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 sizzler
   
Location: Alberta
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< on 1/11/2011 7:00 AM >
|  | | | Fort Amherst in St. John's Newfoundland were gun emplacements built during World War II to defend against German U-boats. The original fortifications at Fort Amherst, built in the 1770s, are no longer visible (Wikipedia)
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tbeckerson
 
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 1 on 1/11/2011 3:36 PM >
| | | | Excellent work!
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XScarAudio
Location: Tampa, FL
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 2 on 1/11/2011 4:34 PM >
| | | | wow!! very jealous!
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Mr. "D"
 
Location: East Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 4 on 1/12/2011 1:20 AM >
| | | | Glad i wandered into here because this is pretty damn cool.
Great shots, but i especially like that last one. Beautiful land, beautiful water, big friggin' gun hehe. I sure as hell wouldn't want to be on a boat with that thing pointed at me.
Fantastic stuff. Thanks for sharing these sizzler.
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tribeachpunk
  
Location: Halifax, NS
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Fort Amherst
<Reply # 5 on 1/12/2011 1:24 AM >
| | | | Posted by "Big Daddy D"
Glad i wandered into here because this is pretty damn cool.
Great shots, but i especially like that last one. Beautiful land, beautiful water, big friggin' gun hehe. I sure as hell wouldn't want to be on a boat with that thing pointed at me.
Fantastic stuff. Thanks for sharing these sizzler.
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The east coast had a few harbours that I wouldn't want to be found unwelcome in
Guns, mines, nets, you name it, we had it 
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sizzler
Location: Alberta
Gender: Male
| | Re: Fort Amherst
<Reply # 6 on 1/15/2011 6:40 PM >
| | | | Posted by sizzler
The original fortifications at Fort Amherst, built in the 1770s, are no longer visible (Wikipedia)
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Makes me wonder if they are still there, unseen to the naked eye. Next time Im in St John's I'll have to chat with some salty old sea captains... on George St of course ;)
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D-rockpend
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<Reply # 7 on 1/15/2011 7:06 PM >
| | | | These are great. I would love to find something like that. And if I did I would be so excited.
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sizzler
Location: Alberta
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 8 on 1/16/2011 3:57 AM >
| | | | Posted by D-rockpend
These are great. I would love to find something like that. And if I did I would be so excited.
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It was completely accidental. We got to a lighthouse and I looked over the cliff and was stunned to see the ruins, pics 2 & 3. I said to myself I got to find a way down there. Wish I lived on that side of the country so I could go back and give it more exploration.
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zer0_g
Location: Marin County, CA.
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 9 on 1/16/2011 4:55 AM >
| | | | Wow, what a find and the guns are still there how cool
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tribeachpunk
Location: Halifax, NS
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Fort Amherst
<Reply # 10 on 1/16/2011 3:06 PM >
| | | | Posted by sizzler
Wish I lived on that side of the country so I could go back and give it more exploration.
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Fort Amherst is just the tip of the 'Atlantic coastal defense' ice berg.
Posted by zer0_g
Wow, what a find and the guns are still there how cool
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They're not an uncommon sight out here. They guns left behind at Fort Amherst are more modern than most left behind. A fair number of the local military ruins still house RML guns, although none of them are close to operational.
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Uber_Soldat
Location: Dartmouth
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<Reply # 11 on 1/16/2011 5:17 PM >
| | | | Man that awesome. I really wanna do up old fort mores. And ones like that with the emplacements just rusting away are so bad ass
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nootz
Location: Lake Echo, NS
Gender: Male
Many will always go where only one is needed
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<Reply # 12 on 1/17/2011 2:36 AM >
| | | | Posted by Uber_Soldat
Man that awesome. I really wanna do up old fort mores. And ones like that with the emplacements just rusting away are so bad ass
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In that case, try to make your way out to Fort Chebucto in Duncans Cove. The fort itself has been converted into houses, but there are still light emplacements and range finder buildings scattered along the coast.
Have faith only in those who you trust. And hold who you trust close to you for you have no idea when you will need them most.
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sizzler
Location: Alberta
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 14 on 1/21/2011 4:08 AM >
| | | | Posted by tribeachpunk
The three light emplacements at York Shore Battery are getting closer and closer to falling into the ocean. You'll want to see them sooner than later too.
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That's sad.... we'll never see things like that again, once they're gone.
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