Thank you,Are you still in Canada 11/1/18? Crazy you still have leaves on the trees....Yes that is a shame they let go like that.So much work,Money just trashed..Thank you Safe travels.73s
@@MobileInstinct No problem,,I was like,OK what are the weather controllers doing in Canada.lol...You do such a fantastic job and Thank you..Wagon Ruts in Granite in Nebraska? Maybe...Safe travels..BTW if you are driving in WY ,Get a state road map,one of the most historic Maps out all the other 49 states,Remarkable Indian events.73s
Are you ever super skittish walking into some of these places? I realize this is remote, but I could just see some crackhead squatter freaking out on you in a more urban setting.
Wow that was amazing!! The ceiling in that first building was amazing! Now come on Chris, we all know it was the sixties that started the UFO frenzy!! ha ha !! Maybe that is why it was torn down!! ha ha The graffiti actually looks good here, must be because it is Canada! Great editing too!
Great Video, I worked there from March 1993 to July 1995. Teleglobe hired me and three others in 1993 because this site was supposed to be the landing point of a new modern Fibre Optic Cable from Europe. Sadly to get the signals out of Mill Village, the main route would be directly towards Bridgewater, the 2nd route down towards Yarmouth, Digby, etc and both routes would head to Montreal. The Yarmouth Route added costs so the new cable from Europe was not landed here, it landed outside Halifax in Pennant Point. This site stayed operating until the summer of 1995. Teleglobe was good to the employees, everyone was either transferred to another office or offered a very generous retirement package. Teleglobe kept the site for a few years and then realized it was more of a liability. A few of us from Lunenburg County hoped it would become part of Teleglobe's proposed Odyssey Hand Held Phone System that was to compete with Motorola's Iridium System, it did not. In order to get out of paying all the taxes and upkeep, Teleglobe supposedly sold it and all the land for about $100,000. This was the rumour. A junk dealer out of Yarmouth bought it and basically destroyed in from this point forward. Anything with copper or aluminum was just pulled out, sometimes with tractors or bulldozers. There are two components to Satellite Communications, the radio frequencies and the baseband multiplexing. In the 60s, it was thought that the radio portion had to be kept isolated from the baseband so the Antennas were physically separated from the baseband. So the ballon antenna on the south side (MV1) and the other antenna on the opposite side MV2 were kept a fair distance form the main complex. In 1985 a new antenna ( MV4) was built directly next to the main complex as technology improved to eliminate any interference between the radio frequencies and the baseband multiplexing. In your video, the entire main building is gone, the centre cement structure was the base of MV4. Also, at MV2, North Side, you commented about the thickness of the cement, There was a story that during construction there was a fire in the base and the Engineers were worried that the cement integrity was compromised so they added more cement to make certain that the 100 foot antenna could be mounted on that base. By 1991, Fibre optics completely made this facility obsolete. If I remember correctly this site passed about 12 trunks of 45Mb/sec in 1993. ( 12 x 45,000,000 = 0.54G ) If you have Bell Aliant Fibre Op, you have more data coming into your house as of 2019.
Great info..and you are correct. I live 20 min away. The contractor hired to demolish this place. Just did what he needed to do to get anything of value and left a mess. In the later years others went and lit fires to try and burn casings off remaining wire that was left. The fire dept had a few calls there. The place is a mess and I suspect sometime soon it will be completely cleaned up. As you well saw.. its actually a place with a lot of hazards. The poster missed the spot were an underground tunnel is. I have seen the entry but I know others have actually entered it. Not I..lol.... Also one other neat fact. There is an underground/sea cable that actually runs to Bermuda from there.Its only capable of analog signals and when digital came along. That was also rendered useless.
I love watching your videos. It's interesting seeing the sights through your eyes. You are always so respectful of the history of places in your travels.
I always wonder what goes on in the mind of someone who chooses to make their form of art in isolated, abandoned places where few will see it. Thanks for the great tour, Chris. Blessings!
