Georgetown, the Forgotten City | Abandoned and Lost Town | Destination Adventure

I am so very excited to be able to share this location with you all, because I never thought I would be able to get to a place this remote. This new boat is opening up some Amazing new opportunities for me.
This is what is left of the old town and mill site of Georgetown. In 1875, George Williscroft received financial backing to start a large milling operation, and construction was underway at Georgetown. This is the oldest mill site in North West British Columbia, and was the first mill to supply lumber up into the Yukon Territory. This mill had a successful working lifespan, supplying lumber for anything from housing, to aircrafts for WW1, but like many of these old towns constructed of wood, it suffered the same fate of a dreaded fire, burning the entire town to the ground.
When I was inquiring around town about this location, it was hard to find anyone that even knew that this place even existed. The couple people that did know about it, told me that there was nothing left to see. Were they ever wrong. I explored as much as I could here in one day, but you could easily spend days exploring and finding things in the forest.
If you want to get out to Georgetown yourself, make sure you go with a capable boat, and I can say first hand that a Swellfish can make it no probs. swellfish.co/?rfsn=5864361.30...
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[@kend1053]

This installment has been very special. In the 70's I owned a sawmill operation that consisted of equipment built in the early 1900s. As you walked toward the mill site you were following what was referred to as a corduroy road constructed with layers of neatly set slab wood from the milling process. One thing I noticed on some of the machinery was a spattering of babbit material that tells me there had to have been a serious fire at one point. You passed several specialty planers 2 and 4 sided and then a "Tower" edger which would have had multiple adjustible blades. I'm pretty sure what appeared to be small water turbines may have been saw dust blowers and some of the scrap I saw looked like the housings for them. You pointed to what you said was a transmission and that was correct, but it was a planetary transmission still connected to a partially buried Model T engine. This may have been the power for your insane go-cart with turntable on the back. What a great video. It was a walk down memory lane. Thank you.

[@leggy1957]

What you said Ken was so interesting! It makes me wanna go there and explore I’m supposed to have some Mexico in the next year I’ve had enough of the United States

[@kirkkirkland7244]

So that model T motor and transmission might be worth saving huh?

[@69Gamerkid]

I currently work in a sawmill in BC that was built 50 years ago and as he walked through I almost could envision the route the wood would have travelled, after the band saw, I didn’t see a cut off saw though. Those planetary gears are still used in modern mills just have design improvements. This is really really cool site,

[@tammybrennan2040]

Super interesting

[@jazrobean1]

Exactly - - and the three pedals part of it

[@jamespenn5788]

On the Oregon coast in the 1960's we kids would go adventuring through the woods. We found many steam Donkeys and cable for yarding the logs up the mountain sides. Those were back in the days when they were logging old growth still. I knew a logger that was a faller up until he was 55. He was an expert old growth logger. He had to retire when he broke both legs logging. I think he was born in Montana in 1918. He was a cowboy when he was young and would sing all the old cowboy songs when he thought no one was listening. He would hop on freight trains to go into town now and then when he was a kid living in Montana. He didn't keep any pictures of his family in his wallet. But he kept a picture of a horse he had in Montana that saved his life in a white out blizzard. He was in WWII and spent 2 years sleeping on the ground fighting in France against the nazis. He was part High Plains Apache. He was one of my heroes growing up. I am glad I got to grow up around men like that.

[@cdd4248]

Great Story!

[@janegilmore102]

I love story like urs. I’ve been thinking of writing shorts stories as there are just so many out there. If one day you’d like to share some. Just reply to me here. Again great story. I’m an Aussie. Plus I had read a bit about this place. That’s why I’m here. God Bless 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🇦🇺

[@TB-jn2sx]

Thank you for sharing. The world shouldn't forget characters like you hero. Sounds like he was larger than life. They don't make 'em like that anymore.

[@hremaddox]

Thank you for the story! I really enjoyed it!

[@williambergman3840]

He sounds very interesting and would definitely have some stories to tell😉

[@ST-xx9rt]

The vehicle is a "doodle bug" a cut down, modified truck in my neck of the woods. Used by my grandfather/ loggers to haul or skid trees in the 40's or later here.

[@kevvymetal666]

common on farms too!

[@toddrohrlach8336]

Yep homemade skidder.

