5 WEIRD THINGS HIDDEN IN VANCOUVER FORESTS
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
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Feeling your presence in the breeze...gently...through the trees...💖
Being from eastern Ontario, I’ve only been out to Vancouver once. Back in the mid 1970s we bus out to Vancouver on a high school trip. It was great, seeing Stanley Park brought back memories, even if it looks a lot different now. Thank you.
Very cool!
These types of videos are my favorite of yours. I live in Langley and sometimes go to Vancouver just for the hell of it because it's cool. Fun to check out the things you show!
That's awesome!
The beautiful Pacific Northwest is one of those places where my heart dwells. Just being in the forest with you brings back the feeling of peace I recall from years ago. The treasures hidden in the woods were wonderful especially the twig sculptures - wow, fantastic.
Thanks Mike . Once again, you knocked it out of the park and into a magical realm.
🤗 So glad I could bring those memories back for you, Pete. Thanks for watching and the kind words.
you are great. keep it going homey!
I appreciate it!
This was a real surprise. Interesting to see what you can come up with under the current circumstances. I couldn't quite figure out what the first artwork was supposed to be. From your picture of what was once there it looked like large slugs waking up. The snow covered rocks were great. Keep up the surprises.
Teapot Hill is a great hike over a beautiful lake. I lived in metro Vancouver from 1968 to 2010 and then moved to Chilliwack. I have been here for over 11 years now and I am never going back to the big city!
The one thing you didn't mention was that the White Rock pier has been there since 1914 and was destroyed by storm surges in Dec 2018. It has since been rebuilt and that was the pier you were one (the newer one).
Michael, this is FANTASTIC. Thank you for everything! Stay safe and keep on doing what you do!
I grew up in Surrey, 62-72.
Stanley Park was my favorite place to go exploring. My family moved to Las Vegas after this heavenly first 10yrs of my life.
Great work! Some fantastic vids about Vancouver and the surrounding areas that bring out the secrets! A place worth checking out if you have a young family is Redwood Park (17900 20 Ave Surrey). Not only is it an easy place to wander through with all sorts of different trees there are open fields for playing around on (or sky gazing), trails to explore, covered picnic sites and a playground for kids. But the main reason I am suggesting this ties into your 'hidden things' theme. Within the park...a little off the main trail is the Fairy House Village. Dozens and dozens of little houses that have been built and/or decorated by kids and families.
Hey Mike,
Congrats on 100k subs in under a year. You will be over 1/2 mill this time next year, well done my brother.
Your videos never disappoint, always fresh, always entertaining.
Thanks
Thank you so much. I appreciate that! Fingers crossed 🤞
Thanks for this great video, makes me want to go out and explore my own backyard more!
Get out and wandering, Marisa!
Stumbled across one of your train journeys and have been perusing your back catalog. I’m really enjoying all your Lower Mainland videos. Haven’ t been to Vancouver since my grandmother died in the early 90’s. So many places I remember as a kid and such dramatic changes.
Thanks for the positive vibes bro ! We can all use a little good mental health right now !
So true! Thanks so much!
@@DownieLive just finished watching ur videos and I have to say ur doing some great community service by keeping the vibes up and I didn’t knw our beautiful city had so many gems around us ! Thanks for all the tips ! Subscribed ! See u around town !
Well done! I'm sure it is a challenge to come up with content these days, and you always do it with charm and great information. I love your channel.
Thank you, Didi!
Loving these videos! So many new things I want to explore now. I did the Teapot Hike a few years ago- definitely unique!
That's awesome!
i love this channel!! first video and this is so pure and positive and gives so many great ideas for exploring whenever i bring my fam to BC :) thank you Michael!
My pleasure Alyssa! Thanks for the kind comment 😊
Thank you for sharing, I loved the tea pot treasure hunt, what a neat idea!
Unique and very interesting.
If you were in Hope, just a bit further and you could see Hells Gate. I seem to recall it's a cool view over the river with some neat trails. But that's probably more of a warmer weather thing to see.
I just stumbled across your channel and so happy I did. As a fellow Vancouverite born and raised with a love of exploring our backyard, I love seeing where you go!!
Awesome. Thank you and welcome, Angelina.
