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Aft4rmath
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keepin it real
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< on 9/11/2005 7:34 AM >
|  | | | hello. Recently some one told me about tunnels in vancouver that are supposedly "Secret".
Some one gave me this link: http://www.tourism...ost_office_tunnels
I checked the missions part of wraiths.org and couldnt see anything that would have been these tunnels. supposedly they span though out lots of Vancouver, spanning from East Van all the way to west van.
I was also told that these tunnels were used by Unitel telco employees for maintenance.
Has anyone ever explored these tunnels or even heard of them before?
I've done only a minimal amount of urban exploring, and I am very new to this scene, but if I were to do a first major explore, I would want something like this to be it.
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bikepunk
 
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Vancouver
Gender: Female
| | | Re: Tunnels in Vancouver City
<Reply # 1 on 9/11/2005 11:49 PM >
|  | | | I can't open the link you put up, but there is indeed a tunnel from the post office at Georgia street, running down to the gastown waterfront. For a very brief time the mail came up from the trains on a conveyer belt, but this was quickly made obsolete. It's quite innaccessible, unless you are a postie, in which case you can visit it every Halloween when they open it up for a party, or are part of the film industry, which does use it on occasion. The tunnel is quite well maintained, since it is under lease from the city.
It's very solidly locked at both ends, as the post office entrance to it is in the customs area of the building, so there's not really any "just looking around" excuse for being there (there's also a fairly substantial set of bars on the door leading to it). Social engineering or having a postie friend might get you into this one.
There's the Dunsmuir tunnel, which you can see if you go to the escarpment at the end of the viaduct. It's a solidly blocked off portal that is rapidly disappearing behind new apartments and condos. It was originally built by CPR to connect False creek with Burrard Inlet. The skytrain makes use of some of it, and the rest is blocked off.
I've been in one of the tunnels connecting parts of Vancouver General to other parts of the hospital, but the access point that I had has now been demolished.
It's unlikely that there are tunnels going from EV to West Van that are passable for anything bigger than fiber optics cable. There are active train tunnels, but I don't recommend them as they are quite hazardous. Here's a brief bit on vancouver "secrets", some of which I've already mentioned.
http://www.discove...er-underground.asp
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Mowgli-dog
 
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Vancouver, B.C.
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Tunnels in Vancouver City
<Reply # 2 on 9/12/2005 5:09 AM >
| | | | This should go in the BC forum....
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Mowgli-dog
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Vancouver, B.C.
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Tunnels in Vancouver City
<Reply # 3 on 9/12/2005 5:11 AM >
| | | | Wow! that was fast...
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Jester
 