[@srcmini6188]

That one was a model TT truck. That "gearbox" you found was the original motor and transmission for it. It had a worm gear drive so it was a TT. Definitely a neat cut down TT

[@srcmini6188]

If i would guess the truck that was cut down was probably a 1920 to 1927 ford TT. Probably cut up in 1935 to 1945.

[@spydamann1244]

I know we have similar today called skitterers?

[@Gridlessness]

Hey Dustin, Jeff and Rose and the girls here. My Grandad grew up in Georgetown. His Great Uncle was mill manager for many years. We've got a few stories and pictures from his time there. His fishing boat actually burned and sank anchored in the bay right out in front. We've been wishing we could visit for years and your adventure has only encouraged us. Maybe 2022 is the year. Thanks for taking us along.

[@drstevenrey]

That thing with the steering wheel, that would today be called a skidder. It was used to haul trees on that fork in the back. You lifted just on end of the trees and pulled them along. The snow chains on it were not because of snow but mud. Judging by the transmission it was powered by a Ford A engine. Probably built around 1920.

[@bobbyellis2485]

I didn't exactly know what it was but I had a feeling that's what it was for hey sometimes I guess right LOL

[@shanebenjamin9343]

Back in that day they were called a Doodlebug

[@Clem.H.Fandango]

Early skid steer?

[@kirkkirkland7244]

I would fix it up!

[@katedaphne4495]

@@Clem.H.Fandango Sidder and skidsteer are different.

[@Moparbird1970]

What a fascinating place! These are the type of sites I love! Where mother nature takes over the industrial World. It’s so amazing how well machines were once built. All the past machine builders of this era were proud of their work and knew it would outlast them.

[@PracticalTacticalSheepDog]

Crazy to think of how many billions of pounds of iron and steel are just laying abandoned at old industrial sites throughout the US and Canada.

[@danielfouardlibertarianono8017]

Why you must be a scrapper too. I can't help but think the same thing. But some needs to be left to decay.

[@ASchell90]

@@danielfouardlibertarianono8017 Out of curiosity, why does it need to be left to decay?

[@williamwallace5201]

@@ASchell90 had nothing been left to decay, there would be no spots like this to explore. Just old photographs and empty lots.

[@cdd4248]

I was thinking the same -

[@Amythehealer]

Exactly what I thought.

[@russ9983]

Thats great to see. My grandfather grew up there as his Dad was the mill manager. He had some good stories and I've always wanted to go there. That was about 1895 to 1910. Ish. Cheers

[@cdd4248]

No kidding! Interesting. You should tell us more.

[@annetterichards4072]

Russ, please tell us more.

[@lou_dabs]

God damn it russ

[@russ9983]

@@annetterichards4072 I just remember him saying how he'd catch crab salmon and sometimes halibut from a rowboat. He was a rabid fisherman. The mill people would sometimes come and get him from the school to crawl in some pipes to clear them of obstructions as he was the only one small enough yet still willing to do it. Said it was a great time to be a boy. Tough times yet a good clean and simple life.

[@russ9983]

@@lou_dabs ?

[@mikematthews5313]

Funny the explorer with a starbucks coffee in his hand. Now that's survival. Lol Magellan would be proud. Lol

[@michaeldonaldson2387]

"Honestly I think I might have the nicest boat in Prince Rupert" As you pass what I can only assume is in multi million dollar yacht 👍🤣

[@ginrobi01]

That one nearly had my iced capp come out through my nose, LOL!

[@Destination_Adventure]

I am so happy to see all the thumbs ups on this comment because that means folks watched to the end :). When I was the yacht I immediately had to go and make the joke lol. Hopefully they didn’t hear me. I could see they were out on the deck eating peanut butter and jealous sandwiches when I cruised by ;)

[@miller1]

My buddy and I say the same thing about our Jon Boats as we motor past the Supra wake board yachts on Lake Conroe...

[@gregc1462]

@@Destination_Adventure 😆

[@s.r.t.8758]

@@Destination_Adventure this is the first episode I've seen from your channel. It was GREAT! Thanks and thumbs up, I'm hooked.

[@johnstevenson9956]

Some people's idea of "nothing left" seems to be considerably different than ours.

[@johnstevenson3184]

Couldn’t have said it better myself.

