"Take only photographs, leave only footprints.”
Why do we explore our province?
• to discover, document & archive, for the history & the architecture
How do we find locations around the province?
• books, maps, documents, online, through people & by spending hours on the back roads
So what kinds of things are in our province to explore?
• ghost towns (& there are tons of them)
• ghost farms
• abandoned mines
• abandoned bases
• tunnels & storm drains
• institutions & hospitals
• old railway sidings
• abandoned churches
• graveyards
The gear we take along?
• flashlights
• cameras & extra batteries as well as a spare memory card
• extra socks
• water & snacks
• willingness to explore
For our safety we take along..
• p100's
• very strong rope
• first aid kit
Some dangers we have encountered?
• barbed wire
• authorities & other people
• locked & welded doors
• possible cave in of tunnels
• floors caving in
• unstable houses
• squatters
• huge fences
• wild animals
• asbestos & mold
We spend a lot of time on the road, through all the seasons. What we do is very dangerous and illegal at times. The laws in other provinces differ from ours. This was only meant to inform others of what we do.
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