The Vancouver Police Department (VPD) said in a post on X that the devices appear to be Stokes mortars that date back to World War I. An archeologist discovered the first device on Tuesday ...

Again, the devices were safely detonated. The ordnance appeared to be a World War I Stokes Mortar, the department said. Such bombs were made of a steel or iron cylinder, and were used by British ...

The Vancouver Police Department said in a post on X that the devices appear to be Stokes mortars that date back to World War I. An archeologist discovered the first device on Tuesday ...

Three World War I-era mortars were uncovered Wednesday near the Pearson Airfield runway during construction to upgrade the airstrip. Fort Vancouver National Park Superintendent Tracy Fortmann said ...

According to authorities, the weapon could be a Stokes mortar from World War I. Several mortars were found at a Vancouver airfield. (VPD) Several mortars were found at a Vancouver airfield.

The mortars were initially found on Tuesday but ... continually operating airfields in the United States and during WW1, a spruce mill on the site created wood components for military aircraft ...

The explosives found Tuesday, Feb. 25, appear to be mortar shells dating back to World War I, the Vancouver Police Department said in a Feb. 26 news release. They were found during construction at ...

An archaeologist working in the Vancouver area unearthed what looked like an unexploded mortar on Tuesday ... ordinance” that resembled a World War I Stokes mortar. The department’s Mobile ...