08023

NEW PRICE $145,000

Lot 9 – 12, Block 45, Plan 958, District Lot 469, Cassiar Land District

$1,816.40 (2007)

Located ½ km from downtown Stewart, this property features a 4080 sq ft one floor building on 4 lots (totalling 15,860 sq feet) in a residential neighbourhood with awe inspiring views of the surrounding mountains and glaciers.

The property is currently zoned as “other” with the potential to be rezoned to residential. Previously used as a private school and church, it could easily be reconfigured into a single unit or numerous units with the potential to be used as office space, meeting rooms or developed into a large private residence, guest house, lodge, bed & breakfast, apartments or staff rooms.

Building is a modular/prefab construction on a 4 foot crawl space with a wood exterior and a metal roof, handicap accessible, has a fully functioning kitchen area, 5 washrooms and 400 amp electrical service and electric heating. It is a fire sensored building with a fire fighting station and equipment within the building as well as numerous fire escapes.

617 15th Avenue, Stewart, BC

Follow Highway 16 West from Prince George through Smithers, on past the Hazeltons to junction of Highway 16 and Highway 37 at Kitwanga (approximately 120 km west of Smithers). Turn right onto Highway 37 continuing north to Meziadin Junction, turn left at junction onto Highway 37A to Stewart. Continue along Highway 37A to Railway Street, turn left onto Railway Street, follow along to 15th Avenue, turning right onto 15th Avenue.

STEWART

Stewart is on the Cassiar Highway at the head of the Portland Canal, a narrow saltwater fjord approximately 90 miles/145 kilometres long. Stewart has a deep harbour and boasts of being "Canada's Most Northerly Ice Free Port".

Situated at the end of the Portland Canal and across from Alaska's Misty Fjords National park, Stewart is a unique border town, the fjord forms a natural boundary between Alaska and Canada, attracting as many American tourists as Canadian. Important to the economy are the industries of forestry and mining - the main employers in the town. The community is promoting the development of a wood processor and is endeavoring to cultivate bulk cargo for its port. Ore ships and log ships from around the world are loaded in the harbour. There is increased mining exploration in the area as well as a new gravel deposit operation under way further down the canal, with gravel being shipped out, currently to the construction site of the new port in Prince Rupert, but with an expected life of 30-35 years will be looking for additional sales opportunities.

Stewart's setting can only be described in superlatives, combining an oceanfront location with alpine scenery, glaciers, ice fields, and spectacular waterfalls. This setting and the outdoor recreation opportunities it offers, contribute in an important way to the communities lifestyles as well as becoming a popular tourist destination.

Today employment in the community is much more broadly-based and includes opportunities in transportation, mining, logging, retail and hospitality sector, and public administration.

As a contact zone between the Coast Range Batholiths and sedimentary formations to the east, the Stewart area is highly mineralized and contains proven reserves of a wide range of precious and base metals including gold, silver, copper, lead and zinc.

HYDER, ALASKA

Hyder, only three km from Stewart, is known as the "Friendliest Ghost Town in Alaska." Hyder's economy is based primarily on tourism today.

Visitors usually make more than one visit to Fish Creek, trying to view grizzlies and black bears as they feed on the spawning salmon.

Continuing on past Fish Creek visitors will re-enter Canada and begin their assent to the Salmon Glacier. There are two public boat launching facilities to the Portland Canal one located in Stewart and one in Hyder.

The Stewart/Hyder area surrounded by mountains, glaciers and awe inspiring views is becoming a popular tourist area, well know for the scenery, wildlife and hospitality.

Travellers from around the world come to Stewart/Hyder for the year round outdoor activities. Viewing numerous species of wildlife, from bear watching to eagles soaring, photography, hiking, riding, fishing, hunting, boating and in the winter months, snowmobiling, backcountry skiing and snowboarding and heli-skiing.

Visit the famous Bear Glacier, one of the few blue glaciers with the easiest access in the world. Also, take a walk on one of the hiking trails that reveal the evidence of old gold and silver mines as they take one on a walk through the magnificent coastal forest, mountain streams and alpine meadows.

Be sure to try the amazing fishing in the numerous streams and lakes. You can watch the spawning of the rare Alaskan Chum Salmon at Fish Creek. If saltwater fishing is your thing, make sure to take a boat ride on the Portland Canal to catch prawns and crabs...or maybe see a majestic killer whale.

Don't miss out on the spectacular drive from Stewart to Hyder and follow the road through the Salmon River valley right up to the old Granduc mine along the Berendon Glacier. Keep your eye out for the spectacular view of Salmon Glacier, it is the fifth largest glacier in the world. You can easily take your car or RV on this road, but if you wish, there are some fun tours as well.

Stewart's colorful history has been dictated by the fortunes of the mining industry when 68 prospectors came to the head of the Portland Canal in the spring of 1898 looking for placer gold. Although rumours said the deposits equaled those of the Klondike, the promised "poor man" placer never materialized. However, other gold camps, once attention had been drawn to the area, mining and exploration increased.

The Stewart brothers arrived in 1902, and in 1905, Robert M. Stewart, the first postmaster, named the town Stewart. An estimated 10,000 people resided in the area n the early 1900's, attracted by the prospects of gold; yet during World War I the population was reduced to less than twenty.

Major mines such as Premier Gold, Big Missouri and Granduc Copper have been established in the Stewart area. These projects created the impetus for population increases and attracted a skilled work force to the community.

Hyder was originally called Portland city, and the name was changed in 1914 after Frederick Hyder, a Canadian mining engineer who predicted a bright future for the area. Hyders boom years occurred between the years 1920 and 1930, and the Riverside Mine extracted gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc and tungsten until 1953. By 1956, all major mining had closed except for Granduc Copper Mine in Canada, which operated until 1984.