I live in lower mainland BC. I'm an artist. as long as I could get internet, I would live there. It's beautiful.

Imagine owning an entire abandoned city and having it all to yourself and friends. That would be so awesome..

I lived in Kitsault when it was closed down. It is a beautiful place.

And here we are in 2016. I'm glad that guy decided to use his fortune to bring a town back to life. Im one of those people who believe that all old things should be preserved or in this case, brought back to life. It makes me want to move to Kitsault now :)

I'd like to see it made into it's own retro-community/escape - put all the 70's/80's stuff to good use!

Would be nice if they didn't completely modernize this place. Keep it as it is and no cell phone towers or internet access. Would be quite a nice haven from all the noise and busyness of our current world.

Hmmm....A nice vacation spot perhaps. I wish this new owner the most success in bringing this place back up. He need to put in an air strip. That drive is a deal killer there. Cheers

1:43 All 70's malls had brown floor tiles. It was all about the earth tones, more plants in planters too in those days.

Unlike Detroit, obviously Kitsault isn't plagued with crime, vandalism, looting and graffiti. Thank goodness for that. I wish the community well on its rebirth.

I am from Toronto and have master degree in chemical engineering. If I am promised a job there, I would not mind going and living there.

I find It a little difficult to believe that a millionaire is claiming that he isn't interested in making any money... I mean cmon lol

I love the idea that this gentleman from Virginia has bought this beautiful little town. What amazing beauty surrounding this. I truly hope this town is really brought back to life.

Good for him. What a score when it comes to land, I agree in making this a tourist destination or a get away community.

Kudos, I am a writer, the place is beautiful, although I am not a fan of the cold, I can see the amazing beauty. I am an avid crafter, love all forms of art. He is doing a wonderful thing, I wish more people would invest in our planet, and relish its landscape. Thank you, enjoyed this verymuch.

One would think Hollywood would have used this town for movies, tv series etc.

Good water pressure? I'm sold! Get me a ticket to Kitsault!

He changed his mind In January of this year, however, Suthanthiran formed Kitsault Energy and began pitching the empty town as an ideal location to build a liquid natural gas plant and pipeline terminal to ship B.C.'s vast natural gas resources to markets in Asia. His original idea for the town sounded great but his new idea on what to turn the town into sounds gross and unapealing.

how are there not people living there i mean it would be free, if i was homeless id sure as hell hit up a ghost town

They should put homeless people in here and teach them to farm.

and no squatters tempted to live there with in all 30 years. wow

I'm proud to be Canadian and still live in Canada.

well preserved after 30 years!

And here in Vancouver people are struggling to find an almost impossible affordable home.

this man bought a whole damn town for 7 million...the house down the street from me is like 3mil...wth

And then there's homeless people in the world without a home etc. This town been abandoned for more then 30 years, with the lights turned on, all houses & apartments in top condition, shops, bank, school, library, a shopping mall & the list goes on. Plus natural beauty all around it, the best water etc... All there without people for more then 30 years. All I can say is, our world are so selfish, this big corporate companies only think about making money that's all! Many people without a home could benefit from this & be secure & happy. Makes me sick :-(

It is almost 2014 I would like to see this town and the progress made!

i can't imagine a community of only artists and scientists both really amazing type of people.

"Sorry, you're being evicted. Someone is moving in 30 years from now."

not even one broken window or graffiti?! that's true middle of nowhere Canada xD

I really really want to go to one of these ghost towns with a couple of my friends and pretend apocalypse happened and we are the only ones left.

I would totally live there! I love solitude - ne stupid neighbours, no loud music, no people in apartment above me.... heaven!

it may be a time travel project. Things from 1980 should be kept as those are and people may come to have the taste of 1980 life. Time Travel motel could be a nice name.

I would love to just explore all of that place. Like some nerdy post-apocalyptic fantasy of mine lol.

thats why we need rich people - with the power of money they start projects like kitsault and bring back live/life into this town. thanks to him

My husband lived here when it opened until it closed. We went there to visit years ago & it's very beautiful 😍

my biggest question is why everything seems to be well kept and also very clean looking, no any single tree or nature wildlife that ruin any of the building?

Turn it into a massive paint ball course!

ahhh that bring back the old memories, i used to live there

there are millions of people who could really benifit from a place like this. Thank you for sharing.

I am soooooo fascinated with abandoned towns that were once lived in! I cant describe it

Seems like an amazing little town. I'd consider living there myself if it ever does get reestablished. I hope it does. No crime, no thugs, no gangs, no stupid riots, no smog, just nature, happy people, fresh air, and a great community.

This is the coolest story. In today's negative world this story is so refreshing!

I wanna live there

This makes me sad. I live in a mining community and we couldn't survive if the mine closed down. I couldnt imagine our town being abandoned... our homes empty... :(

I would throw a huge party and invite a lot of people if the town had the electricity on yet

As an archaeologist, I find this absolutely fascinating.

Well if this election keeps going the way it is I'll be looking to move there if it's completed.

it's so bad that these homes are left and no one's live here the Beauty of the surrounding is so good

I want to go there.

