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View with Side Frame! Location DB > Canada > British Columbia > Kitsault > Kitsault Ghost Town  Name Kitsault Ghost Town  Viewing Options Log in to activate viewing options  Database Info created by CopySix on 9/8/2005 2:02 PM last modified by CopySix on 3/30/2006 2:46 AM  Viewability Publically Viewable This location has been labeled by its creator as Public, and therefore can be viewed by anyone.  Overview  Description PAGE-HOLDER ONLY - The Kitsault town site consists of over 322 acres on eight titles. It includes approximately 90 houses and duplexes, seven apartment buildings (which contain a combination of over 200 bachelor, one and two bedroom units) over twenty foundations for double wide mobile homes, a shopping centre, two recreation centres, a hospital, a large works yard and a local dock. There is a 22,000 square foot shopping centre that has a grocery store, liquor store, bank, hardware store, restaurant, post office, and other specialty stores. Together, the two recreation centres include a swimming pool, hot tub and whirl pool, locker rooms, gymnasium, a library, curling rink, and even the Maple Leaf pub. The Kitsault General Hospital is equipped with operating equipment, examination room, waiting/reception area and even a suite to house visiting physicians and dentists.  Basic Information Type: Entire Town Status: Abandoned Accessibility: Difficult - VERY remote. Recommendation: worth the trip  Physical Information Address Kitsault, British Columbia Canada Owner: Kitsault Resort Ltd See a map of this location  Hazards  Interesting Features PAGE-HOLDER ONLY - Everything one would expect to find in a town with a population of approximately 2,000 people.  Security Measures Caretaker lives in town  Historical Dates Built: 1979 Closed: 1983  Required Equipment  Recommended Equipment  History 1979: Mining conglomerate Phelps Dodge developes town for mining molybdenum. 1982: Molybdenum prices drop, recession trend, town closed. 2005: Town up for sale. Purchased by Krishnan Suthanthiran For 5.7 million (building cost estimated to be at least $50 million in 1980 dollars)  Media Coverage CBC: http://www.cbc.ca/...itsault040914.html Washington Times: http://washingtont...4-053352-1240r.htm  Future Plans To be re-developed as a resort community: http://www.kitsault.com/ Unknown  Stories Add your own story  Photo Galleries Research Images Thu, Sep 8th, 2005 posted by CopySix 29 pictures   Add your own photos Mark all galleries as Seen  Web Links Discussion forum - interesting - some former residents: http://www.british...y.asp?message=1497  Contribute Edit this Location  Moderator Rating The moderator rating is a neutral rating of the content quality, photography, and coolness of this location. This location has not yet been rated by a moderator.  Validation This location's validation is current. It was last validated by Emperor Wang on 3/30/2006 2:57 AM.  Latest Changes on Mar 30 06 at 2:57, Emperor Wang validated this location on Mar 30 06 at 2:46, CopySix changed the following: Latitude, Longitude, Co-ordinate Accuracy on Mar 30 06 at 0:21, Emperor Wang validated this location on Sep 8 05 at 14:35, CopySix made this location available on Sep 8 05 at 14:35, CopySix updated gallery picture Kitsault Store.JPG on Sep 8 05 at 14:35, CopySix updated gallery picture Kitsault Store1.JPG on Sep 8 05 at 14:34, CopySix updated gallery picture Kitsault Restaurant.JPG on Sep 8 05 at 14:34, CopySix updated gallery picture Kitsault Rec.JPG on Sep 8 05 at 14:34, CopySix updated gallery picture Kitsault Pub.JPG on Sep 8 05 at 14:34, CopySix updated gallery picture Kitsault Pool.JPG  Forum Threads about this Location   Subject Started By Replies Views Last Post Coordinates? Emperor Wang 5 870 1/17/2008 5:10 PM by tijeff Some additional info: maxt 5 1085 11/18/2008 10:19 PM by cereal83  Who's been looking? Click here to see who'se been looking.  Report Problems Is this location inappropriate / broken / missing key info? If it's something you can fix, please scroll up and click the EDIT button. If this location was only posted a few days ago, give the creator time to work on it. Please try sending a message directly to the creator of the location. You'll find that info at the top of this page. Otherwise, ONLY if you've already tried to contact the original creator,: Click here to notify an administrator. All content and images copyright © 2002-2010 UER.CA and respective creators. Graphical Design by Crossfire. To contact webmaster, or click to email with problems or other questions about this site: Avatar-X View Terms of Service | View Privacy Policy This page was generated for you in 109 milliseconds. Since June 23, 2002, a total of 249225592 pages have been generated.