The film First Blood was primarily shot in British Columbia, Canada. The main town used for filming was Hope, British Columbia, chosen for its quaint charm and fitting the film’s setting of Hope, Washington. Other key filming locations included Pitt Lake, Golden Ears Provincial Park, Port Coquitlam, North Vancouver, and the Fraser Valley region. Specific scenes such as the forest sequences were filmed around Minnekhada Regional Park and Golden Ears Park, while town scenes were shot in Hope and nearby areas like Coquihalla Canyon Provincial Park (Chapman Gorge in the film)
. Hope, BC, served as the stand-in for the fictional Hope, Washington, and the town embraced the production, even hosting a casting call that attracted hundreds of locals. Some sets like the police station and garage were built specifically for the film and later destroyed during filming
. In summary, First Blood was filmed across multiple locations in British Columbia, with Hope being the central town location complemented by various natural and provincial parks to depict the film’s rugged outdoor scenes
