The DoD Magnetometer document told me exactly what this place was. It was a Magnetic observatory used for monitoring of high levels of magnetic flux cause by Nuclear weapons testing and detonations. Back during the cold war this station, along with a global NATO network of stations, was used to monitor the Russians. If they did any Nuclear tests, even underground tests, you could detect it because the Electromagnetic Pulse, or EMP, which is a byproduct of a Nuclear detonation is so powerful it causes the fluxgate Magnetometer to go off scale even 1000's of miles away. They used those paper graph recorders to document it. The collapse of the soviet union in 1991 and the Russian Nuclear disarmament treaties that followed meant places like this were no longer required. The reason it's on this remote island was not just for secrecy but also because of the quiet magnetic background.
@@nics-systems-electric I worked for a defense contractor in the 1980's. They made a system called AMOS which stood for Automated Magnetic Observatory System. It would also detect solar flares since they also give off EMP's.
The equipment was made by Canadian Applied Research Limited. To provide another date, the company took on that name in May 1957 and merged with another company in 1960.
IDEA: what if you brought a generator or Ecoflow power station or something there and connect the building to power? you could see if any of the equipment still works! also, this video is SUPER cool! great job! maybe also look at the tiny building near it
Congratulations on your first successful Urbex Nic. Your last video just gave me an idea; you should try exploring the Queen Of Sidney ( up in Mission) next. it’s an epic adventure like no other
What it looks like to me is a monitoring station for seismic activity. The paper would scroll at a constant rate and those little needles at the top would write in a line but the line would get distorted when seismic activity occurs. This was an early way of keeping track of these events and their strengths. Makes sense too since you’re in BC Edit: ignore absolutely all of what I just said. This is a magnetometer and the Canadian defence government used to use sites like these for magnetically detecting the presence of submarines. Pretty cool. The paper recording technology is very similar to that used for recording seismic readings so that’s where I got that idea
interesting the old technology, but little is understood except that there was a log generators on the concrete bases and the AC-DC power supplies that you filmed and the old scrolling paper recorders, it is a network of magnetic sensors / magnetometer, all analog and thermionic valve technology, it does not seem anything military, but just a research center on magnetic fields, but since magnetism flows into various fields, both scientific and military, it could be an underwater network to locate old submarines or indeed to record anomalies in the magnetic field caused by nuclear tests in the world or by solar winds, too many cables that go into the water for me are sensors located underneath, some local elder could be useful to give information
Perhaps if you held the camera on the various things they may be identifiable. The camera is just all over the place. Please I am not criticizing your video. Just commenting on how you may get help on identifying various things. By the way, Most creators do the same thing. Great find and super video. Jim
Most people won't bother with even trying to figure out anything so I'm better off to go over quickly and those who want to see can pause the video to read.
I’m not sure you discovered why later on the video but the red bulbs could be blackout lighting as Loretta is hard to see at night potentially it could mean they have some lighting whilst minimising the outside seeing
Those things those racks I believe are UPS that take big batteries we had one in a abandoned building that ran computers and alot of stuff like all the systems and vista
The document you was looking at may have been classified if that is the case you are to put it simply “you are fucked” in the uk i did this stuff before and did not end well
The DoD Magnetometer document told me exactly what this place was. It was a Magnetic observatory used for monitoring of high levels of magnetic flux cause by Nuclear weapons testing and detonations. Back during the cold war this station, along with a global NATO network of stations, was used to monitor the Russians. If they did any Nuclear tests, even underground tests, you could detect it because the Electromagnetic Pulse, or EMP, which is a byproduct of a Nuclear detonation is so powerful it causes the fluxgate Magnetometer to go off scale even 1000's of miles away. They used those paper graph recorders to document it. The collapse of the soviet union in 1991 and the Russian Nuclear disarmament treaties that followed meant places like this were no longer required. The reason it's on this remote island was not just for secrecy but also because of the quiet magnetic background.
Thank you very much for the information, that is very interesting.
@@nics-systems-electric I worked for a defense contractor in the 1980's. They made a system called AMOS which stood for Automated Magnetic Observatory System. It would also detect solar flares since they also give off EMP's.
How did you know that?
The equipment was made by Canadian Applied Research Limited. To provide another date, the company took on that name in May 1957 and merged with another company in 1960.