Fascinating video, especially to someone like me who helped to build and maintain microwave radio links back in the 80s. 0:35 The map at this point implies that Teleglobe may have been one of the first earth stations to receive signals from geosynchronous satellites orbiting at or near the equator. The first few geosynchronous birds went up about the time that Teleglobe was built and would required large paraboloid (dish) antennas and some way of moving the antennas as the birds moved around in the sky. I agree with you. It's fascinating to wander about those buildings, yet, on the other hand, sad that they couldn't have been preserved as a significant historical monument. The early 60s were the time when humanity was on the cusp of worldwide broadcasting via satellites. The little Dish TV or Direct TV antennas that adorn countless rooftops point at the children of these early satellites, geostationary satellites. For what it's worth, I think I'm noticing a few remnants of the microwave technology as you wander about those buildings. The curved boxy things that I'm seeing remind me of wave guides which were devices that coupled the energy from an antenna to a receiver. Thanks.
Thank you for educating us Canadians about a forgotten piece of our history - and showing us deep inside your country too! I learn a great deal from your posts.
My father worked here for most of my childhood. We have fond memories of the place when it was in full operation. Such a missed opportunity that the place wasn't preserved in some capacity. Thanks for the video!
You should try to explore some of the old microwave radio relay towers built in the US in the 50's. Big random concrete towers in the middle of nowhere. There's one near Collins, Iowa.
We were just there today. Had no idea this place even existed. We just stumbled upon it. We took pictures and video as well. A lot of the taggers are amazing artists. Loved the bright colours they used. It is ashame they didn't make it into a museum. So much history is lost, especially since there was only a handful of these stations around the world.
Well captured. My guess on the wall removal on the main building would probably to get whatever cooling unit that was inside out. That much equipment would have needed extensive cooling and in those days, those units were not cheap like today. As for the satellite base, there would have been a satellite base/positioner inside. Would make sense to salvage that and relocated it to another site. So you are absolutely correct on your guessed, take out the wall to get the stuff out.
Hi, the main building that contained the chillers was torn down long before this video was shot. The cement base you see was the base of the #4 antenna and the other #2 . Those antennas were 33 meters wide. #4 antenna was a wheel and track design and by the time the site was turned off in 1995, newer sites only needed 18m antennas so all the tracking equipment was basically obsolete. What was under #4 was all kinds of copper wires, the HPAs, (high power amps) needed lots of electricity to amplify the TX signal, so those units were mounted under the #4 antenna. As far the base of old #2, the cone shaped piece. I can't remember what was in there, that antenna was built in 1968 and we only used it for the odd backup TV news feed when I arrived in 1993. There was an small elevator that could take about 4 men up, maybe it had some importance and value. The persons who bought it first, had big machines in there, it was cheaper to destroy walls and rip out copper wires. That was their method of re-couping their original purchase price of the facility. They went for the copper and aluminum first.
Painful to look at. My dad worked there, I toured it a couple of times as a kid in the '70's. Hard to believe that neither the provincial or federal government didn't have the foresight to step in and preserve this piece of history.
Hi, it was built by the Fed Gov under the name Canadian Overseas Telecommunications Company, then sold off to private enterprise and operated under the name Teleglobe. It was made obsolete by Fiber Optics and closed down in 1995 and later sold to a man in Yarmouth who destroyed it by selling off every piece of wire and metal he could.
Wow thank you for sharing this! Here I am 30 minutes from that location, and a year plus since you've made the video, and I think "what the heck??" This is like much of our history - Hidden In Plain Sight - Very interesting tour thank you and what a mess of debris! I am thankful that this has been brought to my attention by you! Cheers!
Not so close but I was born in Quebec City. And now live in Ottawa, Ontario. I never heard of it and I was in my tweens when it was built. Should of thought they would teach us in school. Thanks for the info. Great video! Super!
When I see a place like this .... all I see is wasted resources. It's just the way my brain works I guess. Very nice video and history. I don't know how you get the old films and pictures ... but I'm glad you do .... Takes the video to the next level.
Had a high school friend whose dad worked there. We saw the Larry Holmes /Trevor Berbick fight at the Station on the Satellite TV in April 1981 with the Habs Oilers playoff game on another TV. Pretty cool!
Man I love your work. One little remark though: If you could open every video (or segment in a video when covering more then one place) with a map showing its location and indicating its proximity to known places, it would be awesome.
My Dad, Everett Rafuse, was the contractor on all, or part, of this building. He took me through part of it when I was a teenager. It's a shame that this area was abandoned....a great history lesson.
not abandoned. Teleglobe sold it as it was completely obsolete by 1995. The next buyer was a scrap dealer. He sold off anything of value and then walked away leaving the place all smashed up.
