Bushwhack Adventures 01 - Wooden Road - Unsolved Mysteries of the Pacific Northwest

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Welcome to Bushwhack Adventures.
Unsolved Mysteries of the Pacific Northwest.
Episode One.
The Wooden Road.

Who built it?
Why was it built?
Where does it go?
What was its purpose?
When was it built?

These are all unanswered questions that qualify the mysterious wooden road as an unsolved mystery of the Pacific Northwest.

Bushwhack Adventures first heard about the wooden road in a vague rumour and we set out to find out whether the rumour was true or not. It wasn't easy, but we found it. There's a map outlining the location of this strange wooden roadway at the end of this video.

Is the wooden road the remains of an ancient flume? Used to float shake bolts down the steep mountainside? This is the most popular theory but there doesn't seem to be a suitable water intake at the top of the structure to facilitate this use.

Is it an old logging roadway? This also seems unlikely as the grade of the wooden road approaches forty-five degrees in some places. The structure would not support heavy machinery carrying huge logs either. The wooden road is constructed entirely of Western Red Cedar planks, split by hand from nearby trees. Western Red Cedar is certainly rot-resistant, but structurally it is not the best.

Either way it must have been a major undertaking to build it, requiring many men, a camp, cooks and a large payroll. Something of substantial value must have been up at the top of it to justify the expense of building it.

Another theory is that it leads to the location of Slumach's Lost Gold Mine and that it was used to haul down loads of gold to the shores of Pitt Lake.

The wooden road is over four kilometres in length and eventually ends where an earthen road continues on. We vowed to return one day and follow the earthen road to the final destination that would justify building such a colossal wooden structure.

Some sections of the wooden road have tumbled down and are rotting. Many nearby trees have fallen over the years and smashed parts of it. Other sections appear to be as good as new as you can see from this shot of the underside of it. Nails protrude from the top of the roadway as if to offer a clue to the use of the wooden road. Was something nailed to the surface of the wooden road that was removed when its purpose was completed?

Bushwhack Adventures challenges you to locate the wooden road, follow it to the earthen road, and then follow the earthen road to its final destination. If you are able to do this, please post your findings here on YouTube.

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[curtbarile]

The gold was worth the under taking of this project.... need I say more.

[englishmobster]

wondering if taking quarry rd would get me to the wooden road? could you contact me please, thanks Mike.

[Fortglory]

Great Video! Wish I was in Canada . Cannot wait for someone to find where it leads.

[LasquetiDude]

awesome. would like to see the wooden road.