Residential Police Box

Sign posting for Beikeng Police Post
北坑溪古道由觀霧入山14.6公里處所設立的北坑駐在所指標

The Beikeng Police Post, in Tai’an Township of Miaoli County, was established in 1923. It is located on the 14.6 km point of the Beikeng Creek Historic Trail and is about 1,640 meters above sea level. The traditional Atayal name for the place is Simayen, which means floor-like lawn.

The Beikeng Police Post was originally the administrative center of the Beikeng Creek Historic Trail. There was an education center, Wude Hall, medical facility, places for trades, guns and ammunition depot and so on, of which the buildings still remain on the trail today.

Around 2003, Xuepa National Park renovated the historic trail section from Guanwu to Erbensong, but due to natural disasters, the entire section was still difficult to pass through and was abandoned. Only a few parts of the trail remain.

 

Beikeng Police Post
北坑駐在所遺址上的木造工寮,刻畫著到此一遊印記

The Beikeng Police Post, in Tai’an Township of Miaoli County, was established in 1923. It is located on the 14.6 km point of the Beikeng Creek Historic Trail and is about 1,640 meters above sea level. The traditional Atayal name for the place is Simayen, which means floor-like lawn.

The Beikeng Police Post was originally the administrative center of the Beikeng Creek Historic Trail. There was an education center, Wude Hall, medical facility, places for trades, guns and ammunition depot and so on, of which the buildings still remain on the trail today.

To get theret, enter from the Simaxian Forest Road in the Xuejian Recreation Area, climb up the Simaxian Forest Road to an altitude of about 2,000 meters, and then descend about 360 meters to arrive at the station.

 

Beikeng Police Post (Front)
Tayal,泰雅族,理蕃設施,駐在所

The Beikeng Police Post, in Tai’an Township of Miaoli County, was established in 1923. It is located on the 14.6 km point of the Beikeng Creek Historic Trail and is about 1,640 meters above sea level. The traditional Atayal name for the place is Simayen, which means floor-like lawn.

The Beikeng Police Post was originally the administrative center of the Beikeng Creek Historic Trail. There was an education center, Wude Hall, medical facility, places for trades, guns and ammunition depot and so on, of which the buildings still remain on the trail today.

To get there, enter from the Simaxian Forest Road in the Xuejian Recreation Area, climb up the Simaxian Forest Road to an altitude of about 2,000 meters, and then descend about 360 meters to arrive at the station.

 

Beikeng Police Post (Side)
北坑駐在所遺址上的木造工寮,為戰後林務局所設置的

The Beikeng Police Post, in Tai’an Township of Miaoli County, was established in 1923. It is located on the 14.6 km point of the Beikeng Creek Historic Trail and is about 1,640 meters above sea level. The traditional Atayal name for the place is Simayen, which means floor-like lawn.

The Beikeng Police Post was originally the administrative center of the Beikeng Creek Historic Trail. There was an education center, Wude Hall, medical facility, places for trades, guns and ammunition depot and so on, of which the buildings still remain on the trail today.

To get there, enter from the Simaxian Forest Road in the Xuejian Recreation Area, climb up the Simaxian Forest Road to an altitude of about 2,000 meters, and then descend about 360 meters to arrive at the station.

Wantian Battery Entrance
丸田砲臺步道的入口處

The Wantian Battery Trail entrance, in Tai’an Township of Miaoli County, is located on the 15 km point of Simaxian Forest Road and is about 1,310 meters above sea level. The trail was set up to monitor the northern Atayal group during the Japanese occupation. The battery was erected on the ridge line or high point of the mountain overlooking tribal villages in order to intimidate indigenous people.

In the early days of Japanese rule, the Governor of Taiwan, Sakuma Samata organized a large-scale crusade to manage the indigenes. In 1911, he suppressed the northern group of Atayal tribe with superior force. Police Officer, Maruda Kiyoshi, was killed during this fight and therefore, the battery was named after him. Today, the remains of the Wantian Battery are hidden in the forest of Cryptomeria.

 

Hongxiang Village
設立於1958年的紅香真耶穌教會

The Hongxiang Hamlet is located in the foothills of Baigu Dashan in Ren’ai Township, Nantou County. It is 1,170 meters above sea level. The traditional Atayal name of the hamlet is Makanaji. The land is flat and fertile, and most of them have been converted into paddy fields.

In the early days of the Japanese occupation, the tribesmen first moved to the upper reaches of the Makanaji Stream and took refuge when the Government-General in Taiwan sent military police into the hamlet. However, they were forced to relocate to a spot 1.3 km north of the former site of Maisiduobang for better monitoring and management by the Japanese. Later in 1923, they moved to the current location due to the barren land.

Entrace of the former Zhongling Police Post
中嶺警官駐在所入口處的兩根橫木

The Zhongling Police Post, located in Datong Township of Yilan County, was established in 1935 and abolished after the war. The ruins of the police station can be reached by a 3-hour walk starting from the Hapen camp. Then cross the saddle between Mount Zhongling and Mount Hongchai. Alternatively, start from the end of the Lunpi industrial road and it will take around 50 minutes on foot to reach the site.

Today, there are still two horizontal logs and a row of stones, as well as cement foundations and buildings at the former site of the Zhongling police station entrance, but they are all covered in weed roots.

 

Zhongling Police Post
中嶺警官駐在所遺址上的水泥地基

The Zhongling Police Post, located in Datong Township of Yilan County, was established in 1935 and abolished after the war. The ruins of the police post can be reached by a 3-hour walk starting from the Hapen Camp, then crossing the saddle between Mout Zhongling and Mount Hongchai. Alternatively, start from the end of the Lunpi industrial road and it will take around 50 minutes on foot to reach the site.

Today, there are still some concrete foundations and buildings on the ruins of the Zhongling police post, but they have been covered by tree roots and weeds.

 

Hapen Police Post
位在哈盆營地後方平臺上的哈盆警官駐在所遺址

The Hapen Police Post, located in Wulai District of New Taipei City, was originally an abolished Aiyong Supervision Office on the Aiyong Boundary between Shenken and Yilan. However, during the Japanese pccupation, the Government-General in Taiwan changed it to a police post in 1931 in order to force the Atayal people of the Kaowan group in the Taoyuan area to relocate collectively.

Today, the site where the police post once stood is located on the rear platform of the Hapen camp. There are piles of stone remaining on the ground, but have been covered by weed and bamboo forests. It takes about 4 hours to walk from the entrance of the Kalamoji Trail.

 

Kalamoji Police Station
雨量計所在平臺即為卡拉模基警官駐在所遺址

The Kalamoji Police Post is located on the 3.5 km point of the Hapen Historic Trail in Wulai District, New Taipei City. It is the first police post to arrive after walking from the trail entrance. 

The station was an abolished Aiyong Supervision Office during the Japanese occupation. However, to force the Atayal tribe from the Kaowan group in the Taoyuan area to relocate, the Government-General in Taiwan changed it to a police post in 1931.

Today, the Bureau of Meteorology has set up a rain gauge platform on the former site of the Kalamoji police post.