Yes, takes a special kind of fuktard to smash up windows and in general wreck perfectly good places and furnishings for no reason. grrrrr makes me so mad.
If anything, it is dumb. Intelligent kids find somewhere like that and keep it how it was found . That way, they have somewhere cool to chill. Even use it like a holiday house .
I managed the property and machine shop for nearly 3 years. He was born in Warroad. He sold the delta mine for 9 million dollars and a PBY aircraft, that was setup as a winnabago. The mine had some of the richest gummite uranium ore ever found. A large chunk of it is in the Smithsonian, a fossilized tree trunk. He had a lot of experience in the middle east and was very aware of nuclear war. Walden was built to be an enclave of technology to survive war. There were several other waldens, Saratoga California, Denver Colorado, one in Spain, and one in Switzerland. Walden North is the greatest and final one.
You managed the property, oh wow!! Fascinating. Did he live there long term ever? So he had to bring all his research, books etc there but when he died did he have any kids or family ?
Really has nothing to do with rights. I mean you could say...nobody has the right to build such an opulent over the top home, and then just disrespectfully abandon it....but they do it anyways.... Understand human nature as it really exists, as opposed to an idealistic version of reality. The reno crews willl "rightfully" rip every out, put it in a dumpster, get paid by a millionaire....low wages no doubt for their hard labour (the contractor will get richer), and the whole process will start over again, until the next forest fire rips through the mountain, and melts the metal....those little sprinklers...well we all know by now that is limited..if there is water going to them still, and ya,..,,those wood floors...will burn. So its just another rich persons abandoned house full of their piles of worthless stuff....one of millions throughout the world suffering the same fate...large or small..people die, and sometimes no one really cares what they built and abandoned.....people live on sidewalks and tents....I would get over it .
In the late 70s, I was a band teacher in Ladysmith BC and took my students on a band trip via train to Lillooet. One of the things we were lucky enough to do is tour the property. Our host was very gracious, fed 45 of us! One of the things that impressed me the most was the tunnel through solid rock to direct the water flow to his own private generating plant.
you took a bunch of students up there? must not be that dangerous or hard to get to then! how far out does the tram track go, can you just walk up that?
It's crazy that you can spend an exorbitant amount of money, pouring your life into a house and when you die nobody does anything with it, just falls into disrepair and gets trashed by people... Insane location, would love to restore it!
@leaf16nut - It was a fully custom home built for and to the specifications of one individual; a glorified survival bunker. If he had no heirs, who else would live there? It's an isolated, remote, difficult to access location. Getting in and out during the dead of winter would be even harder. Clearly, it had no appeal or resale value. When the owner died, the reason for the existence of the structure died with him. It'll cost millions to restore and even more to maintain. And when (or even *_IF_* ) it's restored, it will again fall into disrepair when the current owner dies. It's a black hole that will simply suck up money.
All this destruction makes me want to go in and start cleaning the house up. It is so unsettling to see the condition of the house in its current state. I’m surprised there is so much damage since it is such a difficult location to get to. Thanks for taking us along, stay safe.
I saw a video of an incredible French mansion that was abandoned for 50+ years with no vandalism! Here in America, I see stuff tagged up that ain't even abandoned! 😢 Sick in the head! Let's see how they like something they are proud of get damaged by a complete stranger! Happy New Year 🎉🥳
This one is uplifting for at least two reasons: It’s not rotting beyond repair like so many are. It’s solid! AND it IS SO NICE to hear that someone cared enough to buy it and plans to upgrade it! Refreshing! Oh wow, it would be SO COOL to see a big “after” reveal once it’s all cleaned up and updated. I wonder if they’d let you in, Brent. Worth asking down the road! ☺️
It's possible the presumed signs of "plans to upgrade" may be merely to satisfy minimum liability insurance requirements to avoid a lawsuit in case someone gets hurt on your property. There may also be a building code which stipulates basic qualifiers relating to structural integrity to keep it municipally registered as a home and not a nuisance or even environmental hazard. Failing to "appear to maintain a property" would require its deconstruction and safe disposal, asbestos and all. That's cheap, there's a garbage truck on the remote helicopter-only accessible mountain peak every Thursday! Maintaining the residence designation would be desirable from a seller's perspective to increase the resale value of the property. There may also be a licensing requirement - as a condition of receiving a power generating permit - to maintain lodging for a power plant operator; but since no operator wants to live there - not safe for kids, or far from schools - the condition is allowed to slide. What is astonishing is that the power station below still in operation! It is possible a residence is required under an exemption as a homesteader, or prospector, for the permission to "cause the current of a river to be interrupted" (for the power). The dam increases the land value - and the dam requires: a house - which to be safe from prosecution has to be boarded up for liability, requiring the building envelope to be secure to maintain municipal registration as a home, to meet the requirements to have a power permit. Three pieces of plywood accomplishes all that, with a written statement of intent of a "plan to upgrade". See you in ten years!
@@mikemotorbike4283 except this is no municipality now is it. A district likely. And they have tons of equally idiotic bureaucratic out of touch with reality bylaws.
I first discovered this in July of 86 when I worked for the railroad. We climbed up the hard way from the front not the easy way like you did LOL. Long story short, when we found this place literally everything was as if they had just left for town, even left the place settings ready for dinner. I was very saddened when I next saw the place in around 2015 totally trashed. But it was and is a really cool place. The workshop was still operational when we first saw the place.
And that is why when you find something and it is in good condition and if you will take good care of it then keep it, claim it, move in whatever who really is anybody to tell one no or they cannot be here, when if no one is things end up like this?
