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Kitsault, Canada’s $50M 1980s ghost town

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Re: Kitsault, Canada’s $50M 1980s ghost town

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Post by rr888 »

cgh wrote: post #67
rr888 wrote: post #43

Looking at the map I only just noticed how small the BC coastline is and how Alaska takes most of it. Looks like it goes back to agreement between England and Russia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Saint_Petersburg_(18... And there were never more than 700 Russians in Alaska. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_America#Sale_of_Alaska...

The Alaska Panhandle (the part of Alaska that extends down the west coast of BC) and the coast of BC are actually roughly equal length (BC's coast is slightly longer, I believe). You are probably looking at a Mercator projection which distorts sizes. Try looking at a more accurate map projection.

Its more that why does the panhandle exist at all, it should all be BC.

Re: Kitsault, Canada’s $50M 1980s ghost town

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Post by rr888 »

slavik81 wrote: post #78
rr888 wrote: post #43

Looking at the map I only just noticed how small the BC coastline is and how Alaska takes most of it. Looks like it goes back to agreement between England and Russia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Saint_Petersburg_(18... And there were never more than 700 Russians in Alaska. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_America#Sale_of_Alaska...

The Alaskan panhandle was the subject of a border dispute between Canada and the United States. The UK adjudicated and it was decided in favour of the US. It was a very unpopular decision in Canada. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_boundary_dispute

Even the Canadian claim left the coast to being part of Alaska, which is why I was surprised at.

Re: Kitsault, Canada’s $50M 1980s ghost town

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Post by ElevenLathe »

StrictDabbler wrote: post #66
InCityDreams wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why the italics on 'closely'?

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Re: Kitsault, Canada’s $50M 1980s ghost town

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Post by bilsbie »

pcthrowaway wrote: post #60
rr888 wrote: post #43

Looking at the map I only just noticed how small the BC coastline is and how Alaska takes most of it. Looks like it goes back to agreement between England and Russia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Saint_Petersburg_(18... And there were never more than 700 Russians in Alaska. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_America#Sale_of_Alaska...

I believe BC has more coastline than every U.S. state other than Alaska, so don't feel too bad about it.

Even Florida?

Re: Kitsault, Canada’s $50M 1980s ghost town

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Post by [deleted] »

cperciva wrote: post #77
olyjohn wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's a common thing that I've noticed when going to Canada. As soon as you cross the border, you see tons of houses built in the 70s and 80s that are sided with stucco. They look so out of place in BC. In Washington, our climate is pretty much the same, but nobody here has stucco houses. I'm curious why so many up in Canada, but not here. They look like they would fit in nicely in Southern California.

Not sure if this applies to houses built in the 70s and 80s, but I've heard that Chinese-Canadians have a strong preference for stucco over other forms of siding because it's perceived as being more durable.

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Re: Kitsault, Canada’s $50M 1980s ghost town

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Post by bonestamp2 »

bilsbie wrote: post #86
pcthrowaway wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I believe BC has more coastline than every U.S. state other than Alaska, so don't feel too bad about it.

Even Florida?

Probably, especially if you consider the coastlines of all the large islands.

Re: Kitsault, Canada’s $50M 1980s ghost town

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Post by bonestamp2 »

nsxwolf wrote: post #51

The house has so many design and decor cues from the house/neighborhood I grew up in in Redmond, WA. I wonder if there's a name for that design movement of orange carpet, wood panelling, wallpaper, linoleum, popcorn ceilings...

That was the late 70s/early 80s in North America, no?
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