[@patingram3081]

I recall flying over Georgetown heading north many times during the late 70;s and early 80s and when flying over there was an old recon aircraft which had crashed during the war and the floats were still attached.

[@janblake9468]

According to a historical salvage project, the mill was destroyed by fire in 1978. A detailed study conducted the year before documented the site. Plus, the owner had moved some of the machinery to a different mill prior to the fire for a museum.

[@AdamRoelofs]

journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/MCR/article/view/17087/22916 I was just reading that report also about the site. Some neat photographs showing how things were. Should like they had thought of preserving it before the fire because of its age.

[@fjb4932]

How convient, good planning on the timing. My GrandMother watched as the guy that owned the hay barn just down from her house on Turtle Creek, went into it to check on it. The local crick was backing up and flooding all the lowland and it was only a matter of time before the barn was flooded and hay lost. When he left he saw her watching him and as he went by he slipped her $10 and asked if she'd seen him. She said no and later a fire broke out and the hay and barn were lost. When the insurance investigator came by, he asked if she'd seen anyone around the barn. She hadn't ...

[@Ribcrickett]

That’s so sad. Losing all his hard work to a fire.

[@joshuabrown1602]

The cart when you got on the island looks like an 19th century safe.

[@troy4340]

Yup. As soon as he said mechanism i automatically thought safe. Its just upside down i believe.

[@bjlmc13]

Agree!!!

[@xPumaFangx]

The safe on the shoreline says robbed, to me.

[@f.michaelbremer-cruz2708]

What's most interesting about this site is how nature consumed all of the structures and is now slowly consuming/burying the machines. In a century, it might be as if Georgetown Mills never existed. Considering the efforts put into keeping such a place running, it's just another reminder of how ephemeral Human endeavors can be. I appreciated your sharing the history of this place as you explored it. Thanks for sharing this. :)

[@2packs4sure]

That spool with the rusted chain is literally a piece of art ,, the right picture of that thing man,, that would be something I'd hang on my wall !!

[@traviscoates6878]

The people saying “Don’t go, there’s nothing left there.” Those are the people that want to keep the spot for themselves...Can’t really blame ‘em

[@1953beetle]

In all honesty,i wouldn't tell anyone.

[@matthewdavies2057]

Those people are right. Theres nothing useful there for practicle folks. Working people. Only ruins to interest a KZbin Gen Z kid with a silly but trendy beard, and money. Just junk.

[@1953beetle]

@@matthewdavies2057 One man's trash?Just a thought,mind.

[@matthewdavies2057]

@@1953beetle More like idle hands.

[@bluecavalry]

"I explored as much as I could here in one day, but you could easily spend days exploring and finding things in the forest. " EXACTLY. There should be a Part-2 to this adventure. What else is in that forest?

[@humblemee1127]

yes most definitely, this time pan in on relics a little longer, it's like being teased with just a glimpse and I feel cheated 😊 then your viewers can offer their knowledge of what's the item is, some viewers here already have done, thanks viewers, that one larger piece looked like a plainer, anyway, again great stuff, 👍👏,

[@Dogsrulepeoplenot]

As a young boy I used to crap in that forest but always forgot to bring toilet paper. I used my socks to wipe my butt so if you find any socks they are probably mine.

[@waltershumate5777]

5:13... it's a lobby safe (for payroll / production, most likely.) . The original deterrent was to keep you from running off with it because it was so heavy! A friend of mine has a smaller one and we bent the boom on a two and a half ton engine hoist lifting it in and out of a 3/4 ton pickup. That one that you saw is easily three times as big as hers!

[@arnicus208]

This channel is incredibly underrated. I started watching The Why Files when it was about the level of subs Dustin has now, and look at it now! Fingers Crossed that Destination Adventure makes the same meteoric rise. Truly deserved. A good soul.

[@9FisterSpit9]

your sense of humor and your positive energy is exactly what I needed to get me through this day. Thank you man! Never met, but it feels like im exploring a new place with a life long friend. Hard magic to pull of and youve done it perfect.

[@Destination_Adventure]

Hey amigo, I’ve had my share those days. Happy to help you explore a little. Thank you for coming along.

[@9FisterSpit9]

@@Destination_Adventure thank ya man! Subbed with a blue bell. Keep it up brother! Great things come to great people.

