Moreover, why did Ocean Falls close?

The Ocean Falls pulp and paper mill was a very large and complex production facility and modernization costs were prohibitive. By the early 1970s, the facility was inefficient and uneconomical. The owner at that time, Crown Zellerbach, decided to close the plant and effectively shut down the town by March 1973.

Additionally, are parts of Vancouver Island uninhabited? When people first hear about Vancouver Island, they tend to picture a small, uninhabited area with beaches and not much else. In reality, Vancouver Island is a large, populated Island with incredible diversity, wildlife and things to see, explore and do.

Simply so, when was Ocean Falls abandoned?

Once a flourishing pulp mill town, since 1909, the closure of the mill in 1981 left the town of Ocean Falls virtually abandoned, with only a small community of residents continuing to live in Martin Valley, a mile down the inlet from the old town site.

Who bought kitsault?

In 2005, Virginia-based Indo-Canadian businessman Krishnan Suthanthiran bought the town for just under $6 million dollars and renamed the community Chandra Krishnan Kitsault, after his deceased mother.