@@glenveinot2885 Seriously? So nothing standing? That's truly sad, it's history for crying out loud. An effort should have been made to turn it into a museum, tourism thrives on NS south shore. I'm glad I went and saw it 3 years ago.
Hey you should come over here to Thunder Bay and Nipigon Ontario a lot of history here, largest abandoned Silver mine in Canada Silver Islet, a hike around Sleeping Giant park, Ouimet Canyon, The Nipigon river and the new bridge they're building one that is vital to connecting Eastern and Western Canada, Terry Fox monument, and so much more that I can't begin to list...great video by the way!
i swear i saw your rig off 495 in bellingham, ma going from a wallyworld across to a whole lotta foods strip mall well anywho great travels and like the drone footage
A Great find and video! I remember learning about this new system/technology during High School. Such a shame really... pioneering technological sites are just discarded like yesterdays trash. Now all we have is a scar on such a beautiful landscape. Thanks for sharing!
I know you posted this some time ago but… If you’re referring to the one in Shelburne, my grandfather was RCN and part of secret operations there in the 60’s.
There were several stations like that in Scotland as well as some servicing the space agencies, undersea telecoms cables and television broadcasting as well as spy plane sites, all were demolished and the rubble completely removed with very little remaining to the untrained eye. Some sites are still forbidden 25 years after they closed
Hope everyone had a great Halloween. Enjoy this exploration of the Teleglobe Earth Satellite Station!
Thank you,Are you still in Canada 11/1/18? Crazy you still have leaves on the trees....Yes that is a shame they let go like that.So much work,Money just trashed..Thank you Safe travels.73s
@@dezertraider This is from a couple weeks ago. A little behind on editing.
@@MobileInstinct No problem,,I was like,OK what are the weather controllers doing in Canada.lol...You do such a fantastic job and Thank you..Wagon Ruts in Granite in Nebraska? Maybe...Safe travels..BTW if you are driving in WY ,Get a state road map,one of the most historic Maps out all the other 49 states,Remarkable Indian events.73s
Are you ever super skittish walking into some of these places? I realize this is remote, but I could just see some crackhead squatter freaking out on you in a more urban setting.
Wow that was amazing!! The ceiling in that first building was amazing! Now come on Chris, we all know it was the sixties that started the UFO frenzy!! ha ha !! Maybe that is why it was torn down!! ha ha The graffiti actually looks good here, must be because it is Canada! Great editing too!
Great Video, I worked there from March 1993 to July 1995. Teleglobe hired me and three others in 1993 because this site was supposed to be the landing point of a new modern Fibre Optic Cable from Europe. Sadly to get the signals out of Mill Village, the main route would be directly towards Bridgewater, the 2nd route down towards Yarmouth, Digby, etc and both routes would head to Montreal. The Yarmouth Route added costs so the new cable from Europe was not landed here, it landed outside Halifax in Pennant Point. This site stayed operating until the summer of 1995. Teleglobe was good to the employees, everyone was either transferred to another office or offered a very generous retirement package. Teleglobe kept the site for a few years and then realized it was more of a liability. A few of us from Lunenburg County hoped it would become part of Teleglobe's proposed Odyssey Hand Held Phone System that was to compete with Motorola's Iridium System, it did not. In order to get out of paying all the taxes and upkeep, Teleglobe supposedly sold it and all the land for about $100,000. This was the rumour. A junk dealer out of Yarmouth bought it and basically destroyed in from this point forward. Anything with copper or aluminum was just pulled out, sometimes with tractors or bulldozers. There are two components to Satellite Communications, the radio frequencies and the baseband multiplexing. In the 60s, it was thought that the radio portion had to be kept isolated from the baseband so the Antennas were physically separated from the baseband. So the ballon antenna on the south side (MV1) and the other antenna on the opposite side MV2 were kept a fair distance form the main complex. In 1985 a new antenna ( MV4) was built directly next to the main complex as technology improved to eliminate any interference between the radio frequencies and the baseband multiplexing. In your video, the entire main building is gone, the centre cement structure was the base of MV4. Also, at MV2, North Side, you commented about the thickness of the cement, There was a story that during construction there was a fire in the base and the Engineers were worried that the cement integrity was compromised so they added more cement to make certain that the 100 foot antenna could be mounted on that base. By 1991, Fibre optics completely made this facility obsolete. If I remember correctly this site passed about 12 trunks of 45Mb/sec in 1993. ( 12 x 45,000,000 = 0.54G ) If you have Bell Aliant Fibre Op, you have more data coming into your house as of 2019.
