South Gulf Island's Beauty!
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A magnificent Point on the Strait of Georgia is now for sale by the family who has held it for almost 50 years. Imagine two adjoining residential properties, each over 31/2 acres with great depth to ensure your privacy. Two back-to-back bays with some 1500 feet of low bank ocean waterfront and an unobstructed view all the way to the City of Vancouver and Coast Mountain ranges. You can even watch the Vancouver Celebration of Light Fireworks from your deck, as they rise over Point Grey!
This British Columbia West Coast gem is found on your Yachting Chart as Detwiller Point on the northeastern shore of Valdes Island. A unique and special place, Valdes Island was protected in 1998 by the Islands Trust with a Rural Land Use Bylaw,* discouraging car ferries together with government and commercial utilities. "The intent is to continue to maintain the wilderness and peaceful character of the Island"[Section 3.4[k].1]
Located between the well-known and B.C. Ferry-serviced islands of Galiano and Gabriola, or a short boat ride from Saltspring, Valdes has been deliberately kept apart; treasured by those few who are fortunate enough to share it's wild beauty, yet still within sight of the city. Accessed by private boat, float plane or water taxi, Detwiller Point, with it's sand-bottomed bays, offers the boater protection from the prevailing winds. Some Valdes owners fly into Vancouver International Airport [YVR] and hop a float plane to their island paradise.
Because The Point is positioned well out into the Georgia Strait, the Summer sun will shine on you, late into the afternoon, as you enjoy a drink on your pebble beach, deck or gently sloping sand-stone foreshore.
While a few Valdes waterfront properties sometimes reach the market, Detwiller Point is the best of the best. The Point's two lots were staked out by the Detwiller family in the early 1960s. Then owned by the Crown, they were surveyed and leased as Recreational properties. The fee simple titles were purchased outright in 1991. The land , to the three water sides, is quite level, affording fine building sites. It rises to the inland side and then drops from a ridge to a seasonal creek at the rear lot lines. The Point is well timbered and near the water are found Arbutus trees and the rare coastal miniature Garry Oak.
Fine fishing is at your doorstep, with the locally known hotspots, Porlier Pass ["the Gap'] and Thrasher Rock a few minutes away by boat. In fact, J-Pod, the world-famous locally resident Orcas [Killer Whales] have been observed cruising by, just a few meters off the beach! As Canada's economy is recognized as one of the World's safe havens, ocean-front property in site of the great City of Vancouver is sure to be seen as one of the World's great investments. The South Gulf Islands' beauty and laid-back lifestyle already enjoys an international profile. While Valdes Island's wilderness status has so far been maintained, the day will come when demand for ocean front of this high quality and proximity will soar. As the saying goes: "They just aren't making any more of it"! A sharp investor with a long term perspective is sure to be well rewarded!
These two rare properties are now offered for sale by the owners at $419,000 Canadian each, or the whole of Detwiller Point may be purchased as a magnificent estate for the price of $798,000 Cdn! These Photographs tell the story but do not hesitate to E-mail us or telephone either Douglas Detwiller at 604-886-0772 or e-mail: ddetwiller@dccnet.com Gordon Detwiller at 250-335-2171 for more information on this truly exceptional opportunity!
