KITSAULT

NAME: Kitsault
COUNTY: Alice Arm
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 1
CLIMATE: heavy snow in winter, warm summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT: summer
COMMENTS: one resident - a full-time caretaker
REMAINS: complete town still standing
Kitsault was built in the 1970's for employees of a magnesium mine. There were several thousand residents. After only one and a half years, the mine proved to be unprofitable and was shut down. The town was abandoned. Today, there is still a complete, but vacant town. There are modern subdivisions with paved streets and curbs, apartment buildings, a community center, a recreation center and a hospital. Kitsault is a modern day ghosttown. Most of the visitors are bears! Submitted by: Robby McHenry

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