Here's an awesome change for anyone who has had enough of the rat race.
Piedmont Farm is located in Glenora, 20 kms downriver from
Telegraph Creek, in the very remote and pristine Stikine River Valley
just below the Grand Canyon of the Stikine. The Stikine River flows
out of BC through the Alaska panhandle at Wrangell, AK.
The property is in the rain shadow directly behind the 10,000' Coast
range at 700' above sea level. The valley has hospitable weather
moderated by the Pacific coastal influence, making it the Okanagan of
the far north, capable of producing excellent gardens and soft-fruits.
The dry open hillsides leap to 7 & 8,000' peaks and the scenery is so
dramatic that John Muir called it "a Yosemite one hundred miles long".
It is difficult to appreciate the place without a visit and I
encourage you to come and have a look.
I homesteaded this property in 1976 with sustainability in mind and
the development on the property reflects the idea of living
comfortably in the wild with a fully modern recently-renovated home,
high speed wireless internet, year-round micro hydro power, and
electricity to barn, mechanic shop, and guesthouse.
The main house is 2000 sq. ft., with 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, a sauna,
weightroom, and large office. The kitchen-livingroom are open floor
plan with new hardwood flooring and floor to ceiling windows
overlooking the lawns and gardens. The sauna, weightroom, laundry, and
rootcellar/cold-storage areas occupy half the basement and the other
half is open for wood storage, small shop space, and covered storage.
Our micro-hydro system is backed with diesel-generated power located
in a seperate outbuilding.
The guesthouse is a fully-serviced mobile home with large add-on. The
original log homestead cabin still stands with a magnificent view of
mountains and meadow. We have a campsite on the creek near the
homestead cabin, which is a lovely quiet setting away from the main
complex.
The farm is fenced and cross-fenced with livestock pasture and 3 barns
for animals and hay storage. The hay meadow has a pond and produces
good quality hay even in dry years, as it is subirrigated from the 2
glacial-fed creeks that bound the farm on 2 sides.
I have almost completed development of 2 full hook-ups for RV's with
water, sewer, power and a fabulous view.
