Saturna Island
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About
Old Point Farm
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Old Point Farm is a unique and spectacular 28 site, 268-acre 20-year-old residential development on Saturna Island in the Southern Gulf Islands of British Columbia. The opportunity to own a home or building site on this property is a rare occurrence and once acquired provides a degree of privacy, security, and certainty (with respect to both adjacent sites and adjacent properties) that is increasingly difficult to achieve elsewhere, particularly in such beautiful surroundings. |
Saturna Island has a moderate climate and small vibrant resident population. Approximately sixty per cent of the Island's stunning landscape of bays, valleys and high rock bluffs are protected within the recently created Gulf Islands National Park Reserve. Saturna Islands waters are prized by recreational boaters, sailors, fisherman, and kayakers. |
Old Point Farm is at the westernmost end of Saturna Island. Except for a narrow strip of land it is entirely surrounded by water. Its three Kilometers (two miles) of high bluff and low bank shoreline overlook Plumper Sound, Navy Channel, Mayne and the Pender Islands, and the entrance to Lyall Harbour and Boot Cove on Saturna Island. Old Point Farm is close to the ferry terminal, general store, pub, newly constructed Island recreational and cultural center, artists' galleries, and award winning vineyard. It is private from all its neighbors and has a single access from the public road. In addition to privacy, the terrain of Old Point Farm's 268 acres provides magnificent views and vistas from every site. High and low bank waterfront with Fir, Arbutus, and Garry Oak, a forested interior portion, several large open fields cleared in the early 1900's, and an extensive network of walking trails. In addition to the many birds on Saturna Island, there is a small resident deer population, bald eagle nests, otters seals and of course salmon. |
Each of the 28 sites is surveyed, 1 to 1.5 acres in size, accessed by road, and serviced for water and electricity. High-speed internet service is available on the Island. The ownership of a site comes with an undivided 1/28 ownership interest in the approximately 225 acres of common land, as well as in all the common property of Old Point Farm. The common property includes approximately 3.5 kilometers of private chip sealed roads, many kilometers of trails; common water systems, a large common dock with approximately 300 feet of moorage, and large cash reserves to provide for future improvements to the property. No farming is actually conducted on Old Point Farm and forestry operations are minimal and limited to sustaining and improving the forest and natural environment - consistent with sound ecological practices, and to providing a limited amount of firewood to the owners. |
The present owners, many of whom have been involved with Old Point Farm since its inception in the early 1980’s, are a diverse group, both active and retired, and include recreational and residential owners. This form of land ownership and management originally established by Old Point Farm’s founders more that 20 years ago and recently improved provides many advantages of freehold ownership, including site ownership, while retaining full control over access, privacy, and land use by the owners. Those are qualities increasingly sought after and much more difficult to establish and sustain under subdivision rules and individual freehold site ownership. |