[@cdd4248]

What a nice thing to say- lovely sentiment

[@9FisterSpit9]

@@cdd4248 ❤🤟🏼this whole thing called life is too beautiful a trip. On my bad days..instead of being angry at the world and life, it always helps to remind myself of the good in people, and of the good they do for me, see someone explore the nature i see only in dreams, 1 good video reminds me of why im here, so the least i can do, is send kind words to those who help. Today it is considered weak and naive to show strangers a meaningful kindness, especially where im from in the bible belt. Jesus is good, just some people use the word rather than embrace it. Peace and love friend. God bless you and those you care for!

[@suzanveldmaat]

@@9FisterSpit9 bible belt, as you mean in the Netherlands? Me too like this way of exporing the world, made possible by people filming "destination exploring" BaiG thanxs greeting from Hengelo Holland

[@digital4282]

That "ore cart" looks like an old safe, maybe?

[@chaosdemonwolf1]

That's exactly what it is.

[@juanitacarrollyoung2979]

👍agreed

[@jonhamilton5789]

Definitely a safe.

[@ultimatesoccershow]

AGREED. The damage may be due to cracking it!

[@JG-mp5nb]

They hauled it as for as they could, then said “screw it”, too heavy.

[@percussion44]

Tid bit from a guy who has hunted the bush of BC for decades. It's real easy to get a stick poke in the eye as you push through the bush. Especially as the gloom of evening sets in. And under the canopy it's even gloomier. In the low resolution gray of dusk you wont even see the stick that jams your orb. I've taken to wearing polycarb safety glasses in bush walks. No tint. Your call of course, I'm no Karen.

[@CanadianSledDog]

Second that. I almost lost an eye on a quad once, but for an inch. Sticks are harder than you. Eye protection and bushwhacking go together well. It's funny how much safety advice Dustin gets though, he's got his own workplace safety commission here!

[@michaelguerin56]

I also wear eye protection in the bush, same as when I am pruning at home.

[@ryanblack2986]

I had a broken off sharp and pointy stick jab my eye last winter as I ventured through the snow. It bled so much I was afraid id go blind in that eye lol. I was fine in about a week but eyeyeye, no pun intended.

[@VisionaryGardener]

Yes. When I worked on wildfires, I loved the face screen on my hard hat for thrashing through the brush. That thing saved my eyes all the time.

[@michealjf9942]

The "gear-box out'a somethin here" @ 19:54 appears to be a Model-T Ford planetary transmission assembly, possibly still attached to the motor which would be forward of it and sunk into the ground or junk heap. The vehicle looks like just some sort of site-specific, cobbled together "doodle-bug" sort of contraption that ended its life there in the junk heap many decades ago.

[@ginrobi01]

That scenery, the waterfall... absolutely gorgeous!

[@johlene1813]

The best camera work I have seen in years!

[@williambergman3840]

Yes it’s unbelievably beautiful

[@ve2vfd]

You should bring camping gear and spend a few days exploring in depth.

[@CANControlGRAFFITI]

That’s the first thing I thought. Imagine how quite it would be at night

[@bane8305]

what if artem lobov finds him ?

[@AA-ke5cu]

@@bane8305 the underground leper colony always comes up to feed at night. Popcorn slows them down when being chased untill you trip over a gear pulley.

[@cdd4248]

@@AA-ke5cu hahahahaha! Thanks for the chuckle!

[@jfrtbikgkdhjbeep9974]

and possibly make a bug out plan 🤔 that would make a good getaway location for multiple uses

[@30dayride67]

I fell in love with that area years ago. IMHO British Columbia and Alaska are the most beautiful places on this planet. Prince Rupert stole my heart too. I was hoping to get back up there last year, but of course the powers that be had other plans for the world it seems. Maybe someday.

[@andrewmcintyre8774]

Love your work Dustin , I'm so glad I found this footage. I would have taken a tent and enough supplies to stay there a few days and explore as much as possible. It fascinates me how resourceful people were back then and they probably never took the time to admire the beauty of their surroundings. Thank you for your dedication in following through , blessings from Melbourne Australia.

[@Destination_Adventure]

If I knew what the location and landing site was like, I think I would have packed up some gear and stayed. Amazing place. Thanks for enjoying the show.