@@lawrenceloflin8857 I can't understand anything you said, If you mean squatting then you are way off base no one has that right. the rest of your statement is nonsense.
I was there several years ago, about 22 years or so, working with a contractor on the actual dam repair. At that time the tram was still operating and the machine shop was located on the flat ground at the bottom of the tram. The machine shop when we were there, was fully operational , if needed to be, had round stock and material to rebuild the turbines when required. While we were repairing a crack in the dam, there was also a huge mobile crane there that lifted a man basket over the dam and lowered it on the down stream side for inspection. There is a whole other story with the crane malfunction that was used by a different contractor for the inspections. But the house at that time, at the top of the tram was still habitable.
I do not understand why people have to destroy the structure and its furnishings.. so unnecessary!! Thanks for sharing. I really enjoyed the exploration..
because everyone is traumatized so if you see something you smash it ... but seriously why has no one grabbed that toaster yet I bet it works better than anything else out there those appliances worth something to somebody
They thought my place was abandoned until I showed up and all Hell broke loose. ( not related to your video ) Great video thanx4sharing thanx4caring ❤ It's such a shame that mindless people destroy windows, property and spray paint thoughtless graffiti to places like this instead of leaving it better than when they arrived.
The large slanted unit on the wall with "rollers" is a multiple map holder. It would allow multiple maps to be hung like window shades and pulled upp or down when needed. There would have been doors to close it but, it looks like only a small lower portion remains..
Possibly some architectural plans for the construction on the rest of the project and any surrounding areas he had ideas for his " compound". Those granite mtns. would do a good job of keeping out winds carrying harmful toxins.
What an extraordinary place and those views !! Imagine waking up to those surroundings every day. Thank you Brent for all the effort you made to bring us this special explore .Gill 🇬🇧
Epic home and location but the Huge question is.... how did he get EVERYTHING up there? That includes all building materials, furniture, appliances etc.... just WOW !!!
@@billstill1794 Des fenêtres pare-balles brisées par des ours??? En êtes-vous certain? Je ne crois pas, non... Et puis, le propriétaire est décédé en 1989, comment une boite de céréales de 2018 peut s'être retrouvée là? Soyons logique...
@@billstill1794 the animals that damaged it walk on 2 legs and speak... i live in bear country i seen 0 sign of bear dammage only pack rats ect and vandals...next he gona try and say the bears were operating the spray paint cans as well
Thanks bret for the lenghts you went to make this video,its amazing!!! Beautiful veiw and fascinating history. Im glad that it may be restored,thanks bret
Marvelous idea! Wow no kidding, it would be great... many bedrooms and bathrooms, common areas. Calming sounds of the river. Can drones bring groceries to them
Perfect location for a home. I love it! Not my style of architecture though. No neighbors. I love the sound of the river. Beautiful area. Pretty sad that people feel the need to vandalize it.
There is a hydroelectric dam there, I'm guessing there is a road to the base of the funicular tram. Still a lot of work, but less so once you built the tram.
Another great video Brent! You always do so much research about properties you visit. The machine in the laundry room is a mangle to iron flat things like sheets and table cloths.
I would love to live here! Someone is trying to fix it up! The problem with places like this is even though you can tell someone is trying to do something, you get people who just need to step in and stop it! Vandals and Government are both bad for abandoned places! 😢 Really cool man, keep on keeping on! Happy New Year 🎉🥳
Phenomenon find and explore . Had to rewatch this one again! You are hands down The Best explorer I have ever watched!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤ Please stay healthy, safe, and keep exploring❤ You are so loved and respected for your work. Thank you Brent, for taking this retiree, who can no longer be out and about, to such exciting finds❤❤❤ Hope your Christmas was a merry one, surrounded with people you love. Prayers for a Blessed Happy New Year and bunches of explores❤
Well, you better start understanding, because obviously it is a common enough human phenomena, a characteristic of our species. Some have likened it to artistic expression, a form of communication, a creation of sort...leaving a mark. There are reasons, and explanations..not understanding something, ever, is...well....what can I say....an odd thing to say....Maybe you don't want to understand...as it is understandable. Maybe people have nothing better to do. To be realistic....when the renovation crews arrive....they will essentially do exactly....the same thing....I hope that helps you. They are doing it because its going to happen anyway, so what difference does it make really in the end. ?
What an amazing location. Great video. Fascinating home I would of loved to have seen how all the building supplies and furniture were delivered. In regards to all the damage and vandalism. I'll never understand the reasons to destroy property. Really enjoy your work. Be well Be Safe....
Thanks for the walkthrough and back story.What an incredible self-made man.Definately a good way ahead of his time.His home is amazing. Beautiful timeless design despite its age still relevant today.Mid century modern my favourite.I would say there was some paranoia with the on going cold War and threat of nuclear war that perhaps influenced the design and location of his home?I really hope this is sympaticaly restored.
I wouldn't be surprised. In the 60's people were building buried bomb shelters in their backyards. All over the Canadian provinces are hundreds of government built bomb shelters. People forget about the tension with the Soviet Union and history books only talk about kids practising to "duck and cover" under their school desks.. '
I've been fascinated by Pick since I heard him name dropped in a song while playing Fallout. Very cool to get to see Walden North. His first estate, Walden West, was in Saratoga, California. It's now part of Sanborn Park. The historic house there that was a hostel until 2010 was his for a time, until he decided that he'd set up shop too close to target sites in the Cold War and moved to Canada.
While that house is beat by rats and vandals, I have to say it’s built like a tank! Most homes sitting for that long, especially in a snowy area would be in horrible shape on the exterior. I’m sure that place would be very hard to sell since it seems so isolated from any signs of life. I hope someone comes along and fixes it up.
