® Remember the Boars Nest on Dukes Of Hazzard? John Armstrong www.landquest.com [email protected] (250) 307-2100 ® “The Source” for Oceanfront, Lakefront, Islands, Ranches, Resorts & Land in British Columbia www.landquest.com www.landquest.com Remember the Boars Nest on Dukes Of Hazzard? Cherryville, BC PROPERTY DETAILS The C2 Commercial Highway Tourist zoning allows for a multitude of uses; accessory buildings, accommodations including campgrounds, retail Listing Number: 16243 sales, service and repair, petroleum distribution Price: $169,000 and transportation facilities. This property could offer multiple services to the tourist industries in Taxes (2016): $2,620 the area such as hunting, fishing, back country ski touring, snowmobile and ATV tours. With a built in Size: 1.29 acres clientele staying at the property, and with highway visitors, the café could have regular customers. Zoning: C2 LOCATION DESCRIPTION 114 Highway 6 - Cherryville, BC This property was previously operated as Spruce Grove Café, campground, cabins and bunkhouse. DIRECTIONS Google searches will find posts from people who had delicious home-made burgers and other From the Village of Lumby travel east on Highway meals. It has not been in business for a while and 6 for 55 km, the property is on the south side of the needs someone with a vision and is handy with Highway and is well signed. repairs and renovations. AREA DATA It is a flat property with lawn on most of the land, and parking. Coalgoat creek runs year-round and Cherryville is the south property line with Crown land rising up Cherryville is an unincorporated community in from the creek. the foothills of the Monashee Mountains in British Columbia with a population of approximately 930. There are six buildings. The main lodge had It is located 14 miles (22 km) east of Lumby, along the commercial kitchen, dining room and public Highway 6. washrooms on the main level at the front of the building. The rear of the main floor has a bedroom The small community of Cherryville was an old gold and lots of storage area and what could be a mining camp founded in the 1860s by prospectors second kitchen. Upstairs is two bedrooms. There from the California Gold Rush who had come north are two one room cabins and a large bunkhouse. to the British Columbia gold rushes. Between 1863 Also there is a garage and a generator and water and 1895 the original town that is now known as pump house. The property is off-grid with the Cherryville was a small mining camp located within nearest hydro supply a few kilometers to the west. the canyon walls of Cherry Creek. Its population was 100 people, half of which were Chinese miners. ® www.landquest.com Kingfisher Heliskiing The Kingfisher Heliskiing tenure area is located in the Central Monashee Mountain Range in the immediate and surrounding vicinity of Keefer Lake. Kingfisher Heliskiing chose the tenure for its proximity to local services and the variety of accessible skiing terrain. The area offers skiing and riding for all skill levels. This heli-skiing tenure has arguably the best tree skiing in the Monashees. But it is not all about the trees, they also have incredible alpine skiing and an excellent climate that offers clear flight paths to and from key alpine zones. With more and more miners heading into Cherry Creek area, a road was built from Lumby in 1877 The heli-skiing tenure is between Monashee Pass through Blue Springs Valley, attracting new families and Highway 6, the famous Powder Highway that to the area. The community was known by the post is the gateway to the Kootenays. The Kettle River office name of Cherry Creek, then Hilton. It was and Inonoaklin Creek are to the south, Barnes officially named Cherryville in 1919, after the wild Creek and height of land overlooking Whatshan Choke Cherries that grow along the banks of the Lake are to the east. creek. Other areas include the Pinnacles, Monashee Services in Cherryville include accommodation, Creek, Railroad Creek and Cusson Creek two general stores, restaurants, a library, a watershed basins to the north, and Mt. Beaven, campground, shops and other amenities. Originally Monashee Creek and drainages and the village of an area of orchards, ranching and logging are Cherryville to the west. major industries in the community. VEGETATION Monashee Powder Snowcats Located on the leading edge of the Monashee The property itself is flat with grass and gravel Mountain range, about 30 km southwest of parking. There is a rock bluff