Good info, thanks for sharing!
Thank you for that. Good stuff to know.
Great info..and you are correct. I live 20 min away. The contractor hired to demolish this place. Just did what he needed to do to get anything of value and left a mess. In the later years others went and lit fires to try and burn casings off remaining wire that was left. The fire dept had a few calls there. The place is a mess and I suspect sometime soon it will be completely cleaned up. As you well saw.. its actually a place with a lot of hazards. The poster missed the spot were an underground tunnel is. I have seen the entry but I know others have actually entered it. Not I..lol.... Also one other neat fact. There is an underground/sea cable that actually runs to Bermuda from there.Its only capable of analog signals and when digital came along. That was also rendered useless.
@@kennyveinot6020 it is now sold, most of it is being blown up shortly. I was there today
@@glenveinot2885 .. Wow.. I guess I will take one more quick look at it...
I love watching your videos. It's interesting seeing the sights through your eyes. You are always so respectful of the history of places in your travels.
Thanks Gale, I appreciate that
I'm glad you were able to document what is left before all signs were gone. Thanks for taking us along. Blessings to you.
I always wonder what goes on in the mind of someone who chooses to make their form of art in isolated, abandoned places where few will see it. Thanks for the great tour, Chris. Blessings!
Fascinating video, especially to someone like me who helped to build and maintain microwave radio links back in the 80s. 0:35 The map at this point implies that Teleglobe may have been one of the first earth stations to receive signals from geosynchronous satellites orbiting at or near the equator. The first few geosynchronous birds went up about the time that Teleglobe was built and would required large paraboloid (dish) antennas and some way of moving the antennas as the birds moved around in the sky.
I agree with you. It's fascinating to wander about those buildings, yet, on the other hand, sad that they couldn't have been preserved as a significant historical monument. The early 60s were the time when humanity was on the cusp of worldwide broadcasting via satellites. The little Dish TV or Direct TV antennas that adorn countless rooftops point at the children of these early satellites, geostationary satellites.
For what it's worth, I think I'm noticing a few remnants of the microwave technology as you wander about those buildings. The curved boxy things that I'm seeing remind me of wave guides which were devices that coupled the energy from an antenna to a receiver.
Thanks.
Very interesting Bart!
@@MobileInstinct Thanks...
Thank you for the information.
This was really interesting. You put together an awesome video. I loved learning the history of this place. Well done!
Thank you!
I always like to see how nature slowly but surely takes over abandoned places.
Thank you for educating us Canadians about a forgotten piece of our history - and showing us deep inside your country too! I learn a great deal from your posts.
Great camera work, very smooth. Wish everyone did it like this so much easier on the eyes to watch.
Your channel is truly a gem.
Thanks Mark!
My father worked here for most of my childhood. We have fond memories of the place when it was in full operation. Such a missed opportunity that the place wasn't preserved in some capacity. Thanks for the video!
I just want you to know that I am completely and thoroughly enjoying all of your videos, thank you!
I'm thankful for youtube and guys like you who go out to show us these great things of the past.
You should try to explore some of the old microwave radio relay towers built in the US in the 50's. Big random concrete towers in the middle of nowhere. There's one near Collins, Iowa.
Another great video.well done Chris.
Good video. Makes me sad to see stuff that my dad's generation was involved in go away like that.
Wonderful video. Thanks for bring it to us. Love the archive inserts.
We were just there today. Had no idea this place even existed. We just stumbled upon it. We took pictures and video as well.
A lot of the taggers are amazing artists. Loved the bright colours they used.
It is ashame they didn't make it into a museum. So much history is lost, especially since there was only a handful of these stations around the world.
I love the before and after stuff, thankyou!
This is why I love your channel. Stuff like this not only intrigues my curiosity it also satisfies my ignorance on things that I know nothing about.
Been watching your videos for a couple years now and had no idea you visited this location in my home province. Awesome.