Just as an FYI this location is not known for its snowfall nor rainfall. It's very dry. With an average annual snowfall of 26.5 cm (10.4 in), Lillooet is the least snowy place in the BC Interior.
Thanks for sharing that was iron press my grandmother used them to rest her nurses uniform and used for pressing sheets pillow cases tea towels etc ! You should have a mask on with that rat poop just saying any any mold spores you are breathing in ! Amazing history ! Be safe ! Happy New Year
So glad to see you again. This was an interesting find. The setting for this house is just absolutely beautiful. I’m glad you didn’t go to this remote spot by yourself. Safety in numbers. Thanks for taking us along.
What a beautiful and unique home. I would have loved to see it before the destruction. I cannot for the life of me understand why people would intentionally destroy such a magnificent place. It literally makes me sick. Thank you so much for sharing. If only....
Oh, my gosh! I want to live there! What an absolutely amazing house and location, but how in the world did they get all the building supplies, furnishings and equipment to build up that mountain!? That is quite the feat! 9:05 that is an electric knife that's missing its blades. 17:00 that looks to be a storage system for his draftings and drawings. I'm guessing, so it's possible that I'm wrong about that. 21:45 that's called a m.a.n.g.l.e. iron. (Sorry for the dots, but without them YT thinks I'm saying something naughty.)
That place was great! I even wondered if there might have been a hidden bunker somewhere attached underground, yet hidden! At 16 minutes in there was a lady walking, darting down the hall. Played it twice to make sure we weren't imagining it! 😮
A very studious man. Lonely though. I see no evidence of children anywhere. Just him and his wife, trying to get away from it all and pursue his creative, off-grid aspirations. Makes me want to take a good, hard look at my life and maybe, celebrate with my loved ones more, while I still can. 👀🕊️ I hope you're wearing a parachute on your back for the return trip off the mountain. 😃 Thank you for sharing this.
Good point, about celebrating with one’s loved ones more while we still can. This guy bought the house in 1965, died in 1986… 21 short years. Surely so much money and effort, so much luxury, for such a relatively short time. We often waste much time and effort and money in life questionable things.
I visited this place when I was in high school, probably around 1982. Didn't get to meet Vernon but we got a tour of the power plant and their research facility, I believe they were working on a mirrored drum for Xerox machines. I've always wondered what happened to this place. Hope someone with deep pockets will buy this place and return it to it's former beauty !!!
21:39 Ironrite was a commercial grade ironing machine that was intended for larger scale laundry needs. You basically fed the laundry under the horizontal roller and it would press the items pretty quickly. You could prefold sheets along their long axis and run them through once, then just fold them up into a smaller size for shelving. A couple pairs of pants could be sent through the roller and pressed faster than you could even start one pair with a hand iron. Once you got the hang of using it, you could iron a bunch of laundry pretty quick. They are from late 60s-70s. We had one for a while but it took up a lot of space in the laundry room. My parents sold it to a local hotel in our hometown if I recall correctly.
Very happy to hear that someone plans to restore this property. What an amazing self-sustained setup - Especially being built in the 60s. Restored and slightly updated, this place would be absolutely amazing.
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Can't get enough of your videos on your explores, Brent . Looks like it would be quite a treacherous trek. What an extremely interesting self educated man. Just goes to show that you don't need a degree or PHD to achieve major discoveries or valuable millstones. Such a tragedy 😢 the vandals did their dirty work. Fascinating place. Thank you for taking us there.
What an amazing place. Looks like it was very well designed and built. The cost to build it must have been phenomenal when you consider the infrastructure that also must have been built to support it, like water, sewer, electrical and the logistics to get building materials to the site. He must have hired an engineering firm to work on it. But I guess when you develop a uranium mine you are the kind of person that knows how to get stuff like this built. He sounds like quite an incredible person who lived an incredible life.
What a cool property, i have seen another video on this place but was not a good as your video, thanks for showing it all to us. Wonder if there is a secret underground bunker in that house, it was meant to be a survival home. I would love to live there, unlimited power from the hydro and so nice and remote. Wonder what it would cost to fix it up, the main structure looks pretty good after all these years. Hope someone restores it one day.
A very Frank Lloyd Wright inspired home. Since you mentioned it, someone has bought the property and to me is boarding it up to fix it back up. Imagine the time, money and effort in actually building this where it is! His family must have lived here after he died. What had been hanging at an angle from the office roof had maps that you can pull down! BTW Who was with you in the house? Saw him/her in the hallway while you were in the guy's office. You must have gotten a New microphone, it's picking up a lot of secondary sounds. It's obvious there were people living there as his stuffn awas auctioned off. Still I ca see him doing this given who he was working with back then. Wanting to isolate himself and his family. Neat home.
@@AbandonedUrbexCanadayou didn't answer who was with you!! I saw them dart through the shot as well... Assumed a family member ? Otherwise, we captured a real ghostie 👻
@@Hazendal777 If you look close at about 30 seconds, the shot of the dam. There is a road. This place really isn't that far from a town nearby. If there was a helipad, it would have been shown plus if he flew in and out, that would have been mentioned also.
So sad that people would utterly destroy everything that a hard working veteran like that built,evidently those who destroyed it has never had to work for a living!
It's a crying shame that people destroy what a human being worked so hard to make and one night people can come in and destroy and cost thousands of dollars of damage to a house I know this i own rental houses
I would hope that you include a respirator and spare cartridges in your kit for whenever you descend into confined areas such as basements. Cool property though, thank you for filming this.
