Peace, Nature - Torwood Escape - Williston Lake

This property presents over one treed acre alongside extensive Williston Lake. With plentiful options on the lake and Crown land, this surrounding ‘backyard’ offers immediate access to explore, whether by boat, recreational vehicle, horseback, pedal, or on foot. A leisurely stroll through the woodlands and lakeshore, with camera or paintbrush in hand may be more your style to ‘breathe in’ and capture the surrounding wilderness.

Options to build a dream home, cabin, or a recreational pad open the ability to enjoy this wilderness setting. Yet, the property is just 30 minutes from Hudson’s Hope. All amenities for keeping the pantry stocked, accessing vital services including a hospital, or simply heading out for the farmers market, annual baseball and soccer tournaments, the rodeo, folk festival, or fall fair, are a great means to join this vibrant community.

Access to this property is via a public maintained gravel road. If desired, a septic permit and water supply would require developing. Power is conveniently nearby at the lot line.

Lot 40, Eagle Heights Road - Hudson’s Hope, BC

The Peace River Regional District (PRRD) was established in 1967 and is geographically the largest regional district in BC servicing a population of 66,477 residents. This region lays claim as the most diverse economic region of the province outside of the Lower Mainland. The regional GDP has exceeded $6.6 billion over the last several years and employment opportunities abound.

Hudson’s Hope (42 km)

Hudson’s Hope is a district municipality within the Peace River Regional District. The community is on the Peace Riverbank in the Rocky Mountain foothills, 90 kilometres west of Fort St. John and 66 kilometres north of Chetwynd on Highway 29. It covers an area of 927 km² with a population of about 1,150 residents.

Williston Lake

Williston Lake is a reservoir created by the WAC Bennett Dam. The lake fills the basin of the upper Peace River, backing into the Rocky Mountain Trench. The lake includes three reaches, the Peace, Parsnip, and Finlay Reaches cover 1,761 km². It is the largest lake in BC and the seventh-largest reservoir in the world. The Visitor Centre organizes tours and offers fun and educational exhibits that showcase dam construction, how the dam converts water into electricity, a First Nations Gallery, and information about wildlife in the area.

The primary economic support is the nearby WAC Bennett Dam and the Peace Canyon Dam. Other industry leaders in Hudson’s Hope include energy, forestry, oil and gas, agriculture, guide outfitting, and eco-tourism. With its rich, fertile soil, the area produces various excellent grains supporting cattle and buffalo ranching.

Umbrellas and raincoats are handy in July when it rains an average of 76 mm. This precipitation is 25% of the annual rain experienced. In November, the snow builds up to an average of 35 cm—20% of the annual snowfall. January and March are also snowy, with an average snowfall of 29 cm. July has an average of 280 hours of sunshine. It is coldest in January when the temperature drops to -15.3°C, and warmest in July when it hits 22.2 °C. Temperatures are most stable during November.

Often called the Playground of the Peace, this area is prime for adventure, fishing and hunting.

One of the country’s most prolific big game territories supports large game species, including black and grizzly bears, moose, elk, mountain sheep, stone sheep, wolf, white-tailed and mule deer, caribou, and small game.

This property is the ideal launchpad for winter and summer outdoor enthusiasts. Whether hunting, setting up a wall tent, boating, hiking, horseback exploration, ATVing, snowmobiling, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, or wildlife viewing, there is more than ample territory.

Hudson's Hope is the third oldest European community in British Columbia. It is steeped in fur trading history, dating back to the late 1700s and the days of Alexander Mackenzie and the Northwest Company.

This area is also one of the richest sites of fossils and dinosaur footprints in the world. The history of the area is represented by artifacts from early trapping, coal and placer mining industries. The local museum houses a spectacular collection of area fossils.

56° 8'9.81"N and 122°23'33.16"W