to the west, and Revelstoke and 30 km south of HWY 1, an area treed Crown land to the east and south. The north unsurpassed for its quantity and quality of snow. property line faces the highway with very good The average annual snowfall of 60 ft of dry, visual exposure. champagne powder guarantees you fresh tracks every run on our five alpine ridges, spectacular HISTORY natural glades and fantastic open tree skiing. The In the early 1860s the area’s first pioneers settled 17,000 acres of Monashee Powder’s terrain has on the banks of Cherry Creek (now known as been described as some of the most exciting in the Monashee Creek), located in a narrow draw in industry. the valley. It was a budding and as yet, unnamed settlement, consisting of two houses and another building being constructed. ® www.landquest.com In 1865 Cherry Creek made news when it was Valley FSR is about 200 metres from the property reported that the Cherry Creek Gold and Silver and can be accessed by a trail along the highway. Mining Company had discovered a rich gold and silver quartz lead on the creek. Unfortunately, this The area provides for bountiful recreation; fishing, claim was never proven and a brush fire destroyed hunting, boating of all types, ATV riding, some of the Cherry Creek Company’s cabins and mine the best snowmobile riding in BC, back country workings. By 1876 placer gold was reported skiing, heli and cat skiing. There is also gold in quantity on Cherry Creek by both white and panning actively pursued in the area. Chinese miners. That year 20 men were reported working on Cherry Creek. Yields were $4-$5 a day. MAP REFERENCE Although this gold was fine, some nuggets were found, one weighing 8.5 ounces. The placer gold 50° 3’9.22”N and 118°33’33.23”W from this creek is unusually high in silver with the fineness running around .720 fine. BOUNDARIES Please see mapping section - all boundaries are With more miners heading into the Cherry Creek approximate area, a route from Lumby was built by the British Columbia Department of Public Works in the summer of 1877. At that time the road was a mere SERVICES eight feet wide track. With this new road, families Well and septic system. No hydro power. began to arrive in the area. INVESTMENT FEATURES Between 1863 and 1895, the original area grew into a small mining camp boasting a population of • Highway and Tourist Commercial Zoning more than 100 people, half of which were Chinese • Visual exposure miners. • Listed well below Assessed Value From 1863 to 1930 numerous mining companies IMPROVEMENTS operated in the area. It had been calculated that over $125,000 worth of gold had been extracted There are six buildings in various levels of condition. from Cherry Creek. This figure was calculated when gold was selling at $7.50 an ounce. By today’s LEGAL prices, that would be approximately $112,000,000. District Lot 1688 ODYD To this day many people are searching for gold in PID 006-742-823 the area. Some claims can be purchased online. RECREATION Greystokes, Granby Provincial Parks are close to the property as well as Bisson Lake. Monashee Provincial Park is in the area, as well as Sugar, Keefer, Whatshan and Arrow Lakes. The Kettle ® www.landquest.com Main Lodge Main Lodge Main Lodge Main Lodge - Interior Main Lodge - Interior ® www.landquest.com Main Lodge - Interior Main Lodge - Interior Main Lodge - Interior Main Lodge - Interior Main Lodge - Interior ® www.landquest.com Bunk House Bunk House Bunk House Bunk House - Interior Bunk House - Interior ® www.landquest.com Cabin 1 Cabin 1 Cabin 1 Cabin 1 - Interior Cabin 2 Cabin 2 - Interior ® www.landquest.com Main Lodge Main Lodge Garage Garage Power and Pumphouse Power and Pumphouse ® www.landquest.com Coalgoat Creek Coalgoat Creek Crown Land Adjacent Highway 6 Facing East Highway 6 Facing West ® www.landquest.com ® www.landquest.com ® www.landquest.com ® _______________________________________________Notes _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ ® “The Source” for Oceanfront, Lakefront, Islands, Ranches, Resorts & Land in British Columbia www.landquest.com John Armstrong Representative [email protected] (250) 307-2100 LandQuest® Realty Corporation Cariboo 110 - 475 Birch Avenue | PO Box 1067 100 Mile House, BC V0K 2E0 Toll Free: 1-866-558-5263 (LAND) Our property descriptions and geographical information are taken from the BC Assessment Authority, Land Titles Office, government maps and other sources. 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