Imagine walking that path in the dark and seeing Chewbacca staring at you 👀💀
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It is great watching your videos. It allows me to see if the places you visit are accessible for someone using a walker. This week’s video was very interesting. My husband wants to pass on a message that you are very talented with the camera and likes your format.
So nice of you. Thank you so much, Stephanie!
Another great/interesting video Michael. I am so impressed by all that you have been able to find to keep you filming during the lockdown. Can’t wait to see what you come up with this week.
Thanks again, Ron! Yeah, next week will be a few odds and ends of things you didn't know about around Vancouver, I think...
The Richmond Fisherman's Wharf is a great place to visit, especially during the weekend! Boats line up at the dock selling their freshly caught seafood (I believe they close at 3PM). There are some sea lions that also hang around the area! A few minutes walk from the wharf is Garry Point park. It's a nice place for a relaxing walk during sunset!
Oooh yes this would be good. Remember when that little girl got pulled in the water by a sea lion when they got too close? They are fun to watch though. And they have the historical buildings you can peak into. Garry Point when they had the tall ships was a fun outing too.
You make me appreciate me being here more and more. Despite the cost of living, this is an amazing city. Make the most of it and enjoy your time here.
Well said!
18,000+ steps is what keeps you in shape, Michael. Do you think exercise helps with your punning?
All joking aside, your vlogs brings us joy, and when we live in this area, it reminds us we definitely live in a gorgeous part of the world! Thanks Michael!
Yes it does! 😂😂
There is so much to see there! Wow! Thanks for taking us along.
Love your channel Mike. I lived close to Cultis Lake when I lived in Maple Ridge. Look forward to your vlog. Always so full of energy and beauty. Thanks again Mike.
The parks were amazing. Vancouver is on my bucket list. So glad to see your steps..I always wonder how many steps you must take in a day!
Another creative and fun tour! I especially liked the sunset at White Rock Pier. I love sunsets especially on the water. It reminded me about my visit to Victoria in Oct 2018. I took a sea plane out of Seattle. What a fun ride. Victoria is beautiful especially when the downtown gets lit up at night. I wish I had made time to see Vancouver. I took the ferry from Victoria to Port Angeles and spent a few nights at a lodge in Olympic National Park. It was a great experience overall. I met great people on both sides of the border and got to see a beautiful corner of the world.
Cup of tea, a couple of cookies, and a Downielive video. Great way to start my Monday 😀.
It's a lovely park, beautiful tall trees, and an interesting trail
Oh that sounds like a perfect start to the day.
Enjoy the rest of it!
@@DownieLive
Thanks.
I did enjoy the rest of the video. From your videos , I can see that Vancouver is a lovely city. You are really showing the rest of the world how great it would be to visit there 😀
Cheers !
Hey @DowniewLive! We saw you on Feb 7th in Stanley Park around the seawall not far from the Rowing Club. We knew then you were going to put out new awesome content. Great video!
YEAH! Hahaha, thanks for being patient 😄👍🏼
Great stuff. Most don't realize that nature can create the ultimate artwork. I've got to get to Vancouver when the"Great Captivity" is over.
You should!
Thanks Mike...that was a fun vid to watch....relieved that you did not have an 'encounter' with a coyote in Stanley Park...like you I monitor my steps for my walks....cheers
Love your channel, dude. Hoping to move to Vancouver as soon as all this covid mess is under control, so I'm taking notes for all my future exploration from your videos :) thank you and keep them coming!!
Another great and enjoyable video! Even though I've lived here for years I always seem to learn something new from you. Thanks!!
My pleasure, Jamie! Thanks for watching!
This is a pretty cool vlog. I really enjoy watching you explore your home town.
Just started watching your videos the other day mate. Started off with the Caledonian Sleeper video, needless to say, fantastic. Great content mate, extremely well presented and its a treat to watch your videos in lockdown as it lifts my mood, positive vibes man. Keep them coming, all the way from the UK 🇬🇧.
Awesome, thank you! Welcome aboard! And great last name! 😉
@@DownieLive No problem at all mate. Next time you are in the UK, you'll have to visit Birmingham, 2nd largest city in the UK after London where I'm based. Loads of great things to explore and shoot for content, we have the set locations where they film Peaky Blinders, Cadbury World (if you love chocolate), the Custard Factory and loads of canels where barges would pass through in the 1900's delivering trade from London and going up North. Let me know if you need a guide anytime! 👍
I find that when I am viewing your channel it makes me want to go for a trip to Vancouver. I enjoy your passion it gives me the itch to go for a vacation to the Westcoast. Keep the videos coming.
