|
alps
   
location:
Halifax / Hong Kong
 |  | Re: Mcnabs Island
<Reply # 20 on 7/6/2006 9:57 PM >
|  | | | Nice pictures! I want to go there at some point.
|
|
Blake
location:
Fall River, Nova Scotia
Gender: Male
...ouch...
| |  |  | Re: Mcnabs Island
<Reply # 21 on 7/7/2006 5:46 PM >
| | | | I dont think anybody forgot about it, just ignored it like it doesn't exist. Sound like something another explorer said for a lot of the "cool" locations
From the fingers of Blake
www.borderlineblack.com |
|
N250cc
 
location:
Halifax, NS
Gender: Male
| |  | Re: Mcnabs Island
<Reply # 22 on 7/8/2006 2:12 AM >
| | | | Yes time did forget the island, theres lots of history, no shortage of things to find that for sure. Although if you want to see it in this state you better go soon as there are plans to do a lot more restoration on the island and make it into more of a park with lots of people there to upkeep it, so getting into some of the tunnels and things may be tricky.
|
|
hfx_chris
location:
Dartmouth, NS
Gender: Male
| | Re: Mcnabs Island
<Reply # 23 on 8/11/2006 2:07 AM >
| | | | Ah, now those photos bring back some memories (sorry for reviving an old thread).
I've been through Fort McNab a few times over the last number of years; what an awesome place.
I remember tromping through that underground tunnel, the one you have to practically crawl to get into. As I recall, you had to stoop over pretty good to fit though the tunnel, and it barely cleared my shoulders; went on for quite a bit too, until it came to a dead end I believe.
I gotta get back out there sometime.
|
|
N250cc
location:
Halifax, NS
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Mcnabs Island
<Reply # 24 on 8/11/2006 2:27 AM >
| | | | yeah, it does lead to a dead end, with some rooms off to the side. The tunnel was tall enough for me to walk through though i think, if i remember right, and i'm 6ft. That place is pretty sweet to explore.
|
|
Urbandweller
location:
Halifax, NS
Gender: Male
| | | | Re: Mcnabs Island
<Reply # 25 on 2/19/2007 8:05 PM >
|  | | | All I can say is be careful if you go through some of the tunnels. Not sure if you found the one we had (we had to crawl through a tiny hole in a door and I don't see any photos of this tunnel) but there was a few places where the floor had given away and was only covered with some spare boards. The boards had mostly fallen away and they fell into a very deep dark hole that could easily consume someone. so yeah just be careful of the holes in the ground. I believe the particular fort this tunnel was in was fort strawberry (there is a few different forts on the Island).
I hope to get over there this summer and take some photos.
|
|
N250cc
location:
Halifax, NS
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Mcnabs Island
<Reply # 26 on 2/20/2007 12:18 AM >
| | | | Posted by Urbandweller
All I can say is be careful if you go through some of the tunnels. Not sure if you found the one we had (we had to crawl through a tiny hole in a door and I don't see any photos of this tunnel) but there was a few places where the floor had given away and was only covered with some spare boards. The boards had mostly fallen away and they fell into a very deep dark hole that could easily consume someone. so yeah just be careful of the holes in the ground. I believe the particular fort this tunnel was in was fort strawberry (there is a few different forts on the Island).
I hope to get over there this summer and take some photos.
|
Yes, Strawberry Battery, its a little harder to get to then most of the other forts. I've been there a few times but I've never found anything below ground here. The holes your talking about might be at Fort Hugonin, I've seen some very deep\dark holes that go way down looks like a few levels but were boarded up pretty good all I could do was stick the camera in.
|
|
Urbandweller
location:
Halifax, NS
Gender: Male
| | | | Re: Mcnabs Island
<Reply # 27 on 2/20/2007 1:37 AM >
| | | |
| Yes, Strawberry Battery, its a little harder to get to then most of the other forts. I've been there a few times but I've never found anything below ground here. The holes your talking about might be at Fort Hugonin, I've seen some very deep\dark holes that go way down looks like a few levels but were boarded up pretty good all I could do was stick the camera in. |
Yeah maybe I have the fort wrong. but yeah when ever you go down i guess you have to be careful underfoot. the passage was clearly blocked with a metal door but we got in..I suspect it was closed off due to these deep holes.
|
|
nootz
location:
Lake Echo, NS
Gender: Male
Many will always go where only one is needed
| | | Re: Mcnabs Island
<Reply # 28 on 4/25/2007 10:49 PM >
| | | | It would appear people have already played paintball at Fort McNab...
Team Falcon is a tournament level team
[last edit 4/25/2007 10:50 PM by nootz - edited 1 times]
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.
http://nootz101.blogspot.com |
|
N250cc
location:
Halifax, NS
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Mcnabs Island
<Reply # 29 on 4/27/2007 2:42 PM >
| | | | Oh yeah, the place would perfect for a paintball game, i figured team falcon might have had something to do with cadets or scouts because there always over there.
|
|
nootz
location:
Lake Echo, NS
Gender: Male
Many will always go where only one is needed
| | | Re: Mcnabs Island
<Reply # 30 on 4/28/2007 10:43 PM >
| | | | Yeah, some of the boys I work with played at Fort Ives a couple times. I keep meaning to make my way over there, but I don't really feel like paying some random fisherman to take me over
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.
http://nootz101.blogspot.com |
|
N250cc
location:
Halifax, NS
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Mcnabs Island
<Reply # 31 on 5/5/2007 12:11 AM >
| | | | Posted by nootz
Yeah, some of the boys I work with played at Fort Ives a couple times. I keep meaning to make my way over there, but I don't really feel like paying some random fisherman to take me over
|
Haha, I think he charges $5.00 round trip. He also picks you up and drops you off when ever you want, I think thats a sweet deal man. He's a pretty nice guy too.
|
|
tribeachpunk
  
