09415

$239,000

Lot 1, plan 11678, sec 32, twsp 13, rge 5, coast district 5, LDsec 33 PID 004-436-113

$215.44 (2009)

AG 1

Good driveway built into proposed building site.

Good River frontage is always a great investment

This is a totally one-of-a-kind riverfront acreage. There is a proper driveway built down to a huge cleared building site. This site is slightly sloped to the low bank river frontage where there is a beach and the perfect spot for your own dock.

The acreage is fully treed for total privacy and a good road runs right to the driveway, with no trouble driving to town all winter. Across the river is a game right of way so animals can travel unmolested so there should never be anyone building over there.

Note:
If you are into river boating, get into your own river boat at your own dock – go left 80 miles all the way to the Kenny Dam area, or go right down to the Fraser River at Prince George and head for hundreds of miles down the Fraser River. Or, near Prince George, you can also turn north into the Stuart River and literally go north for 100s of miles, up through the huge Stuart Lake and further to several other lakes, totally unlimited first class river boating.

15 minutes from downtown Vanderhoof on Westwood Road

From the A & W in Vanderhoof stay on Highway 16 for 7.4 km. to the Highway 27 junction (Weigh Scales), turn right onto Highway 27. Go 7.3 km. and turn left onto Braeside Road. Stay on Braeside Road for 13.2 km., turn right (actually straight) on Westwood Road. Go 1.1 km and turn into driveway of property.

None – Hydro at property line.

The District of Vanderhoof is located at the geographic center of the Nechako Valley and the Province of British Columbia on Highway 16, about 100 km west of Prince George and 624 km east of Prince Rupert. Serving a net population of about 4500 persons and a greater trading area of about 12,000 persons, the population has remained stable since the previous census in 1996. Vanderhoof is a business, transportation, and administrative center for the Nechako Valley. The community has a volunteer fire department and police protection is by the RCMP. Major industries are agriculture, government and services industries. Tourism is currently the strongest growth industry in the regional area with increasing record years.

Unlimited hunting and fishing, outdoor winter sports such as skating and cross country skiing. Horseback riding, hiking, nature tours and all sorts of outdoor activities limited only by the energy of the users. Many different species of wildlife inhabit the area including bears, moose as well as a wide variety of waterfowl.

The Carrier Indians pioneered the land in this area long before the first white man arrived. The area lies within the traditional territories of the Cheslatta’ten and Sai’ Kuz (Stoney Creek) First Nations. An ancient Indian village known as Chinlac lies just a few miles east of Vanderhoof, on the junction of the Nechako and Stuart Rivers. Simon Fraser's diary relates that he was the first white man to trade with the people of the Chinlac.

After the fur traders came the packers, miners, telegraph operators, surveyors and finally, settlers looking for the free land of the frontier. In 1906, the Village of Vanderhoof was only a survey line in the wilderness to mark the location of the marked railway. When the last spike was driven on 7th April, 1914, it started a race for the land. The Grand Trunk Pacific Development Company offered cheap land and had one of their employees, Mr. Herbert Vanderhoof, lay out the townsite. Vanderhoof is Dutch for "of the farm", which was very appropriate, since it was the first agricultural settlement in the province. The town grew, and in 1926, the Village of Vanderhoof was born.

With the arrival of World War ll, many young men left, and Vanderhoof came to a standstill. But with the rise in lumber prices, and the arrival of new people in the late 1940s, it started to grow again. The next boost to the population and the economy came with the construction of Kenney Dam in the early 1950s. At the peak of its construction it employed 1,500 men, and a number of them stayed in the area after the dam was built. The next expansion period came with a large influx of American immigrants in the 1960s, and since that time, Vanderhoof has enjoyed steady growth.

There is no opera house here, but plenty of ranching and logging history and lore to be explored at the Heritage Village Museum. Both the ranching and logging industries helped open up the surrounding wilderness for anglers, canoeists, cross-country skiers and wildlife photographers. Vanderhoof is a real live working town typical of the economic life of the north. The town is a central service area for a population of 22,000, with forestry and agriculture - including buffalo and ostrich farms - being the mainstays of the local economy.

The District of Vanderhoof is located at the geographic center of the Nechako Valley and the Province of British Columbia on Highway 16, about 100 km west of Prince George and 624 km east of Prince Rupert. Serving a net population of about 4500 persons and a greater trading area of about 12,000 persons, the population has remained stable since the previous census in 1996. Vanderhoof is a business, transportation, and administrative center for the Nechako Valley. The community has a volunteer fire department and police protection is by the RCMP. Major industries include logging and sawmilling, agriculture, government and services industries. Tourism is currently the strongest growth industy in the regional area with increasing record years.