Awesome. You got it, Brandon.
I’ve lived in Chilliwack since 1998 and I still don’t know if the teapots or the trail came first. For anyone not from the southwest corner of BC, Chilliwack is where Cultus Lake is. Approximately 100 kms east of Vancouver. Michael you might want to try Lindeman Lake too.
An amazing 'tour around!' Thank you so much! 😊
Great video. If you do a part 2 there's a massive mastodon sculpture hidden in the forest on Bowen Island. Found it a couple years back.
Lots of fantastic places around Vancouver. Great video. Your creative brain is working overtime.
Definitely. Thanks Frederick!
This video put me in a good mood. That's about the highest compliment I can give.
BAM! Have a great day, Jason!
You deserve it!
Try Geocaching to take you to amazing places all around the world and where you live. There are over 2,000 active geocaches in the Vancouver area.
the big summer blowout killed me hahaha, great content man!
Great video! I wish the Vancouver City Council would have had the website updated with information on which art can still be found and which has disappeared from Stanley Park.
Yeah, that would be helpful. If you find any, let me know! I couldn't find them all.
I really enjoyed this unique tour of Vancouver gems. Thanks.
So much fun. Thanks again for a wonderful tour of our city ❤
Glad you enjoyed it!
Keep up the great work and videos. Mike I want to Thank You for all that you do.
Thank you, Joe. I appreciate that.
Another winner! I was kinda scared when you went into those rock caves. Keep them coming and I will keep on watching!😁 Have a great week!!
😬😄😊 thanks Holly!
loved the video- the editing, the humour, the visuals & the content✨🆒
So glad!
I came upon that water bridge thing & polar bear exhibit on my aimless walk back in 2019 & i thought I was transported to England.
Love Your Channel!!! I started exploring more of Vancouver and the Fraser Valley myself after finding your channel and I have to say thank you :)
Awesome! Thank you! Enjoy!
We watch you all the time!! love your videos love your energy and
love your family!!
You're the best!
Dam mike you nailed it again !!
There's no stopping you !!
Awesome video! I know it's getting harder but keep up the great job !!
Thanks so much, Shawn! Trying to get another video out for next week. Fingers crossed if it's on time.
That's cool, the one thing i managed to do last year was explore all the nearby green spaces, no art hiding in them though, but was reason to get up and got me outside for a few hours. Longing for the days when freedom is back again and i can go further away.
Thank you so much Mickael!! Great video and great ideas!!!
You're so welcome!
You love the trees...you stand above the world and the Wind beneath your Wings...💖
I wish you a beautyful weekend! 😊👍 💓
Great find! I used to live in Vancouver and my suggestion is to go try some of the crazy flavours at La Casa Gelato . They're in the Guinness World Record Book.
I LOVE Casa Gelato! 218 flavours. I should go to try them all sometime 😂
Hi Mike! Thanks for another great video! Always nice to learn about new places to explore near to home! Careful when you're in Stanley Park, the coyotes are biting people! Yikes!
Very true! Be aware.
Your a beast! Wow, the steps you put in and the energy that you have. As always, I love your stuff!!!
Great Homie, getting Vancouver up 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
Awesome hidden gems tour. If you ever get out of Vancouver, I'd love to see the small lakeside mountain town of New Denver, BC, and its Japanese Garden and memorial.
Oh I’ve never heard of that. I’ll have to check it out.
Great video, you're like a one-man Vancouver tourist board!
Hahaha. Thanks
Good energy man. Being in nature is awesome
You got that right!
Thanks Mike! I’m heading out for a walk to see what I can see.
Alright! Tag me on Instagram of you see anything
During my one and only trip to Vancouver, I hiked the Grouse Grind. It was beautiful! You have given me too many reasons to return!
That is awesome!
Awesome content as always. Keep it Up.
This video was awesome! Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching
Great! Thanks fore the treasure hunt. Go see Dartmouth, Nova Scotia this late July. There's lots of history there and Halifax was lively at night pre-covid. Hopefully, the pandemic will slow down a bit there by then.