location:
Halifax, NS
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Mcnabs Island
<Reply # 32 on 5/5/2007 12:52 AM >
| | | | Posted by N250cc
Haha, I think he charges $5.00 round trip. He also picks you up and drops you off when ever you want, I think thats a sweet deal man. He's a pretty nice guy too.
|
It is definitely more than five dollars. Red Beard does pick ups and drop offs and has a website listed in the location profile in the UE DB, AFAIK.
Halifax UrbEx (Blog) ||| Atlantic Canada Urban Exploration Facebook Group |
|
nootz
location:
Lake Echo, NS
Gender: Male
Many will always go where only one is needed
| | | Re: Mcnabs Island
<Reply # 33 on 5/5/2007 4:53 AM >
| | | | But his website doesnt have any prices on it that I could see
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.
http://nootz101.blogspot.com |
|
darbycrashin
Noble Donor
location:
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Gender: Female
| | Re: Mcnabs Island
<Reply # 34 on 5/5/2007 7:06 PM >
| | | | what's the deal with these paintball teams? are they cleaning up the mess they would make on the forts?
Flickr http://flickr.com/photos/klandry |
|
Urbandweller
location:
Halifax, NS
Gender: Male
| | | | Re: Mcnabs Island
<Reply # 35 on 5/5/2007 11:10 PM >
| | | | I hope they are. These are national historic sites.
|
|
nootz
location:
Lake Echo, NS
Gender: Male
Many will always go where only one is needed
| | | Re: Mcnabs Island
<Reply # 36 on 5/6/2007 1:26 AM >
| | | | Usually rain washes everything away, cause the paint is water-based, but I don't want to haul my paintball equipment over there to play, I know plenty of places to play that aren't on Historic Properties. I am, on the other hand, going over there to shoot a short film in the near future.
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.
http://nootz101.blogspot.com |
|
nootz
location:
Lake Echo, NS
Gender: Male
Many will always go where only one is needed
| | | Re: Mcnabs Island
<Reply # 37 on 5/6/2007 3:53 AM >
| | | | Posted by N250cc
Haha, I think he charges $5.00 round trip. He also picks you up and drops you off when ever you want, I think thats a sweet deal man. He's a pretty nice guy too.
|
Ok, I found the prices page, and it's $10.00 for Adults; $8.00 for Children/Seniors
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.
http://nootz101.blogspot.com |
|
Recoil
location:
Halifax, NS
Gender: Male
| | Re: Mcnabs Island
<Reply # 38 on 5/6/2007 6:02 PM >
| | | | Posted by nootz
Ok, I found the prices page, and it's $10.00 for Adults; $8.00 for Children/Seniors
|
That's pretty reasonable, I'd really like to head over at some point.
|
|
hfx_chris
location:
Dartmouth, NS
Gender: Male
| | Re: Mcnabs Island
<Reply # 39 on 5/7/2007 3:46 AM >
| | | | We should all plan some sort of weekend UE McNab's excursion.
I've been trying to convince some friends of mine to go camping on McNab's again, but they seem less than impressed with my idea.
|
|
Powered by AvBoard AvBoard version 1.5 alpha
Page Generated In: 109 ms
|
|
Ethics