[@caydenwhite3862]

I went through George Town lake by kayak and hiked for three hours or so and was worth it back in 2016 with my high school class. Seeing the twin waterfalls was amazing

[@camshaftP16]

Well that boat is going to help you grow your channel to a million views with discoveries like that. Very interesting place, lots of sawmill equipment there, too bad you didn't have the drone to get the overlay of the place, still thanks for all the effort to show us this hiding spot. The coast is full of them.

[@oneparticularharbor144]

New to your channel Dustin- the old ‘ore car’ looks like it might have been a railway office safe, especially given the mechanism inside. They were often not do heavy as their stationary bank type brothers as the value kept was not as much. Mostly record books tickets stamps and petty cash and they had to be hauled into remote areas by cargo steamer charging by the pound.. great video and catching up to your newer ones !

[@ronpreece3429]

It must’ve been a very huge and lucrative operation to support the financial investment that went into it. Thanks for the hunt !

[@djyorgi]

Might need to spend a night or 2 there to really explore as much as you can. Thankyou for the adventure. ✌️ Australia.

[@georgeparker7409]

That "tractor" has a cut down ford model "TT" truck worm drive rear end. Just prior to that you walked over a Ford model "T" engine/transmission. That was the three pedals.

[@sandmanbub]

Just imagine driving that machine around while sitting on it's fuel tank. Looks like there's still plenty of useful things left there.

[@trtrvdcv]

Says that one guy at a swap meet somewhere you knw that footstool over there is out of a model t

[@curiousentertainment3008]

@@sandmanbub that heavily depends on how corroded the parts are if they aren’t usable they can at least be used to make replicas.

[@AA-ke5cu]

The art deco find of the century; OMG.

[@jeffreyvasby3230]

I would have packed my tent and sleeping bag and camped out for a couple days to explore longer. Great video😃

[@ssr4656]

That's what I was thinking, some top ramen, tent and metal detector!

[@chrisstaylor8377]

It’s great that the trees are growing back

[@martapatterson8896]

To bad you didn’t stay on the island and made a series out of this beautiful place. So much missed, thank you.

[@victorabele4406]

Yes, too bad.

[@connielong7475]

How fantastic!! I found you by accident just scrolling through and this is the kind of place I would love to explore or stay for a while. Thank you for sharing 🦋

[@Muchjoy..]

Same.. Now I want to tiger long... lol

[@nancymorrison9978]

Yep. Me too!😎

[@deendrew36]

@@Muchjoy.. “tiger long”? Do you mean “tag along”?

[@deendrew36]

The part at the end where you talk about having the “nicest boat in Prince Rupert”, while passing a luxury yacht was impeccable timing! 🤣. It IS a pretty nice boat, though.

[@m.c.miller]

@17:30 that equipment came from Greenville, Michigan where there was also a large lumber industry during the late 19th century. I grew up near that. Interesting that it made it to BC.

[@tommyswoodpileadventuresan9552]

i love stumbling upon old civil war walls/defenses. just as sturdy as when they were built, by brave young men more than a hundred years ago. i would have been one of those boys...

[@toddmarshall7573]

20:45 "...anyone has information on this thing...": Looks like a homemade log dragger. May have been built on a Model T chassis (looking at the controls on the steering wheel).

[@dsc7772]

steampunk paradise !!! thanx so much love hiking and finding old rusted stuff ,man the amount of wheels and gears is awesome ,could imagine being shipwrecked there and just building the coolest sheltered living space ... mahalo

[@Bettinasisrg]

I'm a scrap metal artist and I'm drooling over.that beautiful metal!!

[@marilynschmidek3890]

The doom buggy looking car you wanted to know what it was it pushes ore cars into place on the rails. And if you look on the back of it, it used chains to flip the ore cars around. I live by a railroad when I was a kid, they made all kinds of contraptions to make work easier.

[@bethewalt7385]

*dune buggy

[@reneegentry4391]

Please please please....dude I love that you wrap your adventures in history and I wanna watch more so PLEASE wear a life jacket that'll flip you onto you back should you go flying out of that boat! One piece of driftwood could send you flying into one of those Rocks! A human head doesnt fare very well with granite. A old school Bright Orange life preserver will flip a human being onto their back. You are by yourself so please do this! Love your channel!

[@thereissomecoolstuff]

He gets better every episode.

