$975,000 Canadian Tourist Commercial and Recreational Opportunity
	This oceanfront acreage provides some unique development opportunities within the growing tourism sector and coastal recreational market. Situated within a rich and spectacular region of the coast, this picturesque 170 acres is located on the west side of Balaklava Island in Browning Passage. The property has excellent western exposure and an extensive shoreline with good protected moorage. This superb Central Coast location offers total privacy in a picturesque natural setting as well as quick convenient access to a number of areas, which provide for numerous outdoor activities as well as transportation and supply links.
Opportunities to purchase land such as this 170-acre oceanfront property on Balaklava Island do not come available very often. Although the British Columbia coastline is expansive, only a very small percentage of coastal oceanfront property is privately owned. This coupled with the fact that this acreage is fully treed and offers western exposure with good protection make it very desirable. The property has 30 acres with commercial zoning and benefits from a number of existing permits and licenses to take advantage of everything this location and property have to offer making this a much more rare and unique opportunity.
	Balaklava Island is only 10 miles west of the Vancouver Island community of Port Hardy. This small full service community offers a variety of convenient and essential services as well as transportation links such as the Vancouver Island Inland Highway, the airport and the BC Ferry link to Prince Rupert.
Outdoor and adventure activities include fishing, diving, boating and kayaking, and enjoying the abundance of marine and other wildlife. Fishing - the north end of Vancouver Island to the Queen Charlotte Strait is a primary route for the annual migration of the Pacific salmon and home for the resident halibut, ling cod, and a variety of rock fish including the yellow eye. Diving: - this is an extraordinary location with one of the richest and most diversified underwater ecosystems on the British Columbia coast. The area's numerous pinnacles, reefs and rock walls are alive with a vast range of marine plant and animal life constantly nourished with the ever-changing tides. An undersea garden alive with numerous inhabitants such as octopus, wolf eels, rockfish plus many other species. Marine Life - marine mammals and wildlife are common to this area. People from around the world visit this region annually to enjoy the annual migration of Killer, as well as other whales, a variety of dolphins, sea lions and seals. Adventure tours that offer an opportunity to view and photograph these wonderful animals are becoming more & more popular.
Without question the property is an excellent investment and ideally suited for a variety of uses - from private, personal recreation to full scale commercial development. A lot of time and expense has been invested in preparing the groundwork and putting in place much of the required licensing and permits to take this property to its highest and best use with respect to development of a commercial application. 30-acres zoned recreational and tourist commercial (C-2RT), which allows for tourist lodges and resorts, marinas, hotels, restaurants, tourist cabins and campgrounds, seasonal cottages on individual lots amongst a number of other permitted uses. 140 acres zoned Rural A-1 would permit subdivision down to 4 hectares or 9.88 acres for residential use permitting one single family or one two family dwelling per parcel. · A significant internal road network has been roughed in with one good access to the oceanfront for loading and unloading of equipment and supplies. Licenses and permits include: · A license of occupation for a water lot to accommodate dock and moorage facilities in two locations is also in place. · Water license for domestic water purposes for the installation of a domestic water line to source water from Balaklava Lake and Rose Creek. · A permit from the Ministry of Environment with respect to approval for wastewater management and disposal. · An alteration permit has been acquired with respect to the Heritage Conservation Act, which allows for alterations to accommodate the construction of lodge facilities, access roads and other related improvements.
	Some preliminary concept development work and ideas have been put together by the existing owners. This and all other details will be made available to qualified purchasers, please contact Ed Handja, Coast Realty Group Ltd.
Zoning: C-2RT 2005 Taxes: $2363.56 Latitude: 50º 51' Longitude: 127º 38'