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Vancouver,B.C. Canada
Gender: Male
Always just out of sight...
| | | Re: Tunnels in Vancouver City
<Reply # 4 on 9/12/2005 5:13 AM >
| | | | Posted by Mowgli-dog
This should go in the BC forum....
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I was moving it as you typed that...
The Post office tunnel is indeed secure, and since it still attaches to a post office, you'd be most definitely in jeopardy of a federal offense getting caught there I would think. I do happen to know a postal worker that has been in there, and am hoping to briber her...
The Dunsmuir tunnel is nothing to write home about...
just because it's not on Wraiths, doesn't mean I haven't been there...
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Mowgli-dog
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Vancouver, B.C.
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Tunnels in Vancouver City
<Reply # 5 on 9/12/2005 5:19 AM >
| | | | How about the other side of the tunnel, the end that comes out in the train station, does anyone know exactly where that is in that building? How secure is it locked up?
"We sleep safely in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm." -George Orwell
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Fallen_Knight
location:
vancouver BC
| | Re: Tunnels in Vancouver City
<Reply # 6 on 9/14/2005 10:33 PM >
| | | | anyone know anything about a tunnel/service crawl space running underneath the sidewalk of granville street by sears? on the roxy side a year back there were doing some work and there was a borded up hole about ~10 feet down into what looked like a corridor of some sorts where they were working in, right outside some store.
Probably nothing thou, if it was a tunnle why would they have dug down into it?
answered my own question i guess lol.
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crisspy
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Powell River
Gender: Male
| | Re: Tunnels in Vancouver City
<Reply # 7 on 9/17/2005 2:45 AM >
| | | | Would have been about '89, I did the first stretch of the train tunnel under Burnaby, from the South end. Had to wait out a train going through, there is an alcove a ways in where you can hide behind a big switchbox. When trains go through, the whole tunnel is lit up with overhead light bulbs. The train actually stopped while I was waiting, so by the time it had gone and I had worked up the nerve to continue, it was time I had to leave for home.
The absolutely very best sign I ever saw was on the entrance, said...
DO NOT ENTER
RISK OF DEATH
No fence, no gate, no cameras, no IR detectors. Just fair honest warning.
It's nice to finally see the info about the Dunsmuir tunnel, I had a street map of Van that showed it as train track (was probably a 60's vintage map based on very obsolete data even for it's own time). I always wondered where it was, 'cause you don't just fill in something like that without a VERY concerted effort.
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Mowgli-dog
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Vancouver, B.C.
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Tunnels in Vancouver City
<Reply # 8 on 9/17/2005 10:01 AM >
| | | | Here's a shot of the Dunsmuir tunnel under construction in the 30's. (This photo was taken even before Jester got in there) The Special Collections Department of the Vancouver Public Library as well as the City Of Vancouver Archives have some really great old photos scanned on line, and many more thousands available for viewing if you actually go down to look. I went down the other day and "lost" 4 hours of my day...
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Viper
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Vancouver, BC Canada
Gender: Male
Trespassing On!
| | | Re: Tunnels in Vancouver City
<Reply # 9 on 9/17/2005 5:32 PM >
| | | | http://www.vpl.van...os/photoagree.html
I have also 'lost' many hours looking at these photos.
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Mowgli-dog
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Vancouver, B.C.
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Tunnels in Vancouver City
<Reply # 10 on 9/18/2005 12:07 AM >
| | | | Here's what the portal used to look like:
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nobody
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VANCOUVER B.C.
Gender: Male
5:55 is a state of mind
| | Re: Tunnels in Vancouver City
<Reply # 11 on 9/23/2005 6:04 PM >
| | | | Do you know what year that picture was taken? I know where that portal is, and although the age and design of the portal obviously differs from it's current surroundings it no longer resembles the photograph. Mowgli it is easy to find just poke around the rear of the Waterfront Station, it is actually pretty cool to see, it is the only structure down there with a heavy coat of moss on it.N.
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j0lt
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Kobe, Japan
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Tunnels in Vancouver City
<Reply # 12 on 9/25/2005 3:43 AM >
| | | | Posted by nobody
Do you know what year that picture was taken? I know where that portal is, and although the age and design of the portal obviously differs from it's current surroundings it no longer resembles the photograph. Mowgli it is easy to find just poke around the rear of the Waterfront Station, it is actually pretty cool to see, it is the only structure down there with a heavy coat of moss on it.N.
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Uh, dude... It was under the armoury beside Stadium Skytrain Station, across the parking lot from BC Place Stadium. And it looks like a pile of dirt now 'coz it's gone.
I'll go get a picture maybe sunday and post it.
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nobody
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VANCOUVER B.C.
Gender: Male
5:55 is a state of mind
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<Reply # 13 on 9/25/2005 6:12 AM >
| | | | That's the other end N.
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Mowgli-dog
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Vancouver, B.C.
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Tunnels in Vancouver City
<Reply # 14 on 9/26/2005 8:34 AM >
| | | | I don't remember the exact date, but I think it was sometime in the 30's.
"We sleep safely in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm." -George Orwell
Rest in peace, my pal Mowgli - the best dog there ever was. |
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nobody
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VANCOUVER B.C.
Gender: Male
5:55 is a state of mind
| | Re: Tunnels in Vancouver City
<Reply # 15 on 9/28/2005 4:36 PM >
| | | | I am not a drain guy myself, but in talking about tunnels doesn't the discharge outlet at Iona Treatment Plant look interesting? Has anybody ever looked into that? N.
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KublaKhan
location:
Edinburgh, Scotland
With Satan, it's always gimmie, gimmie.
| | Re: Tunnels in Vancouver City
<Reply # 16 on 9/28/2005 6:08 PM >
| | | | Posted by crisspy
The absolutely very best sign I ever saw was on the entrance, said...
DO NOT ENTER
RISK OF DEATH
No fence, no gate, no cameras, no IR detectors. Just fair honest warning.
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Perfect. Clear, concise, low risk of misunderstanding the message.
Get a pic of this sign, post it here. MODS should include it with their Welcome to the Wonderful World of UE email they send newbies.
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Mowgli-dog
location:
Vancouver, B.C.
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Tunnels in Vancouver City
<Reply # 17 on 9/28/2005 8:16 PM >
| | | | Here's another one I found from the Vancouver Archives. It's titled "CPR north portal at Thurlow Street". I assume this is where today's Skytrain runs between Waterfront Station and Burrard Station?
If so, the geography in the area sure has changed in 70+ years.
"We sleep safely in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm." -George Orwell
Rest in peace, my pal Mowgli - the best dog there ever was. |
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nobody
location:
VANCOUVER B.C.
Gender: Male
5:55 is a state of mind
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<Reply # 18 on 9/28/2005 8:40 PM >
| | | | Unreal, that is very cool, The area that I was under last week was very close to the Waterfront station and the older archway ( wich blends into newer work) does not resemble either, Mowgli you should check it out and tell me what you think.N.
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nobody
location:
VANCOUVER B.C.
Gender: Male
5:55 is a state of mind
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<Reply # 19 on 9/28/2005 10:14 PM >
| | | | Uh, dude... It was under the armoury beside Stadium Skytrain Station,[
Sorry that first picture , it seems as you know was the eastern portal, I initially did not recognise it as that. The second picture that Mowgli posted is the end I was referring to.N.
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