Sonora Island, Owen Bay, Lot 3

A good opportunity to own rural residential or recreational oceanfront acreage in the heart of the Discovery Islands. This acreage is located on the east shore of Owen Bay, which is situated on the southeast end of Sonora Island.

The property is beautifully treed with a variety that includes some substantially large fir and cedar, a large amount of alder and some magnificent huge maples. There is good potential for deepwater moorage and availability of fresh water from shared wells.

Some preliminary site preparation and improvements have been completed to provide benefits to a prospective buyer that will save costs and help with the initial stages of developing their property.

These improvements include re-opening a few of the old internal logging roads, as well as the machine or hand clearing and preparation of optimal building sites. These sites include a mix of easy access ocean side locations to cliff-top perches.

This oceanfront acreage offers user-friendly topography with beautiful benches and plateaus where you can enjoy spectacular views, great sunny exposure and total privacy.

Zoning allows for the construction of two cabins. This is ideal for people who would like to consider shared ownership and/or have a secondary guest/rental cabin.

Boat or float plane access only – easy to travel to and conveniently located within 22 miles of Campbell River, a full-service community of approximately 35,000 people. There are a number of other closer access points (some within 9 miles) such as Brown’s Bay, Elk Bay and Rock Bay on Vancouver Island and Kanish Bay and Heriot Bay on Quadra Island.

Owen Bay offers a number of excellent features. The bay enjoys primarily south and west exposure and is one of the best-protected areas from wind throughout the region.

At the head of the bay is a large tidal beach that extends for ¼ mile at low tide. There are two creeks that enter the bay – one originates at Hyacinth Lake; a beautiful lake that offers wonderful summertime swimming and trout fishing and is within a ½ mile hike.

Just outside of Owen Bay are the magnificent upper and lower rapids of Okisollo Channel – an awesome display of nature’s power and beauty.

Within close proximity are a number of spectacular regions within the Discovery Islands. These areas have a splendid natural beauty and include the Octopus Island Marine Park, Stuart Island, Bute & Toba Inlets, Surge Narrows, and Heriot Bay. Chatham Point is the junction between Johnstone Strait, Discovery Passage and Nodales Channel that leads north towards Frederick Arm and Phillips Arm.

Throughout these areas is some of the best Salmon fishing and seafood gathering on the coast, plus a spectacular abundance of marine and other wildlife that includes everything from killer whales, porpoise and sea lions to eagles, deer, black bear and grizzly bear in the mainland inlets.