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Sorry, Farm Has Sold
16 acres on Goat River Road
South, Creston, B.C.
Since my father passed away, my
mother has decided to sell their home in the interior of B.C. Please
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Click on the picture to visit Creston.
A scenic, fertile 16 acre parcel fronting on the Goat River, 5 minutes
outside of Creston, B.C.
Creston is a burgeoning community known for its fruit orchards and its
proximity to Kootenay Lake. This would be an ideal investment, holiday or
retirement property.
This land has been used to grow extensive corn crops, a large vegetable
garden, and hay crops. The farm was once operated as a small dairy. In
recent years the fields have been fallow. The land would be well suited to
use as a fruit orchard. Large stands of mature cottonwood trees surround the
property.
The property features a 4 bedroom, one bathroom house, with the possibility
of a second bedroom and bathroom in the full basement.
A large heated, insulated workshop with a concrete foundation is located
behind the house. There are several smaller outbuildings, as well as a cow
barn and a loafing shed.
Water is provided by a shallow well, while the garden and crops are watered
from a series of dugouts around the property. The well has never gone dry
while my parents owned the property (since 1971). The house is on a septic
field.
The property is in the ALR and current zoning allows for the addition of a
temporary accessory home for farm help or family members.
The front yard is landscaped with large willow trees, silver and red maples,
and a japonica rose hedge, and is surrounded by a five foot high chain link
fence.
The river frontage is magnificent. In the fall you can watch landlocked
salmon on their spawning run up the Goat River – in some years, the river
was literally red with the spawning fish. In the summer, float down the
shallow river in an innertube, or swim in one of the many swimming holes
along the back of the property. Or just gp fishing.
This is a satellite image of the Creston area with the
farm highlighted in yellow.
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Click on the map to the left to see a full size
version. The farm is Lot 18 - 16.01 acres. |
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Here is a closer view of the larger map - Lot 18. |
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| This photo was taken from
behind the barn, looking back towards the house. Beyond the house is
the road and the hill above the house. That's the barn on the left.
The workshop can be seen just in front of the barn. Another small
building is on the right, just before the house. |
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| Here is a photo from the side of my
parent's house. You can see some of the trees in the front yard. There
are two very large weeping willows, a red maple, a mock cherry and a
silver maple. Just in front of the sundeck are a number of spreading
cedars. The front yard is totally fenced with five foot chain link.
There is a full upstairs with two bedrooms.
Downstairs in the basement there is another
bedroom, with room for a second to be constructed. There is an 8 foot
wide sliding glass door that leads into the living room from the
sundeck. My parents kept two hummingbird feeders on the sundeck, and
they usually had at least 20 hummingbirds at a time.
This property is in the ALR (Agricultural
Land Reserve) so a mobile home could be added for family members or farm
help. |
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| This property is located on
the Goat River. The entire back side of the property is on the river,
with excellent swimming spots. In the autumn, landlocked salmon come up
the river to spawn. |
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| This is the back of the house.
There is a circular driveway that goes around the house and back out
onto the road. The steps lead up to an enclosed porch with washer and
dryer. A door from that porch leads into the kitchen. The small porch
on the bottom left leads to the basement. The front of the house has a
sundeck with 8 ft wide sliding glass doors. |
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| This shot was taken from the back
steps of the house. There is a small building on the left which is good
storage. On the right is the workshop. In the background is the barn.
There are often deer in the back yard. Most of the wood on the right
hand side is gone now. |
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| This shot was taken from the
sundeck in the front yard. The hedge is a japonic rose, and it is about
30 ft long by 8 ft high. In the summer, you can smell the roses from
the sundeck. |
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| It's late afternoon in this photo
and we're looking southeast toward the mountains. There is a beautiful
view out that way. |
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| This is my mother's flowerbed on
the west side of the house. This climbing rose has been there for about
twenty years. |
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| These are some of the wildflowers
in the meadow. All the fields are flat and level. There are a number
of large cottonwood trees on the edge of each field. My parents used to
raise a large garden every year, and at one time they had about four
acres of corn every year. |
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