Awesome video. I agree with you that it is too bad it was not preserved.
Your videos are so informative. You provide us with oral history, pictures, maps. I am so grateful for all you do. Another great video.
Well captured. My guess on the wall removal on the main building would probably to get whatever cooling unit that was inside out. That much equipment would have needed extensive cooling and in those days, those units were not cheap like today. As for the satellite base, there would have been a satellite base/positioner inside. Would make sense to salvage that and relocated it to another site. So you are absolutely correct on your guessed, take out the wall to get the stuff out.
Hi, the main building that contained the chillers was torn down long before this video was shot. The cement base you see was the base of the #4 antenna and the other #2 . Those antennas were 33 meters wide. #4 antenna was a wheel and track design and by the time the site was turned off in 1995, newer sites only needed 18m antennas so all the tracking equipment was basically obsolete. What was under #4 was all kinds of copper wires, the HPAs, (high power amps) needed lots of electricity to amplify the TX signal, so those units were mounted under the #4 antenna. As far the base of old #2, the cone shaped piece. I can't remember what was in there, that antenna was built in 1968 and we only used it for the odd backup TV news feed when I arrived in 1993. There was an small elevator that could take about 4 men up, maybe it had some importance and value. The persons who bought it first, had big machines in there, it was cheaper to destroy walls and rip out copper wires. That was their method of re-couping their original purchase price of the facility. They went for the copper and aluminum first.
The scenery is absolutely beautiful. Well that's Canada. So beautiful!
Thought I heard music in the background, but I believe it's your heartbeat! lol
Fascinating! Great historic footage added. Your right it should've been preserved.
Love the combination of gimbal and drone shots. Really gives an "all around" perspective.
You really know how to find places that no one has videoed before. Great job, and thank you.
That was fun. Another process they used to transmit TV was Telecine, virtually shooting a camera at a TV to distribute the signal.
I just realized the process was called Kinescope. Telecine was a film to video process.
How fascinating. There's so much once state of the art sites like this abandoned and in ruin. Victims of progress I suppose!
Cool explore, I love the before and after pictures...
Another incredible video. Thanks.
Painful to look at. My dad worked there, I toured it a couple of times as a kid in the '70's. Hard to believe that neither the provincial or federal government didn't have the foresight to step in and preserve this piece of history.
Bro. Look at the roads. Look at the poverty around. Bigger things man. Bigger things.
Hi, it was built by the Fed Gov under the name Canadian Overseas Telecommunications Company, then sold off to private enterprise and operated under the name Teleglobe. It was made obsolete by Fiber Optics and closed down in 1995 and later sold to a man in Yarmouth who destroyed it by selling off every piece of wire and metal he could.
Wow thank you for sharing this! Here I am 30 minutes from that location, and a year plus since you've made the video, and I think "what the heck??" This is like much of our history - Hidden In Plain Sight - Very interesting tour thank you and what a mess of debris! I am thankful that this has been brought to my attention by you! Cheers!
Awesome video! I live in Nova Scotia and have never heard of this place
Not so close but I was born in Quebec City. And now live in Ottawa, Ontario. I never heard of it and I was in my tweens when it was built. Should of thought they would teach us in school. Thanks for the info. Great video! Super!
This is fantastic man! Your videos are very informative and freaking amazing. Thank you for the hard work you do man.
Thanks Marcel
Just discovered you today, idk how you aren't huge! Your knowledge is amazing.
I enjoyed the video and the editing where you showed footage and pictures from the original site as it was.
When I see a place like this .... all I see is wasted resources. It's just the way my brain works I guess.
Very nice video and history. I don't know how you get the old films and pictures ... but I'm glad you do .... Takes the video to the next level.
thank you for showing us these incredible places . once in a life time visit .
Great video, thanks for taking us along.
Thanks for showing me some of my own history. The drone footage is a nice touch.
great video, glad you enjoyed it!
Really great video!..I like the old photos to compare with what it looks like now...your videos are always excellent! Thanks
Great footage. The drone shots added a lot too. Good job!
That was pretty cool, worth the explore by the looks of it! Thanks for sharing!
Had a high school friend whose dad worked there. We saw the Larry Holmes /Trevor Berbick fight at the Station on the Satellite TV in April 1981 with the Habs Oilers playoff game on another TV. Pretty cool!
