Looking for land in elk country

[koothunter]

Take a look around Jaffray near Cranbrook. Good elk area, acreage not too expensive for the Kootenays.

Good luck with that. Nothing is affordable or even available here.

[huntingfamily]

Take a look around Jaffray near Cranbrook. Good elk area, acreage not too expensive for the Kootenays.

Beautiful area. My kid brother lived there for a few years.
Realtor.ca lists 25 vacant properties for sale there. Prices from $65,000 - $299,000.

[Rcher]

I like Jaffrey, the properties for sale seem more like a stepping stone, to build and flip with the value of sale being considerably higher with a home on the land. But not for homesteading offgrid. Still being in the area would be great.

[walks with deer]

Just a thought. Can a person live year around on a gold claim.

no you can not.

[walks with deer]

Good luck with that. Nothing is affordable or even available here.

Got news for you realestate will not get cheaper as you age...

OP do you plan on living there or just a retreat.

[Rcher]

This is so true, we renovated and flipped in Kelowna this year. But to tie up funds in another flip home. Could mean loosing out on that acreage if one pops up.

[Rcher]

Living off grid year round homestead.

[adriaticum]

no you can not.

I wonder about that.
To maintain a gold claim you have to prove that you are in fact working the claim and that you have made some money.
I don't think there is anything about living.
I reckon you probably can't have a homestead on it with a farm, but you could live on it.
I think you are allowed to build a cabin and set up a tent.
Many people who worked the claims live there full time.
But we have to define what "living" means.

[Steeleco]

I like Jaffrey, the properties for sale seem more like a stepping stone, to build and flip with the value of sale being considerably higher with a home on the land. But not for homesteading offgrid. Still being in the area would be great.

We hope to move to Cranbrook in the next few years. Always looking. Found 80 acres up Gold Creek S/E of town for $350K if your leaving the LML that's a bargain!!
Raw dirt, WT and Elk all over that part of the world!

[mrdieselpa]

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/i...sked-questions
Too much misinformation put out there. Do your research it only takes a few minutes. There are also information bulletins that spell it all out by topic.