After doing some research on Internet, I found Oliver Wegner's web site: Rambo town. Oliver is also a 'First blood' huge fan and he went visiting multiple times Hope and the surrounding filming locations. But he reported there were "no official records of the filming crew, this location seems to be missing. Actually nobody still today remembers the lake. There are many many big lakes in British Columbia but anyway we cut those from the list that didn't come in question.. ".
Well, it was not really optimistic but I was not ready to give up so soon ;-P.
In order to find the spot, I watched closely at this opening scene. You can notice there are 2 prominent and most recognizable mountains: Golden Ears peak and the Mount Baker (see contrasted picture below).
InIn fact, this is not a lake. This is the lower Lake Pitt River.
Then these 2 mountains gave me an orientation. And with the help of Google Earth tool and some patience, I could match the topography and isolate the spot.
Latitude 49°19'17.25"N
Longitude 122°40'20.17"W
Following are some capture shots (orientation, topography and aerial view) taken from Google Earth. Fortunately, this area was in high resolution else it would have not been possible to discover the spot.
10 comments:
Patience and hard work are paying off big time! Congrats. Looking forward to see what you will bring back from your next trip there.
great moment for you, right.
and what about somewhere in time (christopher reeve)? would you go there?
Thank you for this!
Hi,
The location of the first scene is a place called "Little Norway". It is located off of Quarry Road in Port Coquitlam BC. There is a large red gate along Quarry Road about five minutes past Minnekhada Regional Park.
I went to the site about 15 years ago while to cabins were still standing but they have since been destroyed by vandals.
Someone recently purchased the property for development.
Amazing Job! SO is that the real location? I think I saw the video you went there and you said you have missed it about 2 miles.
Opening scene set location is wrong. It's actually about a km south of where you posted on the map. Right in the corner of the river. I boat there all the time.
Very cool! This was my great uncles property and I visited many times as a kid. Watching this scene is always a blast down memory lane.
Follow up...just spoke with my dad who gave me the exact location. It’s actually further south of your target. Just below MacIntyre Creek and the power lines. It appears as a new house has been built on the property.
Genio
This message is for anyone willing to assist when I come in 2025 to visit these locations.
I am aware that its now private property however if someone has access to a boat (i.e.Taco) and is willing to take me along the river to see this location I would be very grateful.
Best wishes to all your Rambo fans. Craig from Melbourne Australia
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