[@V.I.Outdoors]

Also the wrist attached auto-kill switch. I didn't have one on my old Zodiac semi rigid hull like yours. I never did get thrown from it, but you never know.

[@plymouth-hl20ton37]

Please get your eyes checked he had a life jacket on get your eyes checked

[@hauzparty]

@@V.I.Outdoors you can see the kill switch line at 26:57 ish

[@Destination_Adventure]

@@V.I.Outdoors it’s attached directly to my waist. I’m wearing a life jacket

[@scottjohnson6173]

That was an awesome adventure. Thank you for taking us along.

[@dylanhenry2010]

Lax Kw’Alaams is my hometown. I’ve never explored the Georgetown mills though. Thanks for this! My grandpa use work there, he would have to walk from Lax Kw’Alaams to the lake every day for work.

[@craiga9492]

More abandoned logging/mine stuff please! Love seeing it and the history you include

[@DirtRoadTherapy]

You live an amazing life my friend. Thank you for creating an educational exploration channel that I can sit down and enjoy with my kids. Every episode is so well planned and shot, as well as informational. Keep it up!

[@jameslumley5170]

I'm still catching up and I already have it pinned on the map. What a cool place!! Not much to see?? Really?? I am still trying to imagine just how big it was. Thanks for the tour Dustin!!

[@jeffreybarton3014]

All that old equipment just makes me think of the countless lives spent making it all, hauling it there, then maintaining and operating it. Here it slowly rots. A reminder from when we all had a hell of a lot more backbone like the stuff we were making.

[@beantowner76]

Most of the equipment used for cutting and planeing came from S.A. Woods Machine Co. out of Boston, MA. The railways were used quite a bit back then.

[@MSilva6910]

Thanks for sharing that beautiful scenery with us all! Living vicariously through you here in central Texas....

[@jparker59able]

Again, just wow. You definitely should make another trip out here and spend more time.

[@akelk1720]

Man never seen a dirt path before “Hey look first gen sidewalk!”

[@thisnthat7760]

🤣🤣

[@1yris1]

Going to need another video of going back with alot more time to explore. 👍

[@roseislandgirl]

This is close to my home of Lax Kw'alaams, you should go and visit and talk to the elders about Georgetown. They will know the history more then anyone else. I can't wait to go home and explore here, it is one of the places I haven't gone. Thank you for the adventure ♡ My mom said when they were young they would go there and ride the rail cars.

[@funkycallednadina]

It’s such a beautiful area to explore, one of my fav places to go.

[@sandrakipp6336]

another great adventure! Thank you for the time and love you put into your trips. I feel like I'm seeing parts of BC that I wouldn't otherwise get to see. Honestly wish I was capable of tagging along! Oh, and the ore cart, I think maybe it was a safe? I was thinking that even before I read the comments, seems like a few people think the same thing. Anyway, thanks again for sharing.

[@shadowsrwolf]

same thought the mech on the inside shot looks like a safe

[@briangarrow448]

I grew up in a logging town on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington state and that cart looks very similar to the carts used by furniture plants to move materials around inside of their huge facilities. I used to find the original tracks imbedded into the concrete floors of the factories at the sites of the old plants. And that wood was just like what I walked upon at many old lumber mill sites. The trim pieces were the cheapest form of materials to build new land with. That motor cart frame was used to haul logs or lumber- you can tell by the bunk that swivels just behind where the operator sat.

[@vallee7966]

How wonderful is it that men are allowed to get rich off the natural resources, & then allowed to abandon the site, leaving all this pollution rotting in the wilderness. The oil slick was noticed at 19:25. Nice!

[@Brax2700]

That vehicle looks to be an old log truck/tractor, judging by the bunks in the back probably for carrying timber or boards. It’s just missing the “pup” trailer that would connect to the back of it.

[@pigoff123]

Beautiful. Just amazing. Another great adventure. Thank you.

[@mammaaustin9742]

Nice! I enjoyed our adventure so much. Thanks. I love that old rusty stuff. It spurs the imagination.

[@mattparker9726]

you should totally do a part two, and camp out on the island, maybe make a weekend out of it? Looks like you just scratched the surface.

[@carlalakins]

The plants at the homesite area, just WOW! Large deep green leaves growing up out of the ground. Nature is amazing!!😍 Would love to have one as an indoor houseplant .

