A Canadian entrepreneur is selling a 900-foot water park slide for a hefty price on Facebook Marketplace.
Nathan Kember of Summerside, Prince Edward Island, in Canada, listed an Alpine Slides-brand waterslide on Facebook Marketplace for $150,000 Canadian dollars, which is just over $100,000 US dollars, just months after he bought it himself.
Despite the father-of-three’s stunning sale listing, Kember is looking forward to placing the remaining pieces in his backyard, according to the National Post.
He also has grand plans to use some of the pieces to create an all-new water park in the town he lives in.
‘I’m keeping part of it to set up for my pool at my home, and part of it for potentially a new amusement park in Summerside,’ Kember told DailyMail.com.
‘We are going to set it up again and restore it to be used again,’ adding that it could take ‘about three months’ to build.
The waterslide was originally built in Barefoot Landing – a water park area in the now-closed Magic Valley Fun Park in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.
‘Summerside had some amusement things over the years,’ Kember told the National Post earlier this month.
‘Nothing major like this, but it just seems that Summerside could use something more exciting for young folks and other people.’
Kember’s waterslide was built in 1983, while Magic Valley Fun Park was at the peak of its popularity.
Barefoot Landing was one of the park’s largest attractions, and it was divided into three separate slides.
Following the park’s closure, its owners began selling some of its items – and listed the slide in 2020 for $30,000.
Kember spotted the advert and purchased it for an undisclosed amount in August 2024 after working out a deal.
The deal itself appeared to be the easy part, compared to how the entrepreneur planned to bring it to Prince Edward Island.
‘It was trying to ship the slide that was always a challenge for the buyer and it was definitely a challenge for us, too,’ Kember explained.
He requested help from a company in Sussex, New Brunswick, that had the proper equipment, including a 40-foot deck trailer.
‘Tying them down and getting them transported securely and not have them blow away on the way was a challenge for sure,’ Kember told the National Post.
He and other transporters made the drive in heavy winds, and while everyone was worried about losing pieces, they managed to make it back to Prince Edward Island with all of the slide’s parts.
The slide, which hadn’t been in use for years, was in top condition after the day-long trip.
Kember revealed that multiple shoppers asked about the waterslide since he listed it last year, but the shipping process has remained an issue for everyone who had hoped to purchase it.
As of now, Kember has not sent a slide or waterpark proposal to a city council, but he is prepared to face the challenges that may lie ahead for him.
‘If we’re willing to put in the effort and take the heat, we will see it come to life, but it is extremely difficult to get people onside,’ he said.
This exciting opportunity is not the first time Kember entered a business venture in his hometown.
The expert claimed he created a six-hole golf course in his backyard after his hometown shut theirs down.
He named the driving range after his daughter, Selah, and it overlooks the Northumberland Strait.
He’s also a regular Facebook Marketplace seller and is offering a ‘one-of-a-kind’ floating golf cart sea-doo for $100,000 CAD, which is around $70,000 in USD.
‘It goes about 65 miles an hour so when you head away with a roof on, you start getting air like an airplane. You gotta be careful,’ he said.
Kember claimed he’s had offers from buyers in the US who’ve expressed interest in purchasing the sea-do for ‘about half’ of its listed price.