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Objektbeschreibung:

Not a river; but a creek runs thru this property. This is a nicely located acreage for a horse and/or nature lover. The property is located on the main road to Quesnel Lake and several other lakes in the area. There are great views of the Cariboo Mountains. All this is only minutes from the village of Horsefly, which offers all kinds of services.

The house needs some TLC but the property alone is a beauty with nice building sites.

This property is a great starter home or just a retreat for the City slicker who wants a hideaway in the country.

Ausstattung:
QUESNEL LAKE

Quesnel Lake is almost 1,800 feet deep, with over 360 miles of shoreline. It is the deepest glacially formed lake on earth. Set amongst the pristine Cariboo Mountains and Cariboo Mountain Park, Quesnel Lake is surrounded by countless small lakes, rivers and creeks.

Quesnel Lake is home to large Rainbow Trout, Dolly Varden, and Lake Trout, all of which can be caught on flies, spinners or trolling gear all season long. With over 30 small lakes within an hours drive, this is a great location for the still water enthusiast.

There are two major rivers for unparalleled fly-fishing experiences, for both the novice and experienced. The diversity of the area creates a unique fishing experience for all types to enjoy, in a spectacular and uncrowded wilderness setting.

HORSEFLY

In 1859, local Indians showed gold seekers the location of gold deposits in now historic Horsefly, sparking the great Cariboo Gold Rush. Located 60 kilometres east of 150 Mile House, on the south branch of the Old Gold Rush Trail, Horsefly today is a forestry centre and the gateway to fabulous camping, hiking and fishing in the surrounding area. Horsefly has a population of approximately 1,000 people who enjoy a quiet, rural lifestyle where everyone knows their neighbour and works together.

Geographically Horsefly is situated in the foothills of the Cariboo Mountains and offers spectacular views as you drive into the village. Elevation in the village is approx 750 meters. Average rainfall is 560 mm (22 inches). There are 4 distinct seasons to enjoy numerous recreational activities. Typically our gardening season is late May to early September. Williams Lake is the nearest city, approx 70 km and all services are available there.

Nestled at the base of the Cariboo Mountains, 10 kilometres east of Horsefly, is the beautiful Horsefly Lake, 50 kilometres long and 650 foot deep, with crystal-clear, clean water. Horsefly Lake is just one of the plethora of lakes and rivers in the Chilcotin-Cariboo region that invite exploration, outdoor adventure and fishing.

HORSEFLY LAKE PROVINCIAL PARK

Set in the heart of what were once bustling goldfields, Horsefly Lake Provincial Park in the Cariboo incorporates the large Horsefly Lake, used extensively by anglers.

Horsefly Lake is a large, deep lake and is usually fished on a troll. Included in the park are a number of smaller lakes that provide excellent fly-fishing. Fishing for rainbow trout is a favourite pastime of many visitors. Hiking trails skirt the lake and provide a great afternoon's exercise. Canoes, paddle boats, and a power boat can be rented from the Park Facility Operator.

Horsefly Lake Provincial Park has 23 vehicle campsites, 7 walk-in tent sites situated along the shoreline of the lake, a picnic/day-use area, and a boat launch. Fees are collected from May 15 to September 15, and the park is closed and gated after September 15th.

Fir, spruce, birch and cedar clothe the slopes along the lower reaches of Dillabough Creek at the west end of Horsefly Lake - a semi-wilderness water body penetrating the Quesnel Highlands. There are two unnamed lakes in the park, once the site of a hatchery operated to restore the run of sockeye to the Horsefly River.

WILLIAMS LAKE

Set in the heart of the Frontier, amid lakes and rolling ranch land, Williams Lake has been the focal point and service centre for the ranches of the Cariboo and Chilcotin regions since the turn of the century.

The founding of Williams Lake can be traced back to a single building in the Glendale/Comer area, a tiny chapel built in a Shuswap settlement in the 1840s. With the influx of European fur traders and gold prospectors, the church and the encampment flourished to become a small service centre.

Initially bypassed in 1863 by the Cariboo Wagon Road, and all the lucrative traffic that passed along it, Williams Lake's recovery was launched with the arrival of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway in 1919. A village soon appeared, and prospered, around the train station, which still stands at the foot of Oliver Street.

Williams Lake persevered to become the modern commercial centre and transportation hub of the historically famous Cariboo. The town retains that magical 'western frontier character', in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Its central location, at the junction of Highway 97 to the north and the Bella Coola highway (Hwy 20), makes it an excellent place from which to foray into the surrounding regions.

From here you can explore the cedar forests of the gold rush country to the east, travel west to the Pacific Ocean over the vast expanses of the Chilcotin Plateau, venture north to Prince George and beyond to Alaska, or head south to the Okanagan and the Lower Mainland.

WILLIAMS LAKE STAMPEDE

Williams Lake is home to the famous Williams Lake Stampede, one of the largest in North America, featuring local, national and international contestants. Normally held over the Canada Day weekend this four-day event is the hub around which dozens of home grown events circulate, including The Pony Express Race, The Wild Cow Milking, The Team Cattle Penning, and Pony Chariot Races. The city takes on its 'western ancestry', and false facades decorate the businesses; the interiors take on an early nineteenth century decor, and the citizens don their best western garb.


History: In the early days of the Cariboo gold rush there was a Californian prospector, with the name of Aaron Post, who had wandered far north. He tried his luck where the Chilcotin River flows into the Fraser from the northwest. He then pushed on somewhere else.

In the spring his old location was occupied by another American, Peter Dunleavy, one of the many who had remained behind in the new colony of British Columbia. The story, which might well be true, holds that member of the Shuswap nation, named Tomah, showed him a place where gold could be found: a place far to the northeast where a small river fed a long thin Lake, Quesnel Lake that ran east to west. There, sure enough, Dunleavy found nuggets the size of beans. Eventually a settlement called Harper’s Camp rose there, though in the 1920s it was given the no less cosmopolitan – sounding name of HORSEFLY.

Lage:
3331 Horsefly - Quesnel Lake Road, Horsefly BC, VOL 1L0


Access: Access from Williams Lake: 16km east on Highway 97 to 150 Mile House; then 56km northeast on Horsefly Road to Horsefly. The property is only five minutes away from the center of Horsefly. Please call Listing Realtor for more details.

Sonstige Angaben:
Legal Description: PL 26853 LT 3 DL 8981 LD 05
PID 006-773-478


Taxes: $399.00 (2007)


Zoning: R1


Improvements: Phone, power, septic, drilled well, High speed internet is possible


Investment Features: This is a great investment / retirement or hobby ranch property.

Weitere Angaben
Haustyp	Bauernhaus	regionaler Zusatz	British Columbia - Canada
Warmmiete	0,00 €	Kaufpreis	113000,00 €
Anzahl der Carports	20 €	Wohnfläche	100,00 m²
Grundstücksfläche	92000,00 m²	Zimmer	4,00
Schlafzimmer	4,00	Badezimmer	1,00
Ofenheizung	Ja	Alternativ	Ja
Carport	Ja