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About Wild Rose Ranch

Coordinates: 53 degrees 23' 29: 56N  123 degrees 04' 38" 41W

This ranch is located in a sportsman's paradise with lots of game, fowl and great fishing, hunting, ATV, and horseback riding. On the ranch, we've seen moose, elk, mule and whitetail deer, black and cinnamon bears and coyotes. Fowl we've seen on the ranch has been geese, ducks, eagles, hawks,  loons and Sandhill cranes. Nearby fishing can be done on the ranch lake,  the Blackwater River, the Fraser River, Punchaw Lake and numerous other lakes in the area. There are trails on the ranch plus abandoned logging roads and unlimited miles of trails around the area. 

The Alexander McKenzie Trail is just off the ranch to the south and has miles of trails. The trail drops down to the Blackwater River. The Alexander McKenzie Trail starts back in Ottawa and goes on to the BC  coast. 

For flying enthusiasts, you can land on the ranch lake with floats, or an airstrip could easily be graded out on the ranch. 

Ranch: 410 +/- acres in 3 separate parcels. 1) Log house and lake, 2) ranch house, garage, and fields, and 3) fields and timber. It lies twelve miles north of the Blackwater River and 1/2 mile off the Blackwater Road, which runs between Quesnel and Prince George on the west side of the Fraser River. The nearest neighbors are about three miles to the NW and the SE. There are approximately 80 to 100 acres in hay ground and the rest in treed pasture and mixed-age timber. There is a drilled well at the ranch house that's 160 feet with 3/4 horsepower, submersible pump. 

Lake: approximately 60-80 acres with grassy peat around the edge. +/- 35 feet deep, and as mentioned earlier, it is large enough to land a float plane on. 

Ranch house: 36'x36' plus 6' side porch and bi-level full-width decks on the front are 12'x36' with a railing around all the decks. The main floor has a 17'x17' sunken living room with laminate flooring. The kitchen has a full-size propane refrigerator, full-size propane range with oven and 4 burners. The kitchen cabinets are filled with dishes, utensils, pots, and pans, There's also a microwave, toaster and double stainless steel sink. The dining room has a bay window, an oak table with 6 chairs, and it opens onto the front deck. The bathroom has a claw foot tub, twin pedestal sinks, a toilet and a vanity. The 3 bedrooms on the main floor have wall-to-wall carpeting. One is a large master and the other 2 are smaller. All have full bedding. 

The ranch house basement is the full 36'x36' with a large wood furnace in the center. There is a full bathroom complete with towels and washcloths. There are 2 bedrooms downstairs, one with wall-to-wall carpeting. There is a walk-in pantry (cool room) with shelving for storage. Also in the basement is a family room, with the possibility of putting in a kitchen/dining room. There's an outside entryway, with a closet and wood box. Outside is covered parking and woodshed. 

 

The attic has a nice, safe stairway from the living room. There are studded walls with shiplap floor. If finished the area would be about 12' to 14'x36'. There are 20 new sheets of 1/2" sheetrock ready to be installed. Could be made into 2 huge bedrooms. 

Small cabin: Next to the ranch house, it is 14' to 16'x20' with a wood trash burner/woodstove. It has a sink, RV propane stove with an oven and a hot water heater. 

 

Garage: 2 cars with woodstove, work benches with tools and a double sink. There is also a gas driven welder, large air compressor, and cutting torches. 

 

Generator shed: an Onan diesel generator and an Onan gas generator. 

 

Woodshed: partially full.

 

Log house: on the lake, it's 28'x38' with a 10'x28' enclosed sun porch. It has a living room, 2 bedrooms, bathroom with a tub/shower, and hook-up for washer and dryer. There is a propane furnace, hot water heater, and range with oven. There's a wood stove and also a wood cook stove. Kitchen has a double sink and cabinets. 

 

Lean-to-style garage: has 3 bays approximately 20'x30'. There is also a generator shed. 

 

Equipment List:

1998 Massey Ferguson 85 horsepower - 4x4 tractor with 1400 hours on it. It has a heavy duty loader with bucket and 3-point, triple hydraulic remotes on the rear. 

 

Sumitomo 1600 excavator (same as a John Deere 70) 17,000 pounds. Wide tracks 24" with 4 buckets, thumb, and quick change. 

 

1990 Ford 900 (an ex-Lumberman's) diesel truck with 3-axle 19' all steel dumping flat deck, 15 speed, and air brakes. 

 

1976 Ford F700 2-axle 5 yard, V-8 gas 361, 2-speed dump truck.

 

1984 John Deere 550A dozer with a 6-way blade, and a new pin-on brush rake.

 

John Deere 2010 (1962) 47 horsepower gas tractor with loader and 3-point with dual remotes forks and bucket. 

 

Allis Chalmers HD6 with Angle dozer and winch (needs work)

 

Farm Equipment:

New Holland #276 small baler (works great)

 

EZ 2 basket tedder/rake

 

John Deere 1209 Haybine cutter/conditioner with a nine-foot cut width. 

 

10' drop fertilizer spreader and 3-point cone seeder/spreader

 

50 gallon 3-point sprayer with booms and handgun

 

3-point hydraulic wood splitter with external pump slides onto PTO

 

John Deere 100 Loaf (big bale) maker and spreader mover

 

12' disk on rubber with harrows and a drag (railroad iron)

 

Rock picker (mechanical)

 

Old Massey Ferguson combine (antique)

 

Dump trailer (works off tractor hydraulics)

 

Old tractors - Case 830, Case steel wheel (antiques)

 

Fence posts, wood and steel

 

Ten 6"x8"x18' treated posts (for new barn/shop)

 

2000 Alamo brush hog/mower, 15' wide

 

Miscellaneous: 

Gas driven welder, gas air compressor (large), torch with tanks, 10" radial arm saw, 10" craftsman table saw, carpentry tools, and mechanical tools. 

 

2 boats for the lake.

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