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#161 VicHockeyFan

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Posted 26 February 2017 - 09:10 AM

http://www.timescolo...iver-1.10445193

 

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#162 VicHockeyFan

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Posted 26 February 2017 - 09:11 AM

Doug Harvey in front of his house, which he plans to move up the hill above Jordan River and then sell.   Photograph By DARREN STONE, Times Colonist

 

- See more at: http://www.timescolo...h.glZZUM44.dpuf

 

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Posted 26 February 2017 - 09:22 AM

II thought the white house in the story  was abandoned.

 

Harveys house is awesome.



#164 sideshowbob

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Posted 07 November 2017 - 12:13 PM

I'm searching for an image of the old carved wooden sign that sat (sits?) by the highway as you wound your way down the hill into JR. The sign has an interesting history: it was removed, stolen then returned. If you have a shot of that sign, would you be willing to share it? Cheers.


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#165 Mike K.

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Posted 07 November 2017 - 02:06 PM

Was it one of those giant historical information signs?


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#166 Langford Rat

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Posted 08 November 2017 - 10:16 AM

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  Check out the Facebook page "HWY 14 History" ....tons and tons of old pix of Sooke, Jordan River, and Renfrew. If anyone has that photo I'll bet they they are a member of that FB group.


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#167 VicHockeyFan

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Posted 08 November 2017 - 10:37 AM

sideshowbob

 

  Check out the Facebook page "HWY 14 History" ....tons and tons of old pix of Sooke, Jordan River, and Renfrew. If anyone has that photo I'll bet they they are a member of that FB group.

 

https://www.facebook...64590840272043/

 

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#168 Sparky

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Posted 08 November 2017 - 06:17 PM

I would bet that you possess the talent to find my grade 8 report card online VHF.
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#169 VicHockeyFan

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Posted 08 November 2017 - 06:36 PM

I would bet that you possess the talent to find my grade 8 report card online VHF.

 

Ha ha, I found VHF's Grade 1 school photo.  I'm not saying which one I am.

 

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#170 North Shore

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Posted 08 November 2017 - 07:43 PM

2nd row on the far right, pink dress, white socks?  

I didn't know that Lisa Helps used to be your teacher?


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Say, what's that mountain goat doing up here in the mist?

#171 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 17 January 2023 - 04:26 AM

Stealth Camping guy visits Jordan River (November 2022).

 

 

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VIDEO:  https://youtu.be/jnJLkyyfR9Q

 

 

 

This old hydroelectric generating station made a perfect camping spot for the night. Crazy Neighbor came out with me for this trip and it was great to have company. It was a little rainy but most of the power plant was dry enough to camp comfortably.


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#172 Mike K.

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Posted 17 January 2023 - 08:29 AM

We really ought to be doing something with that building.

Instead it just rots.

There’s a similar building in Comox that I recently visited. It too is just rotting away.

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#173 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 17 January 2023 - 08:31 AM

Somebody could likely convince them to demolish it. If needed.

#174 Mike K.

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Posted 17 January 2023 - 08:36 AM

There was another big hydro building a bit up river, accessible via logging road at the apex of the hill from where you descend down to Jordan River.

I was there last circa 2009 and I think I saw it from the logging road circa 2015 when I hung out at a day spot in that area, and looking at the satellite imagery it was either knocked down or somehow covered by foliage.

Here:
https://maps.app.goo...dPZ9Ja8?g_st=ic

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#175 Matt R.

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Posted 17 January 2023 - 07:24 PM

Whatever happened to the big log building at the Potholes?

#176 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 17 January 2023 - 07:26 PM

Whatever happened to the big log building at the Potholes?

 

 

 

Today, the stones are all that’s left of the ill-fated resort.

 

The site has since transformed into Sooke Potholes Regional Park. The ground under the lodge’s stone foundation and chimneys is sliding into the Sooke River below, and parts now overhang the cliffs. Fenced off for public safety, the ruins are covered in graffiti artwork. Occasionally, a hole in the fence appears, indicating curious visitors have likely wandered through to the structures. Some interlopers aren’t too shy to post their exploits on Instagram

 

 

https://thediscourse...-potholes-ruins


Edited by Victoria Watcher, 17 January 2023 - 07:27 PM.


#177 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 10 February 2023 - 04:27 AM

Steve Wallis camps at Jordan River last week:

 

 

VIDEO:   https://youtu.be/4bPFnZJgLU4

 

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