Could someone give me an update on this place.has it been opened yet????

I'd love to visit this place, the scenery looks stunning. The town would be a good movie setting (especially any story set in the 70s/80s).

I am a single mom and would love to move there with my daughter 13, just so she could learn from all the people as the town grows, could you imagine the possibility for your child, would never have enough money ever, but sign me up.🤔🤔

That's a shame, to see so many abandoned dwellings. There's so many poor and homeless people out there, who would give anything to have a nice home / town to live in. Alas, greed and selfishness rule the world, so places like this rot away while those that need it most continue to suffer.

Love it, but it is 2015 now so where is the follow up video.

aw well it's 2016 now, I wonder if it was ever rebuilt again 🤔

I hope he is able to achieve this, what a beautiful place.

Even though I'm from the US, I would love to live here. The houses are my kind of style.

really interesting story love it

In a way, I quite admire someone doing such a constructive job. I'm just amazed that it didn't rot down further than it did. Just look at what happened to Chernobyl in a similar time frame...

Well any updates on this town??? Beautiful place to live. Today's date is November 2 2016 . This video was posted over 4 1/2 years ago.

0:46 IS THAT THE ROAD TO SILENT HILL

so 2015... what happened to it? I googled briefly and I just saw some stuff about a new energy plant but not much about the "utopia" community, are people living there yet?

i think an update on this 4-5 years later would be awesome

So many beautiful homes, just sitting empty. I would love to go explore there

love to live in isolation.....walk outside to take a piss and noone sees you... no drama no noise no problems quiet

There are lost of EMPTY HOUSES all over the world and we had LOTS of HOMELESS People around the Globe

This is more amazing to find a abandon town in the middle of no where and find a town thats been there for 30 years in total

No shortage of abandoned mines and places in BC. There are hundreds of abandoned mines in BC. We have spent the last year exploring hundreds of them.

7 million in cash? And hired his own crew.. how rich is this man?

Why is all the grass mowed?

Aw; looks like a very beautiful town. I'd love to live there. 🌸🌿

Better roads than here in Boston, MA

Latest on Kitsault, BC On January 8th, 2013, Kitsault Resorts announced the plan of establishing an LNG plant, refinery, and export terminal in Kitsault, BC. The proposed facility will provide export of energy products and pipelines will be established for oil, natural gas, and refined petroleum products that will travel to/from Kitsault, BC from Alberta, as well as Northeast and Northwest British Columbia. These products will be shipped to Asia and other high demand markets. This project is estimated to cost $20 to $30 Billion CAD/USD. We will be working with a consortium of energy producers, governments, customers, engineering firms, investors, First Nations, and others to accomplish these goals.

This town was kept in great condition by zombies. You can't see them on camera though because they are very camera shy,....

I could truly enjoy living there in such beauty for the remainder of my life - Imagine waking up each morning to such a view - OMG!

This looks like many of the pop up towns that BC Hydro built while building the larger dams (Peace River/Mica Creek ie). Really odd feeling to watch an entire lil town full of life, emptied and then flooded. Crazy.

It will be a heaven town when there's a zombie apocalypse.

I would LOVE to live there.

Oh neat! I would be happy to visit and check it out!

Would make a good movie set.

OMG a town frozen in the 80s and why are we not living there. LOL

If you need an architect overthere give me a call. This town would be such a peaceful community I´d be moving there in an instant. But leave that cool 70´s interior including the appliances and TV.

This looks like an amazing place to spend the week exploring

I worked their in the early 1970s for BC MOLY,before this new town was even rebuilt,had a great 10 mos often working 16 hour days,Don woods was my boss now long gone.Would like yo visit again,reunion perhaps!

I would honestly love to live there

she said it would be open in 2011 but this was posted in 2012

Fascinating. I'd live there in a heartbeat. I do hope his dream was realized.

so pretty and amazing I wonder why it took them so long to work on opening it sooner

If I become a fully-fledged scientist, I'd love to live here and work with you Sir.

Open by 2011... video posted in 2012. It's now 2014. I wonder if it's open yet.

I don't mind living here....so lovely

Too bad to see that this town is abandoned. It's a nice town! Its also crazy that power is still on. This should be brought back to life.

wow! what an amazing place, i would love the quality of life a pace like this could give my family... my family would really make it home.

Irony, now he wants to install heavy industry in Kitsault because he has lost so much money. He is trying to get a LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) pipeline through the town.

Very interesting article and video which was hopeful in the anticipation that people would return by 2011. We are now at 2016 ... has it grown at all?

I was a carpenter in the mill and also help the millwright. My niece was a life guard at the pool. My brother was a millwright there.

I honestly think its pretty unreal to believe that this man whom owns so many businesses and has so many millions of dollars didn't see the profit of the property. common let's be real. what a coincidence that everything is all of a sudden bringing in profit...

This place would be PERFECCCTTTT for a new movie!! :) Zombies, vampire empire lol something lol

British Columbia, and the inside passage is littered with abandoned towns. Ocean Falls is my favorite one.

I lived here!!! Across the inlet in the ghost town for about 3 months.