Mountain View Paradise - Charming Family Home on 5 Private Acres - Hagensborg/Bella Coola, BC

This unique, character filled home is tucked away amongst the trees, down a private, paved driveway on Saloompt Road. The 5.34 acre, idyllic setting offers the perfect blend of privacy, natural beauty, sunshine and mountain views.

You enter the 2,616 ft², 2 storey home into a convenient boot room that opens into a large, open concept living room, dining area and kitchen, all surrounding a wood burning fireplace. The dining area also opens to a covered deck and a fenced yard, seamlessly extending the living space to the outdoors and offering the perfect space for outdoor dining, lounging and enjoying the pristine mountain views. The main floor also offers an office, a utility room, 2-piece bathroom and an attached yoga studio or playroom for the kids. The wood beam features and locally milled fir flooring throughout, exude a feeling of warmth, comfort and rustic elegance.

The top floor is complete with 3 private bedrooms, each with its own unique character. The master bedroom boasts a vaulted ceiling accented by a post and beam style and is complete with an attached storage area, built in vanity and glass doors, adding to the aesthetics of the charming home. This top level also offers a large 3-piece bathroom with room to add a soaker tub if desired.

Throw your slippers away and enjoy the warmth and luxury of heated floors. This home features an innovative in-floor hear pump system, providing energy-efficient and even heating throughout. The system circulates warm water through a network of pipes embedded under the floor, ensuring a comfortable and cozy living environment while reducing energy consumption.

This property also boasts a spacious 30 x 40 ft wired shop/carport that offers ample storage for vehicles or equipment as well as an excellent work space for tinkering. The acreage also offers a generous, undeveloped area perfect for building a second cabin/Airbnb or creating a large garden space or small hobby farm.

This is a prime location with excellent sun exposure and free from any flood risk, offering peace of mind and year-round comfort. With effortless access to fishing, hiking trails, shopping and schools, it provides an ideal setting for the entire family.

2473 Saloompt Road - Hagensborg/Bella Coola, BC

Bella Coola can be accessed by road traveling west 477 km from Williams Lake. This scenic drive will take you across the Chilcotin Plateau, through Tweedsmuir Park and down “the hill” into the stunning Bella Coola Valley. You then travel alongside the Atnarko and Bella Coola Rivers into the communities of Hagensborg and Bella Coola, ending at the government wharf.

This property is approximately 23 km east of the government wharf on Saloompt Road. The home is located after the Bailey Bridge, on the right just before the Y.

Bella Coola can also be accessed by boat or by the scenic Discovery Coast Ferries as well. Pacific Coast also makes daily 1-hour scheduled flights to and from Vancouver. Either way you get here, it is sure to be a beautiful and scenic adventure.

The Bella Coola community is remote in nature and contains a population of approximately 2,000 people. The primary geographical structure of the community, both in terms of physical structures and population distribution is the long, narrow valley. The Chilcotin Highway 20 (stretches from the government wharf (on the Pacific Ocean) through the extent of the populated portion of the valley, through Hagensborg and Firvale before climbing to the Chilcotin Plateau. The entire population of the community lives on either side of this road or very near to it.

Both Bella Coola and Hagensborg have essential services including retail outlets for groceries and hardware, gas stations and repair shops, Canada Post offices, gift shops, and places to purchase fishing/hunting licenses. Banking can be done at the Williams Lake & District Credit Union in Bella Coola; ATMs are located at the Hagensborg Shop Easy, the Credit Union and the Bella Coola General Hospital. The Bella Coola General Hospital has a walk-in clinic and a pharmacy. Bella Coola/Hagensborg also offer an outdoor rink, an outdoor public pool, an organic market, a vet clinic, as well as numerous arts, gifts and coffee shops.

In the Bella Coola Valley you will find an abundance of fresh water, fresh air, wildlife and outdoor recreation. During the winter months, you can enjoy cross-country skiing, snow machining, snowboarding or skiing on the local hill in Tweedsmuir Park, skating at the outdoor rink or taking part in the weekly volleyball and basketball games. Summers are filled with hiking the many trails, kayaking or fishing in the rivers or ocean, horse riding, biking, rock climbing or just taking a dip in the refreshing pools along the river. There is something here for every outdoor enthusiast.

Belarko Bear viewing has also been created by BC Parks. The station is located at a prime grizzly feeding spot on the Atnarko River. The station is open and staffed from mid-August to mid-October, when bears are active along the river banks. The Great Bear Rainforest on the central coast of British Columbia is a world-renowned wilderness eco-tour destination. It is one of the world’s few remaining old-growth temperate rainforests. It is also the home of coastal wolves, black bears, grizzlies and the unique Kermode “Spirit Bear.”

In recent years, the mountainous terrain around (and accessible from) the Bella Coola Valley has become a publicized destination for heli-skiing, with a number of skiing movies filmed in the area, and local companies advertising access to 1.5 million acres (6,100 km²) of terrain.

Bella Coola offers a well-known music festival on the third weekend of July as well as a rodeo on July long weekend, and a fall fair in September.

For more information on the History of the Nuxalk First Nations and the Bella Coola Valley visit the Bella Coola website.

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