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THE MOVE TO SPARWOOD - The Deadline
As many people
left to create a new life in Sparwood, those who stayed faced
an uncertain future. Kaiser Resources and the provincial
government set a series of deadlines after which demolition
crews would be sent in to tear down those houses and buildings
that could not be transported to Sparwood.
The last
few resilient occupants who refused to leave their
residences faced the ultimate prospect of having all of
their water and electricity cut off. By 1971, only a small
handful of people lived in the area.
In 1978, with the demolition of the once impressive
cobble-stoned Michel-Natal School, the twin communities
became nothing more than a few abandoned buildings.
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