Salt Spring Island Real Estate

Salt Spring Island real estate, Li Read, provides updates about market conditions and local happenings in and around the island of Salt Spring, Ganges, Pender Island, Saturna and James Island.

Maple Bay

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Oceanfront Enchantment

Spectacular ocean vistas; true panoramic views. Beach for walking/beachcombing, plus a beautiful dock—keep your boat at home.

oceanfront real estate

oceanfront

Home is “as new” (built in 2005), with great room concept for living, den, dining, and custom kitchen (all with sensational views). Master/ensuite “wing”, with exercise room, spacious walk-in closet. Elegant office, with access to private deck and garden vistas. Guest wing offers two ensuite bed sitting rooms, with access to oceanfront and to English Country garden charms

Paddys Point Oceanfront

Wikipedia (on Maple Bay)

Maple Bay is a picturesque seaside community located in the Cowichan Valley of southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. A narrow inlet and surrounded by smooth, pebbled beaches, Maple Bay is home to marine activity all year round.
The sheltered haven of Maple Bay is situated halfway up Sansum Narrows, which separates Vancouver Island from Saltspring Island, the largest and nearest of the southern Gulf Islands.

Maple Bay is serviced by floatplane, Salt Spring Air and Harbour Air that fly regular scheduled flights several times a day from Maple Bay Marina yaq, to Vancouver hrb, Vancouver yvr, Ganges Salt Spring Island and the Gulf Islands.
There are three commercial marinas, a public dock, as well as the Maple Bay Yacht Club and the Maple Bay Rowing Club.Maple Bay Marina is replacing many older boat sheds with new style, fire resistant Yacht Enclosures, creating one the safest and most environmentally responsible marinas in British Columbia.

Wonderful lowbank oceanfront point of land, known to sailors as “Paddy’s Point“, in beautiful Maple Bay (on Vancouver Island). There is 2000+ ft of oceanfront here, with coves and beaches, & with year round moorage potential at the dock.

Maple Bay

Maple Bay


Exposures are east, south, & west, and provide sunrises & sunsets year round.

There is an appealing old style summer cottage circa 1912 era, on the property, plus an older boathouse structure, with a suite above.

The property is almost 10 acres and is a mix of meadow, & pristine old growth coastal forest consisting of magical Cedar groves, Fir, Hemlock, Maple, Alder, & majestic stands of mature Arbutus & Garry Oak. Walk the mossy trails created in the 1920?s & 1930?s. This is totally unspoiled land!

This property has been in the same family since 1900, used only as their summer place, so is effectively “untouched”, and awaits your development ideas.

Marketing Real Estate in “Interesting Times”

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November 2010 | Gulf Islands Real Estate Market Analysis

Interesting times we live in!

Wasn’t that the Chinese Curse?

I think, though, that change offers opportunity…

Check out my radio show podcast and listen to my interview with “Carolina George.”

George, originally from Ontario, now lives in North Carolina, and is a major player in the digital post-internet world we now all inhabit.

As a hybrid being, with a foot in the 20th Century and another in the beginnings of the “real” 21st Century, I feel like my role might be as an interpreter between two beings: BG (Before Google) and AG (After Google).

A divide that is so profound that there is really no true meeting ground.

The historian Barbara Tuchman wrote a book, in the 1970s, bringing to life the world of the 14th Century. It might be prudent to revisit her book. Messages from the 14th to the 21st Century? Perhaps….

After all, Gutenberg‘s discovery at that time, and subsequent implementation of the printing press, erased centuries of agrarian top down culture and gave birth to the ascendance of “the common man” and the creation of that middle class power base that resulted in the Industrial Revolution.

Click here to download a PDF of analysis and here to read in its entirety.

Maracaibo Oceanfront Delight

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Maracaibo Oceanfront Delight

“Maracaibo Oceanfront Delight” is exceptional oceanfront opportunity on special Salt Spring Island. Truly a gem.

In prestigious Maracaibo, close to all services and amenities, and yet in its own serenely “apart” world, Maracaibo offers docks for your boat, cottages for extra guests, tennis, and miles of hiking/walking trails. Your purchase in Maracaibo allows you to enjoy these superb options. It’s like living in your own private park.