Sounds great!
How beautiful that's your forest at your corner side, Downie... I love your country, Canada than anythings, greeting from Indonesia... 😍😘😎👌🏻🇨🇦❤️💕
I'm a day late with my comment this week, but good to see you are keeping fit and well and finding ways to share with us some more of your home city given the lockdown conditions you currently experience. Melbourne is out of it's circuit breaker 5 day lockdown but couldn't have come at a worse time for our florist industry (Valentines Day rose trade trashed) and tied me down on my birthday, of all days. Now I recall almost losing the heels of one of my Blundstones while trekking around Stanley Park on the Sunday afternoon of Labor Day Weekend 2018. I was surprised that the only wildlife I encountered were Canada Geese and one solitary black squirrel. I didn't know about the big storm that wrecked parts of the park that you mention in the video. That must have really cleared a lot of the critters out. Sorry to hear that coyotes are going rogue there at the moment - the La Nina weather that your continent is experiencing must be making it hard for them to find food naturally. Now that I'm free to travel outside Melbourne again, I've been using my free public transport pass to do regional day return train trips for country lunches. Hoping your turn to escape (beyond Hope) comes soon. In the meantime, keep up your creativity in showing us more of what Vancouver has to offer beyond the usual tourist haunts. For example, what neighbourhoods have been invaded by friendly raccoons? I recall a mob of them on West 22nd Street when staying with a friend there in October 2018. I'm sure you will come up with some surprises. Cheers from Michael.
Another fantastic Vancouver video!! thank you!
Thanks Jared!
Love your videos bro...can't get enough
Awesome video! Definitely gonna visit some of these with the kids!
Alright! Enjoy!
I felt strangely drawn to Teapot hill. Must be my British love of tea!
That chewie impression is 👌🏽great video Mike 🤙🏼
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Thanks for that great adventure. I was 8 years old when I was Stanley Park . Man it does not look the same. It would be cool to check out the sites at Hope in the summer time. Cheers
Summertime would be a great time to head there and check out the caves.
Superb Video I love it, you're doing a great job. Greetings from Southern Bavaria
I can’t wait to see what comes next week!
I am loving your videos, I lived in Vancouver my whole life and haven't found all these.
Glad you like them!
Thanks for visiting my hometown of Hope! Beautiful town.
My pleasure! Great spot.
Wonderful vlog as always Mike :-)
Thanks again!
That’s awesome! I’m going to move to Vancouver next week so I definitely will check out lots of spots you mentioned.
Awesome, Clara! Welcome!
When I visited Vancouver back in November 2019, I went to few places with my friends. Honestly I loved all the places. It's so beautiful. I'm planning to visit again after the COVID situation get in to control. Hopefully we can meet and have a cup of coffee.
Nice video and very informative and very entertaining and very satisfaction more videos.
You are awesome! Thanks for sharing
You are so welcome! Thanks for the kind words, Keyla!
Thanks for these vids Mike!
My pleasure! Thanks for watching!
Brilliant thanks for your wonderful journey ❤️🇬🇧
Did I just hear "Woohoo big Summer blowout" when you were in the "cave"? It's my notification tone on my phone but my phone is on silent at the moment, so it couldn't have been mine. Hahaha
You heard right! 😉
You are amazing . I always enjoy your each video. 😇
Thank you so much 😀
Absolutely loved it! Thank you!
You're so welcome!
Love it..more power!!
Really weird things in forest and that freaking cool!! !! Wonderful the snow covered rocks and icicles! Fun walk with you! I liked and subscribed! See you..
Awesome! Welcome!
Loved the Twine Art at Stanley's original ..ideas 😛
You have a way of presenting ! Good job Canadian
Stanley Park is incredible and beautiful! Burnaby Park was a park in Vancouver I have never been to, and will put it on the list! Thanks for sharing...
Time to cut the Hair! LOL...
Enjoyed the art scavenger hunt/adventure and the dad jokes!! People just scattered 🫖 that's funny, wow impressive branch art
OMG I had no idea that Stanley Park had been devastated like that! I was living in the SE US in 2006, so I guess it didn't make the news down there.
The art looks fascinating, I'll have to check it out next time I'm out on the left coast