This Town Is Gone! Abandoned Forever...

[@briantomlinson7513]

Born in Jordan River 1949, spent the first five years of My life in Jordan River then many other logging camps up and down the West Coast. Even at that young of an age I still have memories of the power station, the camp and some of the houses, especially the camp boss house with a tremendous Victorian type garden out front.

[@OutlastOverland]

Yeah, I grew up in sooke born in 83 but have always loved the area. It's too bad the dam could fail. It has some interesting history. I was also in the industry and climbed trees for single stem harvest. I've rigged my fair share of back spar trees and wind firmed more trees then I can count (I'm out of the industry now) Thabks for the comment I'm sure you have a story or two to tell yourself.

[@Powerstroke98]

@@OutlastOverland I worked in the forest industry all of my career other than the last ten years, when mills started falling. The land became so valuable, along with the lack of harvest. I ended my career in 2005 as a Power Engineer, but have some great memories of working in the industry for sure.

[@OutlastOverland]

@@Powerstroke98 me as well, I miss tree climbing from time to time but it's defiantly a young man's sport.

[@stevehamilton3181]

Huh. I pass by here occasionally and have always wondered about the abandoned town. Now I know. Thanks.

[@MegaJunebug3]

Hey Dylan,good to see ya!!!

[@OutlastOverland]

Hey man! Yeah 😆 we do some youtube now. Get ahold of me on FB sometime I need a CB set up!

[@MegaJunebug3]

@@OutlastOverland been awhile my friend.....see what I have

[@shellybranch8493]

Thank you for this. Shared on FB.

[@OutlastOverland]

Thank you so much, there are more and better videos coming!

[@delfaeevans7991]

Fantastic! I love to explore the Island. This makes it easy. Great job!

[@OutlastOverland]

Definitely stay tuned, new videos on Sundays at 10 am!

[@jasongallant9121]

Well done for your first episode, I am very much looking forward to seeing more!

[@OutlastOverland]

Thabks brother! There is more coming, I'm glad you liked it!

[@peterrichardson8003]

Great job! Vancouver Island has so many interesting places to explore.

[@OutlastOverland]

Sooo many

[@dmckean3]

Love the video. The drone shots are spectacular. Nice to see your content Dylan. Cheers.

[@OutlastOverland]

Thanks Dan I'm still learning but I'll get there one day!

[@gayruff2342]

Thanks for a great insight into our beautiful island. Great video. Looking forward to more jaunts into unique island places!

[@OutlastOverland]

Lots of cool spots here, there are definitely more videos coming we have 6 shot so far and they are being released every Sunday at 10am! Stay tuned for more 😉

[@ras7598]

I didn't live there but grew up there, I grew up in Shirley and spent my teen years there with friends then later worked in JR for many years. The truth is B.C. Hydro pushed and bullied the people to leave , this was a huge community in my younger years and a very important place with logging, fishing, tourism, mining and the power plant. I thinking you need to do some more research because there are many great stories and way more parts of the town that you can show. It would be great to see a more in depth look at Jordan River the TOWN and its PEOPLE

[@OutlastOverland]

I agree there are still things there, the log sort, a Cafe, and people still live there up the hill. I just picked the power station and the dam (the reason part of the town was abandoned) as the focus for this video. At some point you need to do this otherwise the video would be two hours long. I'm sure there are a tone of interesting stories about the area but there is only so much available via online research. Reading through news articles and other sources of information only tells so much of the story so hearing from someone who spent time there helps shed light on the topic. Thanks for the comments I'll make more of a effort to dig into information sources that are not ready available in the future. I'm glad you have good memories of growing up in the area.

[@jolo4291]

Isnt it weird how more interesting truths, facts of reasoning are coming to light and continue too.Maybe for the Big agenda in slow chess movement possibly.

[@Sanguo3]

People still live there up the hill and not just a few.

[@OutlastOverland]

Lots of people visit it also.

[@brb1994]

Cool to see videos about Vancouver Island. It's one of the most underrated places in the world. I've driven around Jordan River quite a bit, beutiful country.

[@OutlastOverland]

It's amazing, we take for granted that we live here. If you like this one there is better ones coming in my opinion, stay tuned for some more!

[@jcf6597]

Great production quality and cinematography for your first video, I look forward to your next video.