[@Starting321]

Wondered if I was the only one impressed by those beautiful plants! They looked more tropical than I expected for that area.

[@carlalakins]

@@Starting321 YES!!!

[@chrishorbatt3504]

That chain "melted" into the spool was pretty cool. I would like to have seen more detail of the machinery, but i know most people would have been bored with that!

[@katiekiser4476]

No not board a bit. Very interesting stuff there. Such history..loved it

[@mikerettig4445]

I also would love to see those details! This video could've been hours long

[@karenhaupt4321]

Thanks for the great tour! Very cool! Had to laugh at your foot pump, I had one for camping! My foot & leg would get very tired nothing compared to your boat!

[@bobkelley8291]

A great place to go camping with a few close friends you can trust and do not forget the beer. Your friends will never forget.

[@bevolson7619]

As a non-swimmer I would be panicking in that boat. So happy it works for your travels! I love learning the history of the various places. There’s so much thaat an be learned. I see $ in scrap. Metal..lol…. Lovely waterfall…. Thank you for telling us the history.

[@smontone]

I can swim and it still scares me!

[@doc3210]

At 21:00 I think you found a logging truck looks like a bunk behind the cab chains on the end to secure the load and swivel point in the center to enable turning .....and if you can find the garbage dump you'll likely find all kinds of neat things and stuff .... we used to explore a lot of old sites when weather or breakdowns prevented work heli-logging.... always had a 50 ft line to secure our boat to a tree or rock to prevent losing it a high tide

[@kelleycolvin5632]

The amount of steel and metal and rusty remnants is crazy I love it

[@lemongopher]

That's cool, thanks for the invite, I didn't want to go anyway.

[@JoeCorrado]

Thanks for taking us along with you. You are living the dream from my perspective. A great presentation that was very enjoyable to see.

[@JohnHill-qo3hb]

I hope someone from the BC Museum sees your videos, they should have a copy of all the BC videos you do as photos are good, but a video like yours of someone exploring historical sites would be far more memorable than something somewhat dry from a historian.

[@Destination_Adventure]

I’ve reached out to the government on every board related to the content. They won’t even return an email. It’s a real shame that the government doesn’t care about history, because once it’s gone it’s gone forever.

[@andygebert2460]

@@Destination_Adventure The NDP government could care less about BC history. The BC Transportation museum used to be located at Cloverdale till the NDP shut it down around 1992 and auctioned off everything they could. The majority of vehicles going to the US. It was an amazing collection of historically significant vehicles from BC. They even had the first motor vehicle used in the Cariboo. Some vehicles could not be auctioned because they were on loan from the owners and had to be returned to them when the museum was closed.

[@connietaylor345]

@@andygebert2460 That's sad to hear. We would visit different museum's when we would come out of AK and drive down throughout BC. Lovely Canada.

[@MarshandMellow83]

Hi there, Should of brought a Metal Detector !!! Should of kept the ""Shasta can"" !!! What an Amazing location, Thanks for sharing!!! Be Well 🌼

[@victorponce7238]

Thank u for taking me there. It was good filming. Nice scenery

[@darrenchard2221]

Just stumbled across your channel, what an amazing place, what an amazing channel! Just scrolling through your videos I have a lot to watch, and I can’t wait!

[@Destination_Adventure]

Welcome to the channel :)

[@aaronk534]

So metal wheels thst are flat are for belts. There would've been hundreds there. Every tool had 1. Anything thats on rails will have a flange on the wheel. The buggy is a homemade log puller. From a model A maybe. Amazing place. Great video.

[@darrellsharman9408]

This has to be one of the coolest videos I’ve ever seen! just amazing

[@brandyjean7015]

Well obviously one man's "there's nothing to see" is another man's "Wow, there is a lot to see here" Thanks for sharing the Wow!

[@deadmetal8692]

Perfect opportunity to have camped, at least for a night and have more time to explore. Weather permitting of course. Pretty cool. You just earned a new subscriber from the States.

[@sarahtrulock1626]

Wow the water fall was worth the trip for sure. What an amazing adventure! You rock.