Salt Spring Island | Maracaibo Oceanfront

Maracaibo Oceanfront

The home offered for sale enjoys sun, privacy, peace…with dramatic panoramic oceanview, trail to beach below, if desired, plus a custom design/build…many unique features, here. Furniture is all custom designed for the space, and may be purchased separately, if desired.

Formal entry | foyer, dramatic living | dining, feature fireplace, easy access to expansive decking, to expand summer living pleasures. Cook’s dream kitchen, and part of the entertaining space.

Two master bed sitting rooms, both ensuite, with spacious walk in closets. Guest bed/bath, plus office (fourth bedroom?). Wine room, and “hidden” storage. Media room, too! Attached double garage.

Home’s exterior offers a Zen |Scandanavian simplicity, that is mirrored in the interior’s modern take on the “west coast contemporary” design ethic. Absolutely Beautiful.

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Thetis Island Majestic Oceanfront Estate

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Thetis Island Majestic Oceanfront Estate

Majestic 28.25 acre oceanfront estate. A rare find.

Drive down the 1/2 km of paved driveway, through your own mature forest, opening to a 4+ acre fabulously landscaped, totally private, oceanfront property.

The main house overlooks Clam Bay. There is a 3 bedroom guest house, a double garage with additional workshop, large fully automated greenhouse, double carport, and even a separate pantry building for the main house.

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Thetis Island Majestic Oceanfront

Clam Bay is an Ocean front retreat from the hustle and bustle of urban life, yet only 25 minutes flying time from Vancouver. Located beside the ocean on Pender Island, one of BC’s southern Gulf Islands, Clam Bay is the perfect getaway.

Clam Bay offers eight unique individually decorated homes or cottages and a dock: High Arctic Farm House with full Gourmet Kitchen, Heritage House, The Craft House and Vineyard Suites overlooking our 7 acre vineyard, the ocean front Boat House and Oar House, the ocean view Sod Roof Cottage, and the slightly funky Pump House.

You can contact Clam Bay Island retreat here or inquire about this property here.

5 “must do & sees” on Salt Spring Island … in their own write

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5 “must do & must sees” on Salt Spring Island

Salt Spring Arts Council

Salt Spring Arts Council


… in their own words…

1Salt Spring Arts Council

…is a community arts organization serving residents of Salt Spring Island and the Gulf Islands in British Columbia, Canada. Salt Spring is known around the globe for its arts tourism, and diverse and talented artists.

Salt Spring Island Sailing Club

Salt Spring Island Sailing Club

Salt Spring Island Sailing Club

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We are dedicated to fostering and promoting interest in sailing and cruising in the waters off the Gulf Islands, British Columbia, Canada, and to develop seamanship and a knowledge of navigation.

Salt Spring Island Market

Salt Spring Island Market

Salt Spring Island Market


“It’s the Homespun Guarantee.”
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Vendors must “make it, bake it, or grow it” themselves, and all products must be “vendor produced and sold”. These simple mandates are the essence of our market. Visitors are treated to local creations stemming from Salt Spring’s unique brand of “island ingenuity“. Highest caliber creativity and production standards make Salt Spring Island home to the greatest collection of artists in Canada.

Treehouse Café

Treehouse Café

Treehouse Café


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We are passionate about serving delicious, wholesome food prepared from scratch. Our cafe is located in the heritage cottage next to Mouat’s in the heart of Ganges village on beautiful Salt Spring Island. The building itself was built in the 1920s and has a long and diverse history which includes being the site of the first electrical generating station on the island and later as a home for one of the Mouat family’s favorite aunts, Margaret. It’s even been a smoke house, crystal shop and music school.

Salt Spring Jazz & Blues Society

Salt Spring Island Blues

Salt Spring Island Blues


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Our Mission: to produce jazz concerts and workshops, meaning jazz in the broadest sense, including blues, Latin and world music, on Salt Spring Island. Our purpose is to provide a platform for local and visiting artists that will nurture the local musical community and promote these genres of music on our island, reaching audiences of all ages and backgrounds.