[@OutlastOverland]

Thanks man. I have been wanting to make videos forever and I finally just went for it..... I appreciate the comment 🙏

[@ramabor]

Went there last week. Great place. It was too snowed to do the full circuit up past the diversion dam but hope to try again and also find the old powerhouse. The cafe at the water was well worth the pit stop

[@OutlastOverland]

They dug the road up past the dam you can't get to far now.

[@OutlastOverland]

We are finally posting videos. We hope you like our first one! please drop a comment and a like if you do! and thanks to everyone who made this possible. Also it has been brought to our attention that the now abandoned buildings lay on the Pacheedaht First Nation's land and BC Hydro has turned over former Jordan river to them in 2018. They have extensive plans for land use and would like to promote tourism to the area.

[@Powerstroke98]

Was hoping you might have had a name and link to the music near the end of video...it most certainly got my toe tapping! :). Wonderful edit on your video...thanks for sharing, and I'll definitely keep Jordan River on our list of things to see, as we're on the mainland.

[@OutlastOverland]

It's called "sugar sweet" you can find it through youtube or Spotify music. All the music I use under licance from artlist.io

[@tiffanyferris3]

@@Powerstroke98 it’s called sugarsweet by zach sorgen

[@Powerstroke98]

@@tiffanyferris3 Thank you Tiffany, much appreciated!

[@myname604]

@@OutlastOverland I hope you realize we were an occupied nation from 1940 to 1946 US-British co-optive occupation. It is the reason PM King died of depression by 1952.

[@Juliemorgana]

If this is on indigenous land, or if any of your upcoming videos have indigenous history, you should acknowledge it, even briefly. I realize it's a short video. I liked this history of Jordan River and will share and subscribe. I lived in many places growing up that are ghost towns now, and am very interested in the "lost" histories.

[@OutlastOverland]

Your absolutely right, and I will definitely do that in any future videos that may be on indigenous land. I will also change the description and pinned post to reflect this. After doing some research after the video was posted it does in fact look like it is on indigenous land. My apologies for not mentioning this in the video. My adopted brother is 100% indigenous from the area so I didn't even think of it.

[@Juliemorgana]

@@OutlastOverland I found some indigenous history of Jordan River on BC Outdoors on line. It was interesting.

[@OutlastOverland]

@@Juliemorgana can you share a link? I will definitely be adding indigenous history to the places I visit from now on. Thank you for pointing out something that should have been obvious.

[@leehilborn8118]

meh

[@carlamadore6843]

All of the land we lived on is Indigenous land.

[@gregvanosch969]

about half way from dam to ocean there is still sections of the old wood flume , i got to see as a hydro tree contractor years back removing fallen trees off the line , there is or was parts of a big steam donkey along the way to ,pretty cool area

[@OutlastOverland]

I remember this, it was just the cylinder from the donkey the rest was stripped out and gone.

[@LeoBirkett]

its not really gone, there are just new areas with homes

[@OutlastOverland]

Yeah, they built on the high ground towards China Beach. The houses before Jordan River have been there forever. Still a cool place to visit.

[@ivanankrom]

Great video, looking forward to more of them. I like that you include your family in these adventures. Your hat, The Churchill, is that a church you and your family attend?

[@OutlastOverland]

Ha no, it's a local bar here I victoria!

[@hughwaller6789]

Thanks for the pictures and drone video, keep them coming I live in the Canadian Pacific South West in Sooke. The Pacific North West of Canada is Prince Rupert or Kitimat or Terrace. Great start for your Explore Vancouver Island channel. BTW who owns the log yard and booming place, why is it called Queesto?

[@chandraenglish9462]

There use to be a nice little bar there in the 90's. Can't remember the name of it. It was in where the inlet and all the logs are now. I also heard that the property was bought cause the want to turn it into a hotel resort in the future when they get rid of the dam.

[@chandraenglish9462]

You should also do a show on Leechtown

[@OutlastOverland]

Yeah! Crazy ita a neat place!

[@paulsture7045]

Good Job!!! Looking forward to the next adventure and some north Island spots. What about making a video about Thee fishing in Campbell River? Cumberland is also very interesting with a lot of history.

[@OutlastOverland]

Yeah I'd love too I lived in Campbell River for a couple years. I'll research Cumberland too!