This definitely was an apocalypse proof mansion in a very nice countryside of B.C. to bad it was left abandoned and vacant all of these years but glad you got to be able to explore it and show it here until next time Thank You. 🇨🇦👋☕
Imagine getting all that building material up there to construct it and furniture in the mansion. Sad to see it in such brutal condition. To hear that mountain breeze everyday and the river below would be something else! ♥☮ (The wooden folding unit on the office wall is for viewing rolled up maps, maybe large blueprints as well.)
Never thought I'd see Walden North on RUclips again after BC Hydro tried cutting off access. Destination Adventure did it first, but you guys did it better!
That roller rack is for storing blueprints or other large scale prints. Newspaper, schematics, that sort of thing. Beautiful home. Thanks for the great video
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Breaks my heart to see all the damage done by mindless idiots. Must have been a stunning place to live back in the day.Thanks Grent
Yes, takes a special kind of fuktard to smash up windows and in general wreck perfectly good places and furnishings for no reason. grrrrr makes me so mad.
If anything, it is dumb.
Intelligent kids find somewhere like that and keep it how it was found .
That way, they have somewhere cool to chill. Even use it like a holiday house .
G-Man!
Sadly, the "Apocalypse House" looks as though it didn't survive the Apocalypse... 🤔
Brent. Lol
I managed the property and machine shop for nearly 3 years. He was born in Warroad. He sold the delta mine for 9 million dollars and a PBY aircraft, that was setup as a winnabago. The mine had some of the richest gummite uranium ore ever found. A large chunk of it is in the Smithsonian, a fossilized tree trunk. He had a lot of experience in the middle east and was very aware of nuclear war. Walden was built to be an enclave of technology to survive war. There were several other waldens, Saratoga California, Denver Colorado, one in Spain, and one in Switzerland. Walden North is the greatest and final one.
Awesome! Thanks for sharing this
So where are the nuclear bunkers?
So this man had several of these properties
You managed the property, oh wow!! Fascinating. Did he live there long term ever? So he had to bring all his research, books etc there but when he died did he have any kids or family ?
One in denver? Where at
I'll never understand why people feel they have the right to destroy somebody else's property!
Really has nothing to do with rights. I mean you could say...nobody has the right to build such an opulent over the top home, and then just disrespectfully abandon it....but they do it anyways.... Understand human nature as it really exists, as opposed to an idealistic version of reality. The reno crews willl "rightfully" rip every out, put it in a dumpster, get paid by a millionaire....low wages no doubt for their hard labour (the contractor will get richer), and the whole process will start over again, until the next forest fire rips through the mountain, and melts the metal....those little sprinklers...well we all know by now that is limited..if there is water going to them still, and ya,..,,those wood floors...will burn. So its just another rich persons abandoned house full of their piles of worthless stuff....one of millions throughout the world suffering the same fate...large or small..people die, and sometimes no one really cares what they built and abandoned.....people live on sidewalks and tents....I would get over it .
@@greyfisher3897 Hopefully you do get over it!
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@@greyfisher3897exactly
@@RobertR-t5lyou mean like the Traitor Trump? Another worthless billionaire scumbag that gets poor idiots to worship him. Just like Leon. 😂😂😂
The rollers are to hang maps on. He was a prospector, so im sure he had several maps!
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Maps and/or charts. 😊
Could have also been for the blueprints and schematics of the compound/house
I was thinking the rollers were for drafting or schematics. Maps make sense tho. I wonder if they were on the floor.
In the late 70s, I was a band teacher in Ladysmith BC and took my students on a band trip via train to Lillooet. One of the things we were lucky enough to do is tour the property. Our host was very gracious, fed 45 of us! One of the things that impressed me the most was the tunnel through solid rock to direct the water flow to his own private generating plant.
This is awesome, thanks for sharing this
Wow thanks 🙏 for sharing that memory
The rollers in the wall you found are for commercial blue prints or large maps@@AbandonedUrbexCanada
Thanks for sharing that and I was going to add that I wish the power generating system had been shown. Maybe a future video.
you took a bunch of students up there? must not be that dangerous or hard to get to then! how far out does the tram track go, can you just walk up that?
It's crazy that you can spend an exorbitant amount of money, pouring your life into a house and when you die nobody does anything with it, just falls into disrepair and gets trashed by people... Insane location, would love to restore it!
Did he not have anyone to benefit from him? It mentioned he has a wife but it seems no kids?
@leaf16nut - It was a fully custom home built for and to the specifications of one individual; a glorified survival bunker. If he had no heirs, who else would live there? It's an isolated, remote, difficult to access location. Getting in and out during the dead of winter would be even harder. Clearly, it had no appeal or resale value. When the owner died, the reason for the existence of the structure died with him. It'll cost millions to restore and even more to maintain. And when (or even *_IF_* ) it's restored, it will again fall into disrepair when the current owner dies. It's a black hole that will simply suck up money.
@@wickedcabinboy Thanks for your explanation. It makes total sense. The residence is both fascinating yet sad.
@@wickedcabinboy Is that why you go around sucking up money?
@wickedcabinboy there's no way this would cost millions to upkeep. It's been 40 years, and the place looks in good shape. The structure is fine.
All this destruction makes me want to go in and start cleaning the house up. It is so unsettling to see the condition of the house in its current state. I’m surprised there is so much damage since it is such a difficult location to get to. Thanks for taking us along, stay safe.
Yeah it's crazy hey... Why can't people just leave things alone? Just be respectful- anywhere, everywhere.
I always feel this way when I see trashed places, I don't even like cleaning, lol
yes, seems illogical that someone would go through the trouble of getting to this place just to trash it.
