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Explosives possible at site of future B.C. park


Misc CDN | 206777 hits | May 24 9:20 pm | Posted by: Hyack
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The southern British Columbia community of Vernon is hoping to turn land that the Department of National Defence has used for military training into a nature park. There's just one problem � the DND says the 56-hectare plot might still be littered with ex

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  1. by avatar KorbenDeck
    Tue May 25, 2010 9:01 pm
    Turn it into a park and then post "Enter at own risk" signs all over

  2. by avatar SprCForr Gold Member
    Wed May 26, 2010 2:07 am
    They'll be finding ordnance up there for a while yet. There's pile of it in the lake too.

  3. by avatar PublicAnimalNo9
    Wed May 26, 2010 2:17 am
    8O Damn, I remember when we used to comment about land mines in the park, but we were referring to dog shit.

  4. by avatar SprCForr Gold Member
    Wed May 26, 2010 2:31 am
    Mortar rounds actually. The odd PIAT too.

  5. by avatar PublicAnimalNo9
    Wed May 26, 2010 2:35 am
    Fun stuff 8O

  6. by avatar SprCForr Gold Member
    Wed May 26, 2010 2:44 am
    Yep. The stuff on the surface looks like litter. Nobody would even look twice at it. Up until CFB Chilliwack closed it was a yearly thing for a team to go up to the schools to brief them so they'd keep their eyes open. There was a static display for the mall etc as well. I don't know who would be doing it now.

  7. by avatar PublicAnimalNo9
    Wed May 26, 2010 2:57 am
    Wow, unexploded munitions laying around isn't something that really comes to mind when one thinks "Canada" now is it?

  8. by avatar Guy_Fawkes
    Wed May 26, 2010 9:49 am
    "PublicAnimalNo9" said
    Wow, unexploded munitions laying around isn't something that really comes to mind when one thinks "Canada" now is it?

    It does when you say "Canadian Firing Range" :lol:

    Im sure they will tag a some civilian contractors for this job, and have the military do the inital clean up. It wouldnt be a bad go, stay a week in Vernon and play hide and seek with some UXOs.

  9. by avatar SprCForr Gold Member
    Wed May 26, 2010 3:26 pm
    It would likely be a few months. That shit was spread over a pretty good area.

    Walking through the nap weed, in the hot sun, up and down the hills...

  10. by avatar Guy_Fawkes
    Wed May 26, 2010 5:11 pm
    "SprCForr" said
    It would likely be a few months. That shit was spread over a pretty good area.

    Walking through the nap weed, in the hot sun, up and down the hills...

    Ick, better not get reservists to do it then :wink:

  11. by avatar SprCForr Gold Member
    Wed May 26, 2010 7:17 pm
    Off duty bennies are pretty sweet though. Beaches, babes, bikinis, beers, babes, bikinis, beers and oh yeah, beaches.



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