beautiful stuart lake. the area has lots of camping.

[@albertcab]

It's always nice to see your videos, but this one has been even more so by giving a historical view of how the gold rush was lived in the 19th century. Greetings from Catalonia.

[@Evan1178]

Thank you Dan for pointing out an undervalued location of canada this place is so cool to explore in and around one of the largest old towns in canada

[@garimpoeaventuras]

Hello Dan! I'm from Brazil. Congratulations for your work! In addition to being informative, your videos are also relaxing...

[@Project2013B]

Last time I was there was in the early 1980s. I think back then it had maybe 10% of the buildings you showed today! I panned there 40 years ago! 9:20

[@johngaydos5688]

this reminds me of greenfield village in Dearborn Michigan. my home state! wonderful outside museum!

[@rickysoffroadrecovery]

Thanks Dan awesome video can't wait to see it in person

[@mikespencer9185]

Great video Dan and Evan!!