I saw a video of an incredible French mansion that was abandoned for 50+ years with no vandalism! Here in America, I see stuff tagged up that ain't even abandoned! 😢 Sick in the head! Let's see how they like something they are proud of get damaged by a complete stranger! Happy New Year 🎉🥳
Me too
This one is uplifting for at least two reasons: It’s not rotting beyond repair like so many are. It’s solid! AND it IS SO NICE to hear that someone cared enough to buy it and plans to upgrade it! Refreshing! Oh wow, it would be SO COOL to see a big “after” reveal once it’s all cleaned up and updated. I wonder if they’d let you in, Brent. Worth asking down the road! ☺️
For sure!
It's possible the presumed signs of "plans to upgrade" may be merely to satisfy minimum liability insurance requirements to avoid a lawsuit in case someone gets hurt on your property. There may also be a building code which stipulates basic qualifiers relating to structural integrity to keep it municipally registered as a home and not a nuisance or even environmental hazard. Failing to "appear to maintain a property" would require its deconstruction and safe disposal, asbestos and all. That's cheap, there's a garbage truck on the remote helicopter-only accessible mountain peak every Thursday! Maintaining the residence designation would be desirable from a seller's perspective to increase the resale value of the property.
There may also be a licensing requirement - as a condition of receiving a power generating permit - to maintain lodging for a power plant operator; but since no operator wants to live there - not safe for kids, or far from schools - the condition is allowed to slide. What is astonishing is that the power station below still in operation!
It is possible a residence is required under an exemption as a homesteader, or prospector, for the permission to "cause the current of a river to be interrupted" (for the power). The dam increases the land value - and the dam requires: a house - which to be safe from prosecution has to be boarded up for liability, requiring the building envelope to be secure to maintain municipal registration as a home, to meet the requirements to have a power permit. Three pieces of plywood accomplishes all that, with a written statement of intent of a "plan to upgrade". See you in ten years!
@@mikemotorbike4283 except this is no municipality now is it. A district likely. And they have tons of equally idiotic bureaucratic out of touch with reality bylaws.
@@mikemotorbike4283 -- It would be interesting to know who owns the property now.
Ya, the word upgrade means gutting it, binning everything via helicopter to the landfill, and starting over, until the next forest fire.
I first discovered this in July of 86 when I worked for the railroad. We climbed up the hard way from the front not the easy way like you did LOL. Long story short, when we found this place literally everything was as if they had just left for town, even left the place settings ready for dinner. I was very saddened when I next saw the place in around 2015 totally trashed. But it was and is a really cool place. The workshop was still operational when we first saw the place.
Oh I didn't take the easy way lol very cool place. I wish I would have seen it back in 86 but I would have been a little guy lol
And that is why when you find something and it is in good condition and if you will take good care of it then keep it, claim it, move in whatever who really is anybody to tell one no or they cannot be here, when if no one is things end up like this?
@@lawrenceloflin8857 I can't understand anything you said, If you mean squatting then you are way off base no one has that right. the rest of your statement is nonsense.
I think you missed the best part, the bunker under the east wing, probably still as it was left as it’s entrance is well hidden and fortified
No driveway but dam access 28:07
How dare vandals disrespect and trash what this man created.
evil ...
Damage done largely by animals - bears can be extremely damaging. Human vandals would have defaced the place with graffiti.
Wouldn't expect anything less these days.
@@billstill1794 interesting theory....except the MANY graffiti indeed adoring the house...did you really miss that? So much for the bears...
Could that thing on the wall be for maps
Seeing all the damage irritates me, walk through, look around, take pictures, but don’t destroy things. Awesome exploration Brent.
I know me too! Some people's kids!
witness the hearts and minds of your brothers and sisters. Sapir Aude! Be Well!
I was there several years ago, about 22 years or so, working with a contractor on the actual dam repair.
At that time the tram was still operating and the machine shop was located on the flat ground at the bottom of the tram.
The machine shop when we were there, was fully operational , if needed to be, had round stock and material to rebuild the turbines when required.
While we were repairing a crack in the dam, there was also a huge mobile crane there that lifted a man basket over the dam and lowered it on the down stream side for inspection.
There is a whole other story with the crane malfunction that was used by a different contractor for the inspections.
But the house at that time, at the top of the tram was still habitable.
Interesting! Thanks for sharing this
I do not understand why people have to destroy the structure and its furnishings.. so unnecessary!! Thanks for sharing. I really enjoyed the exploration..
Thank you!
because everyone is traumatized so if you see something you smash it ... but seriously why has no one grabbed that toaster yet I bet it works better than anything else out there
those appliances worth something to somebody
I think they were looking for previous metals he may have hidden
They thought my place was abandoned until I showed up and all Hell broke loose. ( not related to your video ) Great video thanx4sharing thanx4caring ❤ It's such a shame that mindless people destroy windows, property and spray paint thoughtless graffiti to places like this instead of leaving it better than when they arrived.
Good for you dealing with trespassers and vandals.
What a shame people have to vandalize old house's. Awesome video of the place and it's owner.
Settle down, damage is done by animals (especially bears) and natural decay, not humans.
The place is far worse shape than when Dustin from Destination Adventure did a tour a few years ago...too bad really. Thanks for the visit
So glad you took this journey for us. Beautiful place!
Boggles my mind that someone felt the need to destroy someone else property.
The large slanted unit on the wall with "rollers" is a multiple map holder. It would allow multiple maps to be hung like window shades and pulled upp or down when needed. There would have been doors to close it but, it looks like only a small lower portion remains..
Possibly some architectural plans for the construction on the rest of the project and any surrounding areas he had ideas for his " compound". Those granite mtns. would do a good job of keeping out winds carrying harmful toxins.
