The locality of Alice Arm and the Nisga'a community of Gits'oohl[4][5] (formerly Gitzault Indian Reserve No.

The later town of Kitsault was established in 1979 as the home community to a molybdenum mine, run by the Phelps Dodge corporation of the United States.

The community was designed for 1,200 residents and included a shopping mall, restaurant, swimming pool and bowling alley.

[7] In 1982, however, prices for molybdenum crashed and the entire community was evacuated after just 18 months of residence.

[9] In an effort to revitalize the ghost town, Kitsault has been proposed as a location for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal site for the export of natural gas from northwestern British Columbia.