Hi All,

We really like B.C. and were looking at possibly retiring to B.C. in the Kelowna area.

I ten noticed on the maps that there are at least 6-7 Indian Reservations in the area- all along about a 150 mile stretch.

I am interested in quality hunting, yet be accessible to an airport and facilities like a hospital at no more than 1 hour drive away.

Do the indians on the reservations impact hunting opportunities or quality of life in those areas?

Any other areas in B.C. where you would consider fit my criteria?

Anywhere there are reserves you can have the occasional hickup but the Okanagan is not too bad.
It is nice and certainly has everything you could want as it has been a retirees destination for many years.

Personally I think there are way too many people, but that depends on what you like I guess. If it was me I would be looking more around Cranbrook and Kimberley in the Kootenays.

If you want to chat about BC feel free to PM. Others will have different opinions.

Have a look at Smithers, B.C.
Lots of open spaces, good hunting, world class steelhead fishing, close to the ocean, cheap housing not too many people.
Lots of lakes to fish, got the bulkley, morice, kispiox rivers to fish.
Watson Lake.

I agree with Watson lake. I have a summer property just East os Smithers, wonderful country. Real estate is WAAY lower priced than the area you are looking at.

Not a prettier place in the world than Smithers.

I've found this to be very useful. http://www.realtor.ca/

Dean

Hey Watson Lake,
If Smithers is so great why are you in the A.H. of the North?

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Originally posted by jhaney:
Hey Watson Lake,
If Smithers is so great why are you in the A.H. of the North?

LOL........ now that is funny.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I figured the OP was looking for mild temperatures and all of the amenities, since he was looking at the Okanagan......... hence why I suggested the Cranbrook area and not points way further north.
I think there are WAY too many people in the Okanagan now. but then I feel that way about Smithers too. It was nice 30 years ago.

I think most of us probably feel it's too crowded everywhere. I know I sure feel that way about our area. It's getting to the point that I may as well live in town. We have a half dozen neighbours within two miles of us where we used to have one and the closest one is only a 1/4 mile away. Hard to take. Regards, Bill

Well I did move out of Whitehorse....

What is so great about that place?

WL

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Originally posted by Watson Lake:
Well I did move out of Whitehorse....

What is so great about that place?

WL

Us WL us ...!!!!

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Originally posted by Bill Leeper:
I think most of us probably feel it's too crowded everywhere. I know I sure feel that way about our area. It's getting to the point that I may as well live in town. We have a half dozen neighbours within two miles of us where we used to have one and the closest one is only a 1/4 mile away. Hard to take. Regards, Bill

LOL, I hear ya Bill but I have a half dozen neighbors within slingshot range. Everytime I drive by your place I turn green with envy and my wife chides me about not being able to get her a place like yours.

WRT the Okanagan, Kootenays, Central Interior, etc....it's definitely all in the eye of the beholder. As an example my Pa (who lived in Whitehorse for quite a few years) tried Cranbrook out for a few years recently and could not take all the people in the Kootenays. So he has moved back north, to Mackenzie.

He is a huge fan of Smithers too.

The problem with Canada is indoor living.It`s an indoor way of life.If you like that then it`s no problem.BC is not bad in the summer because the west is dry.In other places, you still want to be indoors even in the summer.

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Originally posted by shootaway:
The problem with Canada is indoor living.It`s an indoor way of life.If you like that then it`s no problem.BC is not bad in the summer because the west is dry.In other places, you still want to be indoors even in the summer.

maybe where you live.

No matter what you say when you open the door from your house and walk outside you are walking into a freezer or a refrigerator.Hey even if you brave the crap and hang out outside you are going to find yourself alone.

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Originally posted by Bill Leeper:
I think most of us probably feel it's too crowded everywhere. I know I sure feel that way about our area. It's getting to the point that I may as well live in town. We have a half dozen neighbours within two miles of us where we used to have one and the closest one is only a 1/4 mile away. Hard to take. Regards, Bill

Yes sir. When neighbours are closer than a mile it is time to move.

Maybe you medved..I know JL too well. ha

How is the wind this mornign??

Watson lake..

Thank you. Bill, around where do you live?

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Originally posted by shootaway:
The problem with Canada is indoor living.It`s an indoor way of life.If you like that then it`s no problem.BC is not bad in the summer because the west is dry.In other places, you still want to be indoors even in the summer.

No Frogs out here to keep you indoors. Buy land in BC, always this to consider.

http://www.sbr.gov.bc.ca/busin...er_tax/tax_rates.htm

Grizz

Have you considered cottage country in northern Ontario

Ticks all my boxes and yours from what I read

I am going to buy a bever plane and commute to Toronto for supplies

Life is good

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Originally posted by Grizzly Adams:

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Originally posted by shootaway:
The problem with Canada is indoor living.It`s an indoor way of life.If you like that then it`s no problem.BC is not bad in the summer because the west is dry.In other places, you still want to be indoors even in the summer.

No Frogs out here to keep you indoors. Buy land in BC, always this to consider.

http://www.sbr.gov.bc.ca/busin...er_tax/tax_rates.htm

Grizz

I`ve been to the west a couple of times and really liked it.

Got to pay for all those B.C. Government information ads somehow..

Watson lake.

Remember B.C. means bring cash !!!

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Originally posted by Hunter54:
Thank you. Bill, around where do you live?

If this is directed at me, we live in the east Kootenays on what used to be a semi-secluded forty acres. I would prefer a little less population density but I'm not going to get it! Truly, we are considering a shift to small town living since we are feeling crowded anyway. Regards, Bill.

There is not enough money in the world to get me to move back to BC no matter how cheap the price of land is.

I have lived in Prince George, Vancouver, and Fort St. John and travelled the province extensively. Extremely nice people and a hunters paradise - but!

Unless you were born there and have lived there all your life your are in for a rude awakening.

Taxes up the yingyang. Higher income tax, provincial sales tax, land transfer tax and tax on the tax tax. The provincial government is a nightmare to deal with and the province is in so much debt they are pretty much bankrupt. The province is pretty much run from Victoria and Vancouver and everone else is left with the scraps.

Buy your self some cheap land to hunt on - if you can find some - but do not move there.

Just sayin.

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Originally posted by shootaway:
No matter what you say when you open the door from your house and walk outside you are walking into a freezer or a refrigerator.Hey even if you brave the crap and hang out outside you are going to find yourself alone.

I'll find myself alone? Maybe if I was surrounded by citiots. Up here you either knuckle-up go out in the winter, or, well, everyone knuckles-up...even the elders (ever watch an 80 year old woman with a kid on a snowmobile at -45C? That's tough!). Guess the balls are a bit bigger once you leave the Island of Montreal.

I'd agree with Watson Lake. Smithers would be a nice spot if you're inclined to live in BC. The Okanagan, while beautiful, is too damned busy nowadays. You need to be further North to enjoy the outdoors in any meaningful manner.