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This article sheds light on what the government is doing with the closed prisons.] Mount Thurston Correctional Centre on the block Amy O'Brian, Vancouver Sun Nestled between on-line real estate listings for a private Fijian island and a development property in Kelowna, there is a highly unusual Fraser Valley property that is stirring curiosity among buyers. The 24-hectare (59-acre) rural property boasts one kilometre of water frontage on "one of the best fishing rivers in the Lower Mainland" and has 31 buildings that house everything from a gymnasium to kitchens. But it's not the amenities or the landscape that are eliciting buyer curiosity -- it's the property's history. For 45 years, the grassy pocket of partially forested land on the Chilliwack River was home to a variety of prisoners who served sentences for crimes such as auto theft and drug possession. The Mount Thurston Correctional Centre closed its doors as a minimum

security prison for men in 2002 after the provincial government announced cutbacks that included the closure of seven prisons and 24 courthouses. And now, it could become anything from a rustic recreational camp to "Fishing camp people are looking at it, religious retreat people are looking at it," said John Gee, an agent with Colliers International, which is selling the property for the British Columbia Building Corporation. " It's an intriguing property and every property has its buyer." Listed on Colliers' "unique properties" Web site, Mount Thurston is in the recreational property category, along with a private island in the Fiji archipelago that is 20 square kilometres and boasts "powder white beaches and turquoise lagoons." There is no asking price for the former jail and Gee wouldn't hazard any guesses to how much the property will fetch, saying "the appeal for the property is unknown". "Somebody might think, 'Wow, I can buy 59 acres and to me, that's worth

And someone might say 'Gee whiz, what do I want to buy aIt's only worth $1 million,'" Gee said. With its rustic bunkhouses and practical industrial kitchens, Gee said the property is very attractive to fishermen who know "it's on what is arguably one of the best fishing rivers in the Lower Mainland." He said he's heard from one interested buyer who has fished the Chilliwack River for years and wants to get a group of his fishing buddies together to buy the land. Judging from history, however, chances are high that the Mount Thurston property may go to a charitable group. In the past couple of years, the province has sold three correctional facilities and is planning to sell two more, including Mount Thurston, said Denis Racine, director of communications with BCBC. Last year, the 15-hectare Stave Lake Correctional Facility was sold to the Zajac Foundation, which plans to open it as a camp for disadvantaged children as early as this summer.

And Camp Metchosin, a corrections property on Vancouver Island, was sold to the Boys and Girls Club. Racine wouldn't reveal the sale price for Stave Lake or Camp Metchosin. However, the total cost for the entire Zajac project -- including the land purchase and renovations -- was estimated at $5 million to $6 million. Racine said all the prisons and correctional camps that are being sold off have been deemed "surplus property" by the province. "When they decide that they no longer need it, we will put it on the The third correctional property that has sold in the past few years was a halfway house in Chilliwack that was bought by the federal government and continues to operate as a halfway house. On the negative side of the ledger for the Mount Thurston property is the fact that it sits in the middle of a flood plain and has zoning restrictions that take into account possible flooding. The bunkhouses, dining hall, and kitchens aren't exactly luxurious or