We bought a beach...and a wetland

[blur911]

We just signed the last papers and closing is in a few days, but we bought a piece of land on the NB island I'm from,  land that what we were looking for off and on for many years.
It's 8 acres, borders a Provincially significant wetland all along one side and also has just over 300 feet of waterfront on the Bay of Chaleur at the end.   The setback for building anything along the wetland is 100 feet (30m), but it's at least 290 feet wide, 250 at it's narrowest, so still plenty of room.

Views are great if you like nature, trees, birds, wetlands, etc.  It's on a backroad so not much traffic, I think we're going to have a 700 foot driveway through a spruce and cherry tree forest.






We have a sand dune.

[Revelations]

Wow, thats a really neat spot of land. Congrats!

[Firm]

Very nice, looks like a beautiful spot. Is the plan to build something and live there full-time? Or more of a second/vacation property?

[RRocket]

Spectacular!! Wow!!

Any good fishing?

[blur911]

Very nice, looks like a beautiful spot. Is the plan to build something and live there full-time? Or more of a second/vacation property?

We think we are going to sell our cottage in Ontario and it'll finance building one here.  Not sure exactly what we want so have some planning to do.  For now I think we are going to get a driveway and power in and maybe just have a travel trailer there for a year or so while planning.
Anyone know how much it costs to run power about 700 feet in NB?

We don't know how much time we'd spend here if we had a house, but it would be a lot more.

[blur911]

Spectacular!! Wow!!

Any good fishing?

You can catch striped bass off the beach, dig bar clams and quahogs a bit further down the beach and also catch mackerel from the point under the bridge about 2km down.
We've so far found 6 types of berries on the property.   When I was a kid it was mostly a big field, now it's covered in spruce trees, I could sell a lot of Christmas trees.

[GreatBigAbyss]

Congrats.  I know that exact spot.  Pretty much the heart of Acadia.  You'll have to brush up on your french. 

My family on my Dad's side all pretty much come from a little ways North of Baie des Chaleurs, specifically Cap Des Rosiers. 

[Johnnymac]

Very nice and peaceful looking.  I live in NB but I rarely make my way up that area. 

We have friends who own a cottage close to the PEI bridge, can see NS and the Island.  Always a nice time when we visit.

[blur911]

Congrats.  I know that exact spot.  Pretty much the heart of Acadia.  You'll have to brush up on your french. 

My family on my Dad's side all pretty much come from a little ways North of Baie des Chaleurs, specifically Cap Des Rosiers. 

Interesting.  Have you been to Miscou?  On a clear day we can see Ile Bonaventure from the lighthouse.   Also, is your ancestry from the Channel Islands?  Mine is, 3 brothers came to Canada, one to Miscou and the other two went to Gaspe area around Coin-du-Banc IIRC.

[blur911]

Very nice and peaceful looking.  I live in NB but I rarely make my way up that area. 

We have friends who own a cottage close to the PEI bridge, can see NS and the Island.  Always a nice time when we visit.

We'll have camping spots if you want to visit.   In a couple of years we might have a chalet to rent, not sure.

[Johnnymac]

Very nice and peaceful looking.  I live in NB but I rarely make my way up that area. 

We have friends who own a cottage close to the PEI bridge, can see NS and the Island.  Always a nice time when we visit.

We'll have camping spots if you want to visit.   In a couple of years we might have a chalet to rent, not sure.

Oh we don't camp, but if you do get a chalet or something that could be a nice spot to explore as a home base on vacation.

[blur911]

Very nice and peaceful looking.  I live in NB but I rarely make my way up that area. 

We have friends who own a cottage close to the PEI bridge, can see NS and the Island.  Always a nice time when we visit.

We'll have camping spots if you want to visit.   In a couple of years we might have a chalet to rent, not sure.

Oh we don't camp, but if you do get a chalet or something that could be a nice spot to explore as a home base on vacation.

It would be a fantastic spot for birdwatchers, if anyone is into that.  I just saw a Belted Kingfisher there grabbing lunch. 
We'll only have camping until we get some infrastructure, not even a driveway yet.  I've been there a couple of times cutting brush, but there are a lot of trees that have to go.

[blur911]

Blazing a trail that's going to become the driveway.   Wow but these spruce trees grow fast, this one is only about 40 years old.  We got about halfway or better so far, my cousin is going to collect the firewood and is giving me a hand.   Another guy I know operates a heavy duty mulcher, we're going to get him to go through and make the actual driveway.

[Firm]

Dang, that looks like a lot of work. I've dealt with a couple trees that size and it's no joke. That's a serious saw too.

[RRocket]

Yep, that's real work right there!