Great video Chris. Thank you for sharing this interesting piece of Maritime history.
Thanks for bring all the great and unusual places. Be careful out there traveling.
Man I love your work. One little remark though: If you could open every video (or segment in a video when covering more then one place) with a map showing its location and indicating its proximity to known places, it would be awesome.
My Dad, Everett Rafuse, was the contractor on all, or part, of this building. He took me through part of it when I was a teenager. It's a shame that this area was abandoned....a great history lesson.
not abandoned. Teleglobe sold it as it was completely obsolete by 1995. The next buyer was a scrap dealer. He sold off anything of value and then walked away leaving the place all smashed up.
@@glenveinot2885 Seriously? So nothing standing? That's truly sad, it's history for crying out loud. An effort should have been made to turn it into a museum, tourism thrives on NS south shore. I'm glad I went and saw it 3 years ago.
I enjoy your videoing skills, smooth and not jerky panning around. :-)
Nice find 👍
I always love the drone shots that you do.
More great work thanks for sharing your explorations. Always interesting.
Great video. Fantastic quality and smoothness. Thank you for using a gimbal!
Woe Interesting.. I love watching your Videos...
Awesome video. A very cool place to explore.
Another awesome video. Thanks for the history. This was great.
Wow just incredible
Fascinating! Hello from Ontario.
I really like your research and the footage!
The research you do and your editing are amazing! Well done!
Thanks Joe, I appreciate that
@@MobileInstinct you doing your don Johnson impression on your thumbnail. Thanks for this very interesting. 🇬🇧👍😁
Thanks for a great explore, I enjoyed it very much!
So awesome!
Hey you should come over here to Thunder Bay and Nipigon Ontario a lot of history here, largest abandoned Silver mine in Canada Silver Islet, a hike around Sleeping Giant park, Ouimet Canyon, The Nipigon river and the new bridge they're building one that is vital to connecting Eastern and Western Canada, Terry Fox monument, and so much more that I can't begin to list...great video by the way!
I definitley want to explore more of Canada
Awesome. Hope you're enjoying your time in Canada
The graffiti looks awesome on those walls. I like the spot perfect for a photoshoot. Thanks for sharing!
Definitley a good spot for photoshoot
Love your stuff. Keep it up
Went there today
i swear i saw your rig off 495 in bellingham, ma going from a wallyworld across to a whole lotta foods strip mall well anywho great travels and like the drone footage
A Great find and video! I remember learning about this new system/technology during High School. Such a shame really... pioneering technological sites are just discarded like yesterdays trash. Now all we have is a scar on such a beautiful landscape. Thanks for sharing!
I agree. Thanks for watching!
Somehow I missed this one! Great job :)
Pretty cool! Reminds me of the abandoned radar base up here in n.s
I know you posted this some time ago but… If you’re referring to the one in Shelburne, my grandfather was RCN and part of secret operations there in the 60’s.
Excellent! That was a well done and interesting video.
You do amazing videos,
Thanks so much
Thanks, that was really good!
Very interesting!!! Pat
Beautiful country.
Incredible!
Great video, thanks for sharing 👊✌
This was so cool
Amazing video, excellent job,
Wow I can think of several things that could be done with that property..😊😁😂🤣
Mother Nature is reclaiming it all.
Slowly but surely.
Thanks very interesting as always .
Thanks for watching Paul
There were several stations like that in Scotland as well as some servicing the space agencies, undersea telecoms cables and television broadcasting as well as spy plane sites, all were demolished and the rubble completely removed with very little remaining to the untrained eye.
Some sites are still forbidden 25 years after they closed
Recall the place operational a popular destination for beavers, cubs and scouts in late 1970s. Sad to see it as rubble.
Good video!
Cool video :)
0:50 "welcome to astro world" such sad memories of when that park shut down.
Very interesting 😊
It's amazing, or a curse how you can do that with a device that you can hold in your hand now. Gold in them there parts.
I am from N.S.,,,,Never heard of the place,,,,,interesting,,,,,,
fascinating
Interesting video. 👍
What a shame Chris this amazing building is left to decay so much history if only those walls could talk the things they could tell us
I would have loved to have seen it back in the day
It's like a yurt!