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As 'smallest town in Canada' empties out, former residents recall its vibrant past
(www.sasktoday.ca)
As Canada moved away from a resource economy into a Real Estate economy it killed a lot of rural living. Which in turn drove up urban centre prices even more.
Tilt Cove, N.L., was once home to a thriving copper mine that attracted workers and their families from all over Canada. Now the community is home to just four people, all of whom agreed earlier this year to relocate.
The copper mine opened in 1864 and operated intermittently until 1967. In the year before it closed for good, 436 people lived in the community, according to provincial statistics. By 1991, just 17 were left.