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    Private Getaway on the Coldwater Ranch - Merritt, BC

    Thompson Nicola Listing No. 24251

    Beautiful home on 10 private acres near Merritt, BC. 2.5 hours to Vancouver. 480 ft2 with 90 ft2 loft. Lots of windows for natural light, 10 ft ceilings, great R-Values, full size master closet, quartz countertops. Electric heat & A/C system with electric fireplace with custom mantle.


    Price
    $579,000

    Size
    10.11 acres

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    Description

    This beautiful home sits on 10 private acres located in Coldwater Estates Ranch. 2.5 hours to Vancouver and 25 minutes to Merritt. Total privacy and great views make every day feel like a vacation. Enjoy the comforts of everyday life in a cabin atmosphere, featuring 10-foot tongue and groove pine ceilings and trim made from 100-year-old reclaimed barn wood. This home is built to a super high standard and is quality throughout. 480 square feet with a 90 square foot loft on a 5 ft crawl space with lots of windows for natural light, 10 ft ceilings, great R-Values, full size master closet, quartz countertops, custom built slow close cabinets from Newcastle Cabinets, electric heating and A/C system and electric fireplace with custom mantle surround. There is a sea can with a 3-piece bath with a 200-amp service. Great hunting, ATVing and sledding in the area.

    The Coldwater Ranch makes various amenities available to its strata lot owners. The ranch features a stocked lake for catch and release fly-fishing for rainbow trout, dedicated trails for hiking, biking and horseback riding. There are horse boarding facilities, and best of all, access to thousands of acres of Crown land and endless trails for you to explore.

    Call the listing agent today for more information or to book a time to go by for a look!

    Location

    1438 Boston Bar Trail

    Located within the Coldwater Ranch estates gated community 25 minutes south of Merritt, BC

    Access

    Please see mapping section for detailed location.

    Area Data

    Nestled in the heart of the Nicola Valley, Merritt (population: 7,000) offers an active and unique lifestyle amid the incredible scenery of British Columbia's southern interior. Wind erosion has created unique formations in the walls of Windy Canyon near Merritt, and ancient shorelines of 10,000-year-old glacial lakes are visible in the surrounding grasslands where cattle graze undisturbed. Located 278 km (168 mi) from Vancouver, Merritt's rolling hills and cattle ranches, resort lodgings and fishing lakes combine a rich culture and history with outdoor adventure.

    You can stay at a ranch that preserves the cowboy culture and history of Merritt and the surrounding Thompson Okanagan region. Douglas Lake Ranch is a working cattle ranch, Canada's largest, that offers fishing on one of their 11 private lakes. A-P Guest Ranch has buildings that are originals of a 1911 homestead ranch, while Quilchena hotel and ranch offers unique accommodation in a period-style house.

    Merritt's ranching tradition is carried on at rodeos held throughout the spring, summer, and fall. Most of these rodeos feature professional competitions, but several are designed for youth and high school students.

    Recreation

    From the property there are countless miles of logging roads and various other trails to explore on horseback, on foot, by ATV or snowmobile. In fact, each winter hundreds of people enjoy the amazing snowmobiling in the nearby high country. The owner of the property has consistently caught large rainbow trout right on the property. The river also has populations of steelhead and salmon during the right time of year. Horseback riding is also fantastic in the hills surrounding the property.

    Other popular activities include:

    • Fishing
    • Hunting
    • Horseback riding
    • AVTing
    • Snowmobiling
    • Boating
    • Windsurfing at Nicola Lake
    • Biking
    • Cross-country skiing

    History

    For years the Merritt area was used as a gathering place by local settlers First Nations groups and a transportation route by early pioneers. The grasslands eventually drew the attention of settlers interested in ranching, and the first ranches were staked in the mid-19th century.

    In the 1880s three ranches located at the confluence of the Nicola and Coldwater Rivers, owned by William Voght, Jesus Garcia and the John Charters Estate, became the focus of a farming community knows as "The Forks." With the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway through British Columbia in 1885, interest increased in the coal deposits south of The Forks.

    Part of the ranches owned by Voght, Garcia and Charters was surveyed in 1893 for the townsite of Forksdale, but the name did not catch on with locals. Instead, the name was changed in 1906 to honour William Hamilton Merritt, a mining engineer and railway promoter. By 1907, the coal mines were in operation and with the completion of the railway from Spences Bridge, government and other offices starting moving from Nicola west to establish Merritt as the major settlement in the Nicola Valley.

    Boundaries

    Please see mapping section, all boundaries are approximate.

    Map Reference

    49°59'28.01"N and 120°59'4.22"W

    Services

    • Electricity
    • Septic
    • Drilled well

    Improvements

    480 square feet Tiny Home with a 90 square foot loft on a 5 ft crawl space with lots of windows for natural light, 10 ft ceilings, great R-Values, full size master closet, quartz countertops, custom built slow close cabinets from Newcastle Cabinets, electric heating and A/C system and electric fireplace with custom mantle surround.

    There is a sea can with a 3-piece bath with a 200-amp service.

    Tax Details

    $2,210.19 (2024)

    Zoning

    RL-1 Rural Residential

    Legal

    STRATA LOT 5 DISTRICT LOTS 732, 733, 734 AND 737 YALE DIVISION YALE DISTRICT STRATA PLAN KAS3999 TOGETHER WITH AN INTEREST IN THE COMMON PROPERTY IN PROPORTION TO THE UNIT ENTITLEMENT OF THE STRATA LOT AS SHOWN ON FORM V
    PID 028-807-944

    Maps & Plans

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    Maps & Plans

    Our property descriptions and geographical information are taken from the BC Assessment Authority, Land Titles Office, government maps and other sources. While LandQuest® does not guarantee the information, we believe it to be accurate, but should not be relied upon without verification. This communication is not intended to cause or induce breach of an existing agency agreement.

    Location

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