Foreign Control

[Brez]

Can anyone tell us how much of B.C.'s non-park land is owned or controlled by foreign interests? That is: logging, mining, ranching, tourism (resorts), summer/winter retreats, etc. Anything that may limit hunting/fishing access for residents.

[butcher]

Take a look at Douglas Lake ranch

[Drillbit]

Kootenays is really bad for that.

[dakoda62]

Gang Ranch in the Cariboo

[broke]

Most forest companies are Canadian (Canfor, West Fraser, Tolko, Western Forest Products).
Most mines are operated by Canadian companies (Teck, Imperial Metals, Taseko).
Natural Gas is a mix (Canadian - Encanca, CNRL) & (International - Apache, Petronas)
Don't know about the rest.

[BRvalley]

Walter Energy, US owned coal mines willow creek, brule, wolverine in south peace
Thompson Creek Metals, US owned gold/copper and moly - Milligan and recently suspended Endako mine

[Drillbit]

Darkwoods, I'm pretty sure

[Steve W]

Re Darkwoods near Nelson: http://www.natureconservancy.ca/en/where-we-work/british-columbia/featured-projects/darkwoods/

[Rob Chipman]

I think that unless it's corporately owned you'll have a hard time finding out. Land titles doesn't track citizenship as far as I know. That's one reason why nobody can answer the question of how much foreign buying is driving up Vancouver real estate prices. We're living in a free country (at least for now!)

[Chango]

Bradian, B.C. Ghost Town Sold To Chinese Investors

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/01/02/bradian-bc-ghost-town-sold_n_6408218.html

hmmm

[Drillbit]

Re Darkwoods near Nelson: http://www.natureconservancy.ca/en/where-we-work/british-columbia/featured-projects/darkwoods/

ok, that's not the one I was thinking of. Thinking of the one by Waneta. A "Duke" or something like that own's an entire mountain range and there's no access.