This dude was super amazing with such a beautiful home, landscape etc
Boy for place that’s hard to get to it’s awfully messed up! Such a shame. Great explore Brent!😊😊😊
Yes, a lot of effort went in to vandalize that place over the years
Nice to see a house made in concrete and very solid!!! So rare in this country... Thank you for the tour in my Province 😎
Loved the funicular tram. What a fantastic find Brent, thank you for all your efforts getting there and showing us.
Glad you enjoyed it
What an extraordinary place and those views !! Imagine waking up to those surroundings every day. Thank you Brent for all the effort you made to bring us this special explore .Gill 🇬🇧
Hey thanks Gill
This just show us how life is not what you have... It all end up forgotten, no matter how much money you have...!
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Wow this place freakin blows my mind. This has to be one of my top 10 abandoned homes no doubt. Thanks so much for covering such an amazing find!
Epic home and location but the Huge question is.... how did he get EVERYTHING up there? That includes all building materials, furniture, appliances etc.... just WOW !!!
very beautiful ❤ I don’t understand why people have to vandalize…. such a beautiful home
Stop blaming people here - damage done by animals (bears) and natural decay!
@@billstill1794 Des fenêtres pare-balles brisées par des ours??? En êtes-vous certain? Je ne crois pas, non... Et puis, le propriétaire est décédé en 1989, comment une boite de céréales de 2018 peut s'être retrouvée là? Soyons logique...
@ somehow it felt more than just animals…. stop being such a grouch dude…..
@@billstill1794 the animals that damaged it walk on 2 legs and speak... i live in bear country i seen 0 sign of bear dammage only pack rats ect and vandals...next he gona try and say the bears were operating the spray paint cans as well
Thanks bret for the lenghts you went to make this video,its amazing!!! Beautiful veiw and fascinating history. Im glad that it may be restored,thanks bret
FYI: amazing respect with how you tour homes once very dear to someone. very respectful
That would make a great rehab facility. Peaceful and serene. Far away from the addictions and people that caused the addiction in the first place.
Marvelous idea! Wow no kidding, it would be great... many bedrooms and bathrooms, common areas. Calming sounds of the river. Can drones bring groceries to them
Heartbreaking to see all the vandalizm 😓💔💔💔
Shame it was abandoned... what a place. Little assheads breaking things...smh.
Your video never disappoints!! Thanks Brent!🌟👍☺
Perfect location for a home. I love it! Not my style of architecture though. No neighbors. I love the sound of the river. Beautiful area. Pretty sad that people feel the need to vandalize it.
Imagine the amount of work to get the materials and concrete to the site. The vandals are truly assholes!!!
That's my thought! Even getting furniture up there would be a challenge!
There is a hydroelectric dam there, I'm guessing there is a road to the base of the funicular tram. Still a lot of work, but less so once you built the tram.
They likely built the tramway first to somewhat simplify the project. Mind boggling effort none the less.
Blessings and Thank you for this treasure ❤🙏🏾!! Lets’s Go, Brent 🥾 🏡!!
-West Virginia, USA 🎉
Another great video Brent! You always do so much research about properties you visit. The machine in the laundry room is a mangle to iron flat things like sheets and table cloths.
Thank you!
Thanks!
Oh wow! Thanks so much!
Disgusting to see the vandalism... Such a shame the old house is rotting away.
I would love to live here! Someone is trying to fix it up! The problem with places like this is even though you can tell someone is trying to do something, you get people who just need to step in and stop it! Vandals and Government are both bad for abandoned places! 😢 Really cool man, keep on keeping on! Happy New Year 🎉🥳
Thank you for another great find, it's so sad how kids destroy everything in their path.Beautiful view.🇨🇦
Just wondering how old are you if you think kids destroyed this very hard to reach location?!
@agnetaorum4616 adults don't usually do this destruction. I guess teenagers
my mom had the same oven she loved it !! same colour many cheese slices were toasted on bread under the grill ..we just got rid of it in 2020 ..
Phenomenon find and explore . Had to rewatch this one again! You are hands down The Best explorer I have ever watched!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤ Please stay healthy, safe, and keep exploring❤ You are so loved and respected for your work. Thank you Brent, for taking this retiree, who can no longer be out and about, to such exciting finds❤❤❤ Hope your Christmas was a merry one, surrounded with people you love. Prayers for a Blessed Happy New Year and bunches of explores❤
I will never understand what enjoyment someone gets by destroying others things.
Well, you better start understanding, because obviously it is a common enough human phenomena, a characteristic of our species. Some have likened it to artistic expression, a form of communication, a creation of sort...leaving a mark. There are reasons, and explanations..not understanding something, ever, is...well....what can I say....an odd thing to say....Maybe you don't want to understand...as it is understandable. Maybe people have nothing better to do. To be realistic....when the renovation crews arrive....they will essentially do exactly....the same thing....I hope that helps you. They are doing it because its going to happen anyway, so what difference does it make really in the end. ?
What an amazing location. Great video. Fascinating home I would of loved to have seen how all the building supplies and furniture were delivered. In regards to all the damage and vandalism. I'll never understand the reasons to destroy property. Really enjoy your work. Be well Be Safe....
Great find, great video you put out for us. Beautiful, yet scary, climb!! Thank you so much. ❤
Thank you very much!
Thanks for the walkthrough and back story.What an incredible self-made man.Definately a good way ahead of his time.His home is amazing. Beautiful timeless design despite its age still relevant today.Mid century modern my favourite.I would say there was some paranoia with the on going cold War and threat of nuclear war that perhaps influenced the design and location of his home?I really hope this is sympaticaly restored.
