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Salt Spring Island Real Estate | Home of the Northwest Islands

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Salt Spring Island Real Estate

Waterfront, Acreage & Oceanfront Properties

Salt Spring Island is known for its waterfront real estate.

The Gulf Islands are home to British Columbia’s most distinguished luxury real estate in the world, as well as an abundance of oceanfront acreage. Even a some of Canada’s finest ranch propertiesare amongst the Gulf Islands.

Salt Spring Island is part of the Southern Gulf Islands (Galiano Island, Pender Island & Mayne Island). All of them part of the Capital Regional District along with the municipality of Greater Victoria—each, in their own right, with their own array of estate properties. (i.e., luxury homes, acreage, etc.,).

Ashort list of oceanview homes, farms, acreage & land for sale (and sold) & waterfront properties below:

    Oceanview

  • Oceanview Mayne Oceanview Home on 16 Acres

    • Oceanview and acreage and home – a “Custom Built” we “West Coast Style” home.

    Ranches, Farms & Acreage

  • Ranches, Farms & Acreage Yellowpoint Ranch (Sold)

    20 acres in size (most is pasture), and is adjacent to several hundred acres of old growth park reserve. . .ready for horses, offering a barn, riding ring, & fenced pasture.

    Waterfront Estates

  • Lakefront Destination | Salt Spring Island

    Cottage Resort on St Mary Lake… zoned for more cottages.

Salt Spring and the Southern Gulf Islands have evolved into secondary home/discretionary marketplaces, perhaps since 1999. No one “has to” purchase on a Gulf Island; it’s always by choice. ..

…the activity seen in Vancouver and in Victoria, primary residence/city marketplaces, in 2009 and first half of 2010, has now arrived in rural areas. Properties listed between one and four years are now selling…

The difference? The “reluctant buyer” is starting to become active! Why? Perhaps in recognition of significant price reductions coupled with historically low interest rates? Or, might also be fear of inflation and currency instability that is driving buyers back to secondary home/discretionary purchases, in order to preserve capital?

All Things Salt Spring | Ronald Crawford

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Li Read interviews Artist Ronald Crawford about the Masterpiece Weekend in Salt Spring

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The Turqoise Door (and hibachi) | Salt Spring Island

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This used to be a very typical “Island retreat”…a cabin in the forest, a short stroll to a beach, a kind of “woodbutcher’s art” thrown together dwelling…people would camp out on weekends, and in summer holidays. In fact, such structures are really a kind of “hard tent”.

turquoise door

turquoise door

It’s rare now, though, to discover this kind of older retreat dwelling, especially on the more discovered islands. On water access only opportunities, it’s still possible to find thrown together structures, with recovered lumber, “found” windows, left-over elements from a larger construction project perhaps….

I always enjoy discovering a “time tunnel”, a feature from the past. This little sweetheart actually sits on a very private half acre lot, about 3 minutes to the ocean, and if one limbed out some deciduous trees, it would be possible to reclaim the ocean glimpses that once were enjoyed from this deck.

Of course, code requirements and paper trails have caught up this this sweetie “hard tent”, and one would buy this lot with a view to developing, and it would be treated as simply “raw land” now.

Pug with hibachi

pug with hibachi

I can envision the hibachi on the deck, a hammock strung between trees, some stacked underbrush firewood for the nonconfoming woodstove inside, some camp beds in the one room, and the outhouse just up the trail. This is an “off the grid” enviornment, and there is something very appealing about that turquoise door.

Ah…for the good old hippie dippie days…..

Nature’s Estate | Burgoyne Bay Road

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Burgoyne Bay

Salt Spring Island’s real estate speaks for itself (as does its beauty). The natural parks and landscape of the Island are what make the island so attractive for second and third home buyers—even in a market like today’s.

Burgoyne Bay Provincial Park

Burgoyne Bay Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada located on southwestern Saltspring Island near Fulford Harbour and facing northwest to Sansum Narrows, which is the channel between Saltspring and Vancouver Island. It is 334 hectares in size and was established via private land acquisition. Mount Maxwell Provincial Park lies adjacent, to the north. Burgoyne Bay was named in 1859 by Captain Richards for Commander Hugh Talbot Burgoyne VC, an officer aboard HMS Ganges.

Burgoyne Bay was a First Nation gathering place.

There is much spiritual and cultural significance connected to this land, including the creation story of the Hul’qumi’num people.

From the more recent past, there are various old and historic farm buildings in the park which are currently being restored.

Burgoyne Bay

129 Burgoyne Bay Road

Today, this area contains the last undeveloped salmon-bearing estuaries on Salt Spring. Stroll the beaches or hike the surrounding trail and enjoy the peaceful solitude of this protected bay

129 Burgoyne Bay Road, Salt Spring Island | Nature’s Estate

Wonderful as new custom timber peg home offers an appealing organic design and lovely finishing choices.

Mainly level property offers arable land/pasture, plus a woodlot forest (walk your own trails) — one could be self-sufficient here! Property also offers double garage / workshop / “barn” structure, and a separate studio.

Located close to hiking / walking trails, adjacent to huge park / greenbelt reserve acreage, and just mere minutes to Burgoyne Bay. One could have a mooring buoy for your boat here!

A beautiful home on beautiful land; come & enjoy the pastoral setting!

Also, there is an Adjacent undeveloped 10 acres, with pasture and forest, which is also available for purchase.

Price recently reduced to $1,095,000. An extremely rare find, indeed.