IDEA: what if you brought a generator or Ecoflow power station or something there and connect the building to power? you could see if any of the equipment still works! also, this video is SUPER cool! great job! maybe also look at the tiny building near it
This is on an island only accessible by boat
@@nics-systems-electric if you used an inflatable raft or something, you could probably fit an Ecoflow power station on it.
You should do more abandoned building content lol!
I would if it preformed better for sure.
Congratulations on your first successful Urbex Nic. Your last video just gave me an idea; you should try exploring the Queen Of Sidney ( up in Mission) next. it’s an epic adventure like no other
That would be very cool
What it looks like to me is a monitoring station for seismic activity. The paper would scroll at a constant rate and those little needles at the top would write in a line but the line would get distorted when seismic activity occurs. This was an early way of keeping track of these events and their strengths. Makes sense too since you’re in BC
Edit: ignore absolutely all of what I just said. This is a magnetometer and the Canadian defence government used to use sites like these for magnetically detecting the presence of submarines. Pretty cool. The paper recording technology is very similar to that used for recording seismic readings so that’s where I got that idea
I say the same from WW2 time
Cold war monitoring station
I was actually thinking the same before I saw the other comments.
interesting the old technology, but little is understood except that there was a log generators on the concrete bases and the AC-DC power supplies that you filmed and the old scrolling paper recorders, it is a network of magnetic sensors / magnetometer, all analog and thermionic valve technology, it does not seem anything military, but just a research center on magnetic fields, but since magnetism flows into various fields, both scientific and military, it could be an underwater network to locate old submarines or indeed to record anomalies in the magnetic field caused by nuclear tests in the world or by solar winds, too many cables that go into the water for me are sensors located underneath, some local elder could be useful to give information
Interesting, looks super cool man!
This is different from the normal content and it is really cool
Wow nice 😊, also love to explore abandoned bulidings and if i can ask the owner for permission i can also take the fire alarm system 😄
OMG sameeee there is a system that I’m getting from a system down the street it’s a hospital and there is a FIRE LITE ms-10ud
For next month testing you should the the pull station by the panel in the house and the garage you should do the 270 spo on the tower
You should go to the vet for Jackson and tell them that he has an weird thing where beeping makes him go wolf wolf
No
@ 🫸🏿
I would have taken that fire extinguisher lol
Nice wasn't expecting this
I love abandoned places
Me too.
I like that cool video that you did
I believe its something related to sysmic activity
i saw a box with the hawellet packard logo on it
definitely cold war Ara Infrastructure I like seeing old equipment very cool
That's epic
Hey Nic I was wondering if you Could do a Milwaukee pack out tour like what is in each pack out?
Perhaps if you held the camera on the various things they may be identifiable. The camera is just all over the place. Please I am not criticizing your video. Just commenting on how you may get help on identifying various things. By the way, Most creators do the same thing. Great find and super video. Jim
Most people won't bother with even trying to figure out anything so I'm better off to go over quickly and those who want to see can pause the video to read.
I’m not sure you discovered why later on the video but the red bulbs could be blackout lighting as Loretta is hard to see at night potentially it could mean they have some lighting whilst minimising the outside seeing
Yes I would also think so.
Those things those racks I believe are UPS that take big batteries we had one in a abandoned building that ran computers and alot of stuff like all the systems and vista
Those are definitely not a UPS.
Those didn’t exist back then
yo nic can u explore a abandoned school with fire alarm and eletrical working and can u tell us if u can turn on and off fire alarm would be very good
We don't have any
Can you do an abandoned movie theater tour
There isn't one
Nic! Dont touch ANYTHING thats in there !!!
I'm gonna touch all of it
@@nics-systems-electricno dont its nuclear waste buttons all of it whatever room blake talking ab
it will drop nuclear waste in water so pls dont do that
what are you talking about?
@@nics-systems-electric talking ab noucler waste button ig u didnt get it
I have an idea, you should do cruise ship spotting. I believe cruise ships stop in Victoria BC during the summer
Yes there are cruise ship ports in Victoria and Vancouver.
Only in Canada can you walk into an unoccupied military building and not leave with a bunch of federal charges, lmao
Did you keep the Edward’s clock
No
Bro were are you
The document you was looking at may have been classified if that is the case you are to put it simply “you are fucked” in the uk i did this stuff before and did not end well
I'd think they would remove them if they were classified door wasn't locked.
Cold war technology yay
What is that a cave with a electric outage power weird and strange
Erm breaking and entering ERM BREAKING AND ENTERING!!!! COPS!! ARREST THIS GUY!
no people has done this videos all over youtube ye