[@paulsture7045]

@@OutlastOverland Nice!!!! I look forward to more. Thanks for posting this in the FB page. I don't even remember where I saw it either a Vancouver Island page or I think it might have been in the Comox Valley rants and raves page.

[@OutlastOverland]

@@paulsture7045 it was in the I love vancouver island page, stay tuned for more each week, Sunday at ten!

[@paulsture7045]

@@OutlastOverland if I can find it again, mind if I share it on one or two Comox Valley pages?

[@OutlastOverland]

@@paulsture7045 of course thank you!

[@brandonpeniuk]

Done and done. Such an iconic area and it still stands tall. I am going to check Google to see if the dam is on the map. I am sure it is. Good on you for giving us a taste of what you see. Bravo!

[@OutlastOverland]

Thank you, this was my first video ever and the quality definitely gets better in upcoming videos. New one out tomorrow at 10!

[@brandonpeniuk]

@@OutlastOverland Thanks. I am surely looking forward to it. Can't wait! I'll have my morning coffee while watching it.

[@brianbetts5773]

Nice job with the video. Makes me want to get out there and explore more of our idland. A cool video for you to make may be the ww II plane wreckage on Mt. Baldic Cowichan Valley.

[@OutlastOverland]

Yeah its on the list as well as the one in tofino and port hardy.... stay tuned for upcoming videos the next one is really cool and better imo. I'm slowly learning how to film and edit videos.... thanks for the kind words and definitely get out there man.

[@Hollow_purple556]

I have actually been to this dam 2:15

[@OutlastOverland]

Now you might know a little more about it!

[@williamsiyanko4631]

For this place to be abandoned, why didn’t they do anything about it? .

[@OutlastOverland]

Mostly abandoned, there are still people living there. BC hydro bought out the people in the "danger zone" it was needed for safety as far as I understand.

[@keatsgipsy9991]

How is the area doing now with the floods and rain?

[@OutlastOverland]

I think its actually doing well, I heard of one potential problem with a bit of the road into Jordan River however I think its cleared up.

[@keatsgipsy9991]

@@OutlastOverland thx you - good news’

[@myname604]

"During ww2" that is to say that during US-British occupation and siege of Canada during 1941/42 the US and Britain built a radar station!

[@V.I.Outdoors]

good food at the cold shoulder cafe, Too bad the staff is so sour all the time.

[@OutlastOverland]

Yeah they make some good food with interesting ingredients. We normally stop for a coffee or London Fog on our way to North main, or Port Renfrew. Too bad Mosaic has the south island locked up tight. I understand it during fire season, but we haven't been able to get out anywhere for the last couple months. Thanks for the comment 👍 😀 🙂 😊

[@gwaiiadventures]

Look at the SIZE of those claws on the steering wheel ... omg!!

[@OutlastOverland]

Haha she just got them done 😄

[@reidhepworth8036]

While the aerial footage was nice, the narration was repetitive and missed some very important facts and history. Jordan River is far from abandoned, this is a community that continues to thrive.

[@OutlastOverland]

Sure, it's also the very first video I have ever made. I didn't expect it to do anything and here we are 7 thousand views later. Did I miss some things in the video.... yes, again first video ever. But thanks for the feedback I'll learn from it.

[@jenniferdickson1214]

Give me your drones.

[@OutlastOverland]

There yours!

[@edwardcarberry1095]

Last time I was in the Jordan River power house was some 60+ yrs ago. Very sad. Don't like that Thump Thump Crap!

[@briantomlinson7513]

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[@OutlastOverland]

Lol

[@blairbreland1443]

Basically you have shown us next to nothing.

[@OutlastOverland]

Oh sorry, this was the first video I made ever. Never picked a camera up before this time. Fairly sure it talked about the history of the dam and the reason the low laying part of Jordan River was bought out and torn down. We all start somewhere, this was mine. What's yours? Here is a more up to date video on the power station hope it shows you "something": kzbin.info/www/bejne/mF6tgGywe9iNoJI

[@robertdavis5714]

Good production, did not know people Surf in Canada, water must be cold, did see a nice point break in video.

[@OutlastOverland]

Yeah, Tofino here on Vancouver Island is a very popular spot for it. It is also a popular spot for hiking and camping. It's really touristy nowadays but it's beautiful. The video on the ww2 plane crash we made was in Tofino. Jordan River is popular on the lower island. There's nothing like surfing in California, though 😃