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Hello to you gents north of the border !

Could you guys explain how land ownership in Canada works ? Is there still true wilderness land for sale in northern BC ?

Thanks

Chris

I grew up in Northern BC. Yes there are parcels for sale. Anything north of Ft St John could be considered wilderness, but lots of oil and gas exploration there now. If I was looking, I would look in the Dease Lake area. Some good friends just bought a very remote parcel down near Vanderhoof....lots more people there though so I would look around Dease. Although there isn't a lot of remote land for sale here in the Yukon, there is some. Another thing to consider is applying for crown land here. We have several different ways to go about it and a lot of folks get land that way every year.

Crown land ?

Look into the tax situation. A good friend of mine owned 100 acres of beach front forested land on Vancouver Island just north of Nanaimo with a couple small, simple cabins. He was paying $1,000 per acre per year ($100,000 a year) in taxes. They sold off 80 acres for a million per acre which lightened their burden substantially. Taxes in Canada are HIGH but it's a beautiful country with great people.

Good luck in your search.

WOW ! That may kill my dream ! Thanks for the info .

Taxes are going to be high anywhere on land worth a million dollars an acre. miles

Very true . Here in the states the movie stars have moved in and made it unrealistic for the average person to afford living on the edge of what little wilderness remains . Canada has always intrigued me with its vast, remote , and untamed landscape .

Crown land = Govt owned land. Property taxes are very low in most areas. My sister has 160 acre farm in northern BC she pays $400 a year. I have several remote pieces that range in size from 15 acres to 5 and the taxes on all combine are less than $1000 yearly

Up north the taxes should be much less, Nanaimo is a pretty big place and pretty touristy. You might look at a lease with a cabin, I was a part owner of a cabin on leased land on the Dease River and taxes were next to nothing. Honestly I would like to look at buying my part back since I know the guy very well.

Do some searches for land for sale, cabins for sale, traplines for sale, ranches for sale in places like Dease Lake, Iskut, Atlin, Bob Quinn Lake, Telegraph Creek, Fort Nelson and you will find some interesting properties Stewart is pretty remote and on the border of Alaska near a town called Hyder, Meziadin Lake to the east of Stewart is a possibility. Google all of those places and see if there are some locations that appeal to you more than others and go from there.

I know nothing about BC land. Taxes are high in Ontario, but maintenance on a dwelling may cost more, and on top of taxes.

If you want to spend your time with sport, you may be ahead to use a camp, or just camp with a tent.

The best with whatever you decide on.

That's more like it ! Yukon Territory could be interesting !

Thanks a bunch ! I will look into all those places !

Clynn, there is something about following a dream.

Yes sir . The older I get the more I realize that .

Lots of people use kijiji, give that a try.
I live in North East BC, and yes lots and lots of oil and gas exploration going on here.
I would try the Dease area or the Yukon as some have suggested

If you have any questions about the spots I mentioned in NW B.C. you can pm me, if I don't answer right away I'll get to it asap. I usually check in on a regular basis.

I know of one parcel on the Dease river for sale right now. PM me for info if your interested....the price is right! Gerry35 you might know the guy......does JR ring a bell??

Thank you all again ! I will consider it all .

No, it's a different guy. My friend will keep his cabin until his dying day and them probably pass it on to his son in law. Nice country there, you can get into some nice hunting country and some pretty good fishing in the river.I would love to spend all summer there and into the fall when the moose hunting is good. Wouldn't get bored at all............

A non Canadian resident can't hunt anything without a guide right?

Miles, That's very true but it wasn't that much in 1962 when the family bought it. Kind of like the California prop 4 thing.

How bout if a non resident buys land in BC. I would think if you owned the land you should get tags regardless right ?

Aces;
No they cannot - not big game anyway.

Canadian residents can't either actually, but a BC resident can apply for a permit which allows them to accompany that Canadian resident for big game except all species of sheep and grizzly bears.

Here's a link for the BC Hunting Regs if anyone is interested. http://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/sp.../hunting-trapping-synopsis-2016-2018.pdf

Hopefully that answered the question?

All the best to you all for the remainder of the summer.

Dwayne

noduck;
Good evening sir, hopefully the weekend has been treating you well.

For some reason I can't get the website I linked to load up tonight so as to double check, but I want to say the answer is no.

We don't really have land owner tags here as game is considered property of the province, not the individual.

Hope that made sense sir, if I ever get the website to load I'll try to find where the answer lies.

Dwayne

Thanks for the response Dwayne I think I understand you correctly. So the big game in B.C is managed for the residents of B.C.?

In a nutshell, yes.

Sort of. There's a fair bit of politics involved and lobbying from many sides - guide groups, first nations, hunter organisations, ecology groups, developers, ranchers and more. It mostly works, though.

Thanks Mike. I think managing the game for the residents makes perfect sense.

Best regards

Thanks for the response BC30cal. I was just curious.

When i first saw this post, I started looking for land for sale just for fun. Sure can get a lot of land up there. Compared to prices in MN. Lol. So i was just wondering.

I'll be heading up to Northern BC this fall for goat and moose. Starting to get pumped. Cant wait to see the landscape up there.

Duckless, wishing you the best for your hunt.

Hope you get as spoilt by the people, as you surely will by the breathtaking scenery !