[sapper740]

This UC was used on a small island off Schwartz Bay near Victoria, B.C. and was donated in 2008.

Colin Stevens,CD

That's an interesting story about military vehicles being used on a small island for fire fighting and whatever else and not unknown in the archipeligo off the coast of B.C. When I was younger my friends and I dove extensively throughout the San Juans, the Gulf Islands and Howe and Desolation Sounds. One day many years ago we beached our boat on a small privately owned island West of Bowen Island to take a lunch break and was surprised to see a WWII Jeep parked on the shore. We asked around and was told that sometime after the war a group of friends bought the island and transported several jeeps by landing craft for use in hauling supplies to the various houses they were building. I always wondered what happened to those Jeeps, well, your story prompted me to do a search on Google Earth this morning and voila, they're still there, parked down by the beach. You can see them at

49 22' 06.50" N. 123 27' 32.96" W.

My brother in North Vancouver owns a boat, I'm going to see if I can get him to take a run out there and get some pics. I'll post any he takes. Derek.