I wouldn't be surprised. In the 60's people were building buried bomb shelters in their backyards. All over the Canadian provinces are hundreds of government built bomb shelters. People forget about the tension with the Soviet Union and history books only talk about kids practising to "duck and cover" under their school desks..
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I've been fascinated by Pick since I heard him name dropped in a song while playing Fallout. Very cool to get to see Walden North. His first estate, Walden West, was in Saratoga, California. It's now part of Sanborn Park. The historic house there that was a hostel until 2010 was his for a time, until he decided that he'd set up shop too close to target sites in the Cold War and moved to Canada.
This place was beautiful in the day! Hope they get started soon on restoring the mansion! Awesome video & explore! 👍👍❤️🤘🤘
Hey thank you 👍🏻
While that house is beat by rats and vandals, I have to say it’s built like a tank! Most homes sitting for that long, especially in a snowy area would be in horrible shape on the exterior.
I’m sure that place would be very hard to sell since it seems so isolated from any signs of life. I hope someone comes along and fixes it up.
If you notice, it's constructed out of cinder block, concrete and brick. There is not much for dimensional framing other than some interior walls.
It seams to be built very well. Could be saved
Some weirdo millionaire with the same idea will buy it eventually lol
@@AbandonedUrbexCanada Not to mention that dam providing power
Just as an FYI this location is not known for its snowfall nor rainfall. It's very dry. With an average annual snowfall of 26.5 cm (10.4 in), Lillooet is the least snowy place in the BC Interior.
Thanks for sharing that was iron press my grandmother used them to rest her nurses uniform and used for pressing sheets pillow cases tea towels etc ! You should have a mask on with that rat poop just saying any any mold spores you are breathing in ! Amazing history ! Be safe ! Happy New Year
@17:00 it appears to be for maps that roll down with those dowels under the fold up shelf..
Correct 💯
@@jbrentonheights9190 my uncle was a cartographer
So glad to see you again. This was an interesting find. The setting for this house is just absolutely beautiful.
I’m glad you didn’t go to this remote spot by yourself. Safety in numbers. Thanks for taking us along.
I sometimes have people with me
Excellent find! Absolutely amazing!
What a beautiful and unique home. I would have loved to see it before the destruction. I cannot for the life of me understand why people would intentionally destroy such a magnificent place. It literally makes me sick. Thank you so much for sharing. If only....
So awesome. Just subscribed. This is great stuff, cheers!
Oh, my gosh! I want to live there! What an absolutely amazing house and location, but how in the world did they get all the building supplies, furnishings and equipment to build up that mountain!? That is quite the feat!
9:05 that is an electric knife that's missing its blades.
17:00 that looks to be a storage system for his draftings and drawings. I'm guessing, so it's possible that I'm wrong about that.
21:45 that's called a m.a.n.g.l.e. iron. (Sorry for the dots, but without them YT thinks I'm saying something naughty.)
So sad to see the worst in humanity, the low lifers destroying what enterprising people have built. It's sick.
That place was great! I even wondered if there might have been a hidden bunker somewhere attached underground, yet hidden! At 16 minutes in there was a lady walking, darting down the hall. Played it twice to make sure we weren't imagining it! 😮
A very studious man. Lonely though. I see no evidence of children anywhere. Just him and his wife, trying to get away from it all and pursue his creative, off-grid aspirations. Makes me want to take a good, hard look at my life and maybe, celebrate with my loved ones more, while I still can. 👀🕊️
I hope you're wearing a parachute on your back for the return trip off the mountain. 😃
Thank you for sharing this.
Good point, about celebrating with one’s loved ones more while we still can. This guy bought the house in 1965, died in 1986… 21 short years. Surely so much money and effort, so much luxury, for such a relatively short time. We often waste much time and effort and money in life questionable things.
I visited this place when I was in high school, probably around 1982. Didn't get to meet Vernon but we got a tour of the power plant and their research facility, I believe they were working on a mirrored drum for Xerox machines. I've always wondered what happened to this place. Hope someone with deep pockets will buy this place and return it to it's former beauty !!!
Cool! Thanks for sharing this. I think your old teacher comment about this as well. Retired now but took students there
Ahhh, I wanted to see the dam. Cool place!
21:39 Ironrite was a commercial grade ironing machine that was intended for larger scale laundry needs. You basically fed the laundry under the horizontal roller and it would press the items pretty quickly. You could prefold sheets along their long axis and run them through once, then just fold them up into a smaller size for shelving. A couple pairs of pants could be sent through the roller and pressed faster than you could even start one pair with a hand iron. Once you got the hang of using it, you could iron a bunch of laundry pretty quick. They are from late 60s-70s. We had one for a while but it took up a lot of space in the laundry room. My parents sold it to a local hotel in our hometown if I recall correctly.
Thank you Brent for taking us to the British Columbia! Amazing forest and the Mountains.
Your welcome!
@@AbandonedUrbexCanadato the both you its British Columbia 🇨🇦❣️
Very happy to hear that someone plans to restore this property. What an amazing self-sustained setup - Especially being built in the 60s. Restored and slightly updated, this place would be absolutely amazing.
Imagine providing all that uranium to the world, and then building an apocalyptic hideout.
Good point!
Diabolical 🫤🫤
The irony of it all
Being on top a of a small mountain doesn't strike me as the best place to hide from radioactive fallout.
The problem is Devil runs the world. He is liar and murderer. This is the reason why deception and violence are everywhere. This is the reason why resources are misused. This is the reason why liars and murderers feel good while righteous persons are persecuted. This is the reason why Hitler got the power, but Christ was executed as "blasphemer" and "rioter" by denunciation of clergy.