[@mountainfunguy5657]

It is easy to see the layout of the edger that cuts boards out of slabs from the head saw. You followed a trough up from the edger and found the head saw. Logs were drug to the head saw and first cuts of wayne wood were pushed out of the way and burned. The little chained tire axled vehicle was probably diesel and carried one end of the logs doesn’t to the head saw. The front looked like a pusher, similar to a forklift. The rails and wheels by the edger was a transfer table that had chains going along the wheels and rails to move the slabs into position into the edger. Pretty cool stuff. With experience, you can deductively reason the process. Nice to see the water operated equipment when it was mostly steam operated back then

[@mikerettig4445]

Cool info. Thanks

[@snowflakemelter1172]

The round parts with steel cups attatched are Pelton turbines for water powered electric generators.

[@charmainebeutel4524]

Fantastic video Dustin, I spent summers growing up at Brown,s mill, the twin to Georgetown, loved it, hopefully you could do a video on it, Brown,s mill was way before Georgetown, was a water driven mill started by Jim Donaldson,s mother and stepfather, so interesting, thank you for all of your wonderful video,s, try never to miss one, just love your new boat and motor, real beauty.

[@richardp1522]

Another totally amazing location and the history to go along with it. Like so many of the sites you explore there is so much of this countries history locked up in them rarely seen by anyone. But then again probably best that way keeps a site like this from being ravaged by the spray paint decorators, looters and others. I hope you consider a return trip at some point. Another A+.

[@mistyrivers4995]

Its amazing how peoples ingenuity works putting those things together.

[@alanjameson8664]

I grew up in/near a small city on the northern California coast. We had an old-fashioned dump--burning all the time. Once a year or so scavengers would come up from Oakland and collect all the iron. It is now a tourist attraction advertised as "Glass Beach." I've been up there for high school reunions, and once I mentioned the previous "Glass Beach" (the old, old city dump--before our time) and what I knew of its location (maybe a mile or two south of the current tourist attraction); several of my classmates were insistent that there was no such thing, but later I found it mentioned in a book. There is so much iron there at Georgetown that the quantity ought to be worth a fair amount, but probably not enough to pay for recovering it.

[@cmonsterz]

Might actually be my favorite of your videos! GREAT adventure!

[@atlantianson515]

Wow!! Such a great trip and Awesome Vid Footage of the whole exploration on the island. Thanks for sharing it with us and please continue to travel safely; its a sure bet we all want to see more. Have to check out those Dunlop Boots of yours, thanks for mentioning them.

[@alvarsdzenis4739]

When you said, "I don't know how I'm going to make it up that waterfall" I thought, "Red Bull gives you wings", lol

[@dooglo9346]

Dustin, thank you once again for showing the history and beauty of "Beautiful British Columbia". I love it. Living in the USA now and not being able to go back home, I love watching your adventures. Thank you.

[@jp400motox]

These kind of Adventures are right up my alley

[@trevorgilman2867]

That definitely looks like an old safe, the locking mechanism and the wheels, would have needed them to move a big heavy thing like that.

[@plhebel1]

very cool place, thank you for taking us. I would just like to note that all that electrical items left there is making the illegal copper thieves to have heart palpitations when they see this. Distance from the mainland is the saving grace for this place.

[@danielmiddleton8173]

Beauty bahd. As I kid I'd dig around in the nearby countryside ditches and find old medicine bottles, kitchen glass they used to dump in rock fences pulled from field rocks. I know the excitement feeling of finding stuff from a hundred plus years ago and trying to imagine what it was used for.

[@teubertg1]

It would be interesting for a camping adventure there is a lot more to that area to explore

[@danielfouardlibertarianono8017]

What a great place to explore. I'd have to start where the loggs got pulled up the ramp. Then: walked through with my imagination to reassemble⁰.xd$=' things in my head. Still photos of the manufacturers plates and patent dates that makes identifying the equipment easier. I love this video and subbed awesome content.

[@beantowner76]

Most of the big machinery came from S.A. Woods Machine Co. out of Boston, Massachusetts. They were one of the best makers of wood working machinery in the world at the time. This mill probably had a bunch of different saws and planers among other things from them.

[@krisdawson6502]

Thank you for this! What an amazing place!

[@robingilmore1444]

Most groovy Man! Wishin I was young enough to do that kind of solo exploring. But at least I can still sit here smokin my pipe watchin you young folks. Thanks for taking me along. Be safe and have a blast man!