However, in 1982 the price of molybdenum plummeted and forced the mine to close, which inevitably resulted in the removal of the town’s residents when the town became too pricey to maintain. For years, the only inhabitants of Kitsault were the caretaker and his wife.
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gigantes 11 year s ago
take me back, 1980's, take me back! why did i ever get sucked in to the craptastic 90's and 2000's?
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jamiejowhite 10 year s ago
The telephone book says 1977. You overstepped the mark with 1980. You did not get stuck here. You were advanced here. Since then you took several craps on the way.
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jordan.zwicker.5 10 year s ago
your worried about water in the pool? how about why are the lights on, that means this place has power!?
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john.bell.961993 10 year s ago
An interesting sidebar for you, the electricity was supplied by the mine; there were no power meters fitted in any of the houses
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Mr. Ree 11 year s ago
It hasn't been deserted. The lawns are still being cut, the parking lots maintained, the swimming pool has CLEAR water in it, etc.
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david.warner.5623 11 year s ago
would rather live there with the bears than in UK with all the sharks !
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dianegillis24 10 year s ago
My Ex spent some of his childhood here along side his siblings as his Dad was the man who was hired to maintain Kitsult. I have seen pictures of them with a large halibut dragged on shore and heard stories of fishing along side of bears in the local stream. I was brought here 14 years ago and it was such weird site to see a beautiful town with no people. Hope the new owner does something with it.
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shayna.glover.77 10 year s ago
I would love to move here in a heart beat! Looks like a really nice place to live :-)
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chad.graham1 10 year s ago
Almost all of those photos are mine and we're used without permission. You can check out my full set on Flickr. www.flickr.com/zpaperboyz then go to the Kitsault album.
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JrCanuckFan 10 year s ago
Thank you chad.graham1 for the photos! I was there just after the town was created and it looks just the same as I remember.
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martina.branning 10 year s ago
I would so love to live here. Get out of this over gadgeted society. If this place ever opens to the public to live in Im there!!Great place to raise a child, away from the techy now a days.
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john.bell.961993 10 year s ago
It was a brilliant little town full of some really quality mining people. The winters were cold and daylight was in short supply, the summers were brilliant with plenty of hunting fishing and rambling adventures. When there was a party on at the Rec Center, the whole town turned up from the mine manager to the newest labourer, everybody came. The friends we made there will last a lifetime. I'd move back in a heartbeat.
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