That's why we've got the Gospel about the God's kingdom. Jehovah would put everything in order. The dead will be resurected and we'll meet our loved ones again! :-)
Can't get enough of your videos on your explores, Brent . Looks like it would be quite a treacherous trek. What an extremely interesting self educated man. Just goes to show that you don't need a degree or PHD to achieve major discoveries or valuable millstones. Such a tragedy 😢 the vandals did their dirty work. Fascinating place. Thank you for taking us there.
Thank you so much Laura!
It's a map holder. When you were in school in the 70s, just about every classroom had one of those.
Thank you
just discovered this channel. looking forward to watch all your videos! Looks awesome. Right up my alley!!
Hey thank you for finding me!
Nice video 😊. Greetings from the Netherlands ❤😊
What an amazing place. Looks like it was very well designed and built. The cost to build it must have been phenomenal when you consider the infrastructure that also must have been built to support it, like water, sewer, electrical and the logistics to get building materials to the site. He must have hired an engineering firm to work on it. But I guess when you develop a uranium mine you are the kind of person that knows how to get stuff like this built. He sounds like quite an incredible person who lived an incredible life.
Australia here/ Now- THAT is my dream house. Thank you for sharing that with us.
Glad you enjoyed it 👌🏻
A rare house never seen that before, gosh the mountains are beautiful
What a cool property, i have seen another video on this place but was not a good as your video, thanks for showing it all to us.
Wonder if there is a secret underground bunker in that house, it was meant to be a survival home.
I would love to live there, unlimited power from the hydro and so nice and remote. Wonder what it would cost to fix it up, the main structure looks pretty good after all these years.
Hope someone restores it one day.
A very Frank Lloyd Wright inspired home. Since you mentioned it, someone has bought the property and to me is boarding it up to fix it back up.
Imagine the time, money and effort in actually building this where it is! His family must have lived here after he died.
What had been hanging at an angle from the office roof had maps that you can pull down! BTW Who was with you in the house?
Saw him/her in the hallway while you were in the guy's office. You must have gotten a New microphone, it's picking up a lot of secondary sounds.
It's obvious there were people living there as his stuffn awas auctioned off. Still I ca see him doing this given who he was working with back then. Wanting to isolate himself and his family. Neat home.
That was my first impression too.
I agree, someone must have been living there after he passed. Maybe family. I have a microphone on my shirt now 👌🏻
@AbandonedUrbexCanada this is pemberton folklore. This guy had some secret information on why he built this here. Because of nuclear dust.
Where would it have even been up for sale? Was there a listing somewhere?
@@AbandonedUrbexCanadayou didn't answer who was with you!! I saw them dart through the shot as well... Assumed a family member ? Otherwise, we captured a real ghostie 👻
Why would someone go out of the way like that to wreck somebody else’s property! That was such a cool place!!
awesome! Thanks for the video. It would be pretty cool to do this and take photos of this abandoned places! pure gold
Must have been a hell of a job getting everything there without roads.
theres a road
Helicopter use 😊
I’m guessing a lot of building materials would’ve been Helicoptered in $$$
Thinking they built the tram first to haul up the materials
@@Hazendal777 If you look close at about 30 seconds, the shot of the dam. There is a road. This place really isn't that far from a town nearby. If there was a helipad, it would have been shown plus if he flew in and out, that would have been mentioned also.
I am glad the algo recommended this video to me. What a great video and hidden Gem. Thank you, Sir 🤙🏼
So sad that people would utterly destroy everything that a hard working veteran like that built,evidently those who destroyed it has never had to work for a living!
You were only 3 hours away from me. Such a cool place to explore thanks so much for sharing.
It's a crying shame that people destroy what a human being worked so hard to make and one night people can come in and destroy and cost thousands of dollars of damage to a house I know this i own rental houses
thank you for the tour! Very interesting place! Such a shame to see it trashed like that.
If its to be preserved whoever owns it needs to get on with it before there's nothing left🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀
Great footage. Very cool place! Thanks for getting up there to share with us
Remember back when we were in school we had pull down maps? I'm guessing that's what that thing was and there are many rollers for different ones.
OMG I can only imagine living there.. Such a beautiful property. I would gladly live there too!!
It sad that his legacy has been destroyed by idiots. With him being part of history it should had been preserved
I would hope that you include a respirator and spare cartridges in your kit for whenever you descend into confined areas such as basements. Cool property though, thank you for filming this.
Why do some people just destroy someone else's property why
It almost seems like a weird form of jealousy to me or something. Teenage angst/destructiveness.
Great Video. Love the Hill-a-vator. Winters there must have been....fun eh?
This definitely was an apocalypse proof mansion in a very nice countryside of B.C. to bad it was left abandoned and vacant all of these years but glad you got to be able to explore it and show it here until next time Thank You.
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Very cool video. What an extraordinary Place.
Thanks for sharing.
Imagine getting all that building material up there to construct it and furniture in the mansion. Sad to see it in such brutal condition. To hear that mountain breeze everyday and the river below would be something else! ♥☮
(The wooden folding unit on the office wall is for viewing rolled up maps, maybe large blueprints as well.)
I would love to hear how they did it
Helicopter?
Awesome place! Thanks for taking us with you!!
“2’ thick walls and bullet proof glass” uh huh….. I see… 6:34
I was literally about to post the same comment lol
I was about to make the same comment
Great video, Brent! Absolutely amazing!❤
Glad you enjoyed it! 👌🏻😁
Never thought I'd see Walden North on RUclips again after BC Hydro tried cutting off access. Destination Adventure did it first, but you guys did it better!
That roller rack is for storing blueprints or other large scale prints. Newspaper, schematics, that sort of thing. Beautiful home. Thanks for the great video