10008

$299,000

$2,550.32 (2008)

Single Family

A truly unique panoramic .36 acre view lot in the newest development on the north island (www.telegraphcove.ca). Lot 21 has arguably the nicest view in the subdivision, to the left (south) you can watch the marine traffic coming and going out of Telegraph Cove marina. In front you have Johnstone Strait and Cormorant Island with a good look at the highest peaks of the Coast Mountains. Off to the right Hanson Island along with West Cracroft and other smaller islands. The lot is fully serviced and ready for your dream summer home or your full time residence.

Telegraph Cove is located on the eastern coast of Northern Vancouver Island, 30 minutes south of Port McNeill and 11 kilometers off the Island Highway via Beaver Cove Road. The top half of 280-mile-long Vancouver Island is served by a maze of logging roads, and Highway 19.

2 hours north of Campbell River on Highway 19, through the beautiful Nimkish Valley. Turn right at the Telegraph Cove sign and proceed a few kilometres to the property.

Water, sanitary, underground hydro, paved roads

Explore the North Island's Kwakwaka'wakw culture - archeologists date this area's first residents from 8000 years ago!

Radio listeners within 15 kilometres of this killer whale sanctuary can tune into the all-whale radio station. The Whale Interpretive Centre was established to increase public awareness about marine mammals in the area and the threats facing them. Its “Bones Project” exhibit includes complete skeletons of various species, including two types of whale, a sea lion, seal, dolphin and otter. You can also see the jaw bones of a blue whale, the largest animal ever to inhabit the earth.

Gateway to Robson Bight Provincial Park, an ecological reserve - up to 200 Orcas arrive each summer to rub on the barnacle-encrusted rocks at the mouth of the Tsitika River. As the top predator on the inland-water food chain, they are also attracted by the annual salmon runs that funnel through Johnstone Strait beginning in late June.

Stubbs Island, located off Telegraph Cove, is a popular and fascinating dive site, featuring terraced ledges, sheer drop-offs and an opportunity to see orcas, dolphins and other marine mammals.

Golf: Golfers can head to the public, 9-hole, Par 35 Seven Hills Golf & Country Club in nearby Port Hardy, the northernmost golf course on Vancouver Island. Seven Hills offers the golfer meandering fairways and undulating greens, with scenic views of the North Island Mountains its open year round.

Fishing: The fishing areas around Telegraph Cove are not only surrounded by spectacular scenery and sheltered waters, but also contain some of the most consistent saltwater sports fishing on the BC coast. Across the strait from Telegraph Cove is Broughton Archipelago Provincial Marine Park, a wilderness area consisting of a maze of several small islands, numerous inlets and adjacent foreshore at the southern extremity of Queen Charlotte Strait, off the west coast of Gilford Island. The islands in Broughton Archipelago are undeveloped and are largely undiscovered. The numerous remote, solitary islands incorporated in the park provide unlimited and unique fishing and swimming opportunities, and are fabulous for exploring by kayak.

Telegraph Cove is the place to begin exploring Johnstone Strait. You'll find a boat launch and moorage, as well as fishing licences, tackle and bait for sale. This is a prime staging area for kayak departures.

Accessible only by boat or float plane, the mostly uninhabited Knight Inlet is located due north of Johnstone Strait and the small communities of Telegraph Cove and Sayward/Kelsey Bay on Vancouver Island. Knight Inlet cuts eighty miles through the remote Coast Range of Mountains to the head of Knight Inlet, and Mt. Waddington, the highest mountain located totally within British Columbia.

Telegraph Cove is tucked away on the eastern coast of Northern Vancouver Island. In 1912, Telegraph Cove was a one-room station, the northern terminus of a telegraph line that began in Campbell River and stretched from tree to tree along Vancouver Island's east coast.

Next to the arts and crafts gallery stands the home of community pioneer Fred Wastell, whose father purchased most of the land around the cove. Together with Japanese investors, he established a chum salmon saltery and a small sawmill.