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Best part is you'll have a substantial asset to sell when it finally comes time to leave Yellowknife. Very smart move!

 

On my end It'll be a nice place to visit.

Yep, should pay for my retirement property in the Bulkley valley in BC with enough left over for a jet boat and a drift boat.

Thanks Dave ...i bet it was like a gold rush....well done ...now i need to get my arse in the loop ...lol...might mean ill have to delete my facebook account though if i want to make political friends...nice catch with the fishes (seen them in your other thread) and nice property...im going to assume 14 k to the boat launch is where the closest town is for supplies...im happy for ya ...when are you planning to start the build? Is there land access to the property in the summer months or will you haul your material in the winter over the ice

14 km is to the highway. Yellowknife is another 15 or 20 km.

I can leave my place towing the boat and be at my cabin within an hour.

No land access just boat in summer and ice road/ snowmobile in winter.

The plan is to transport materials in early spring before the road disappears for the summer.

Hoping to install dock and do foundation next year and close in the following year.

Then I get to do the interior after that but will be able to work during the winter then.

It was reviewed and called good, there is an actual rule in place just for the spinorama and it has to adhere to those rules in place in order to be called a goal, you lost AGAIN, we won give it up

 

GO LEAFS GO

Had to fix it up for ya.

Nice fish and beautiful spot. More importantly I can hardly recognize you! You really are losing a lot of weight aren't you? (It appears as though that jacket I mailed you a few years back fits perfect now )

Yep, fits good now.

The lease is through the Federal Govt as it's crown land.

They are transferring management to the NWT over the next few years and then the lease will carry over to the GNWT.

No septic (outhouse) as it's all granite. No well, will draw from the lake like most Ontario cottages.

Those of us who were following things new that the Feds were reopening leases after being closed for many years due to native land claims. I went out and searched for a spot and applied as soon as they started taking applications again.

The few spots that were available on the lake I wanted to be on were gone quickly and if I had not been in the loop I would not have had a chance.

It was like a gold rush when it reopened.

The lake is the biggest (other than Great Slave) lake close to town. My lease is at the far end from the launch about 14kms down the lake. I only saw 3 boats out there today. 2 fishermen and the fish cops. They had to wait while I landed a 20# pike before they could check me out.

Yep, it's a buzz bomb.

They do work well fer de troots.

I ended up getting most of my fish on it when I went camping in July.

Got out this morning to my cabin lease site and did a little late season trolling for gators and lakers. Picked up a few good fish and a few little guys. Biggest fish of the day were over 20#'s

Only a few pics as my internet is super slow tonight for some reason (been uploading pic's for over an hour and they still aren't all uploaded yet).

First things first, got out to my new leased property to get some shots with my new UWA lens I just got for my DSLR. This first one is a 5 shot pano from the boat of my lease.

Another pano taken from the location I intend to build.

Another pano from the highest spot on the site.

My favorite of the day. A 360* pano shot from the high spot on the site.

Looking West from the high spot. Looks to be some critter trails in here.

The Subhunter sitting where the floating dock is going.

Now some fishing related pics.

This is me heading out this morning in the balmy +2C temps.

And a few fish pics.

First fish of the day a 20+# pike.

And another in the 20# class. I landed this fish while the CO's were waiting to check my license and that my barbs were crushed.

OH, I got a trout too.

Dave a few questions if you dont mind

how big is the lot that you are leasing

how much is a lease per year

will the lease go up in price when there is a cottage on the property

is the real estate and lease transferable to family or can it be sold outright to another person

 

Congrates on your new acquisition !!

 

 

There may be no grass to cut but granite is high maintenance to keep clean

70 meters X 70 meters (the nearest other allowable lease is 300 meters away)

$152.50

No

Yes

Thanks

Matt

When was the last time the Sens beat the Leafs in a playoff series?

Another excellent report Mike.

Some nice fish were caught, fun was had and you got hassled by the fish cops!!!

Silly Sens!!

Wins are for Leafs!!!!

Your iphone won't work worth a tinkers damn where I am unless you just want to use it in town.

Most of the areas up here have no cell service at all.

Unless iphones now use satellites to get their fix instead of cell towers.

My Garmin even has the ice road to the diamond mines on it.

Play by play for sure.

Dave, a few questions:

 

1. How clear is the water?

2. When can I come up with my camera & fishing gear?

3. Will I need those 10ft long augers in winter (as seen on youtube)?

 

Sweet score!

Pretty clear

Any time

Nope only 5ft long auger.

CT has a Magellan with traffic update and lifetime maps for $100 off this week.

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Hope it'll have an ice road.

Aye, she has an ice road bye.

It runs right past the cabin about 1km out.

I can park there in the winter and ride my sled into the cabin.

In the open water season it is a 14km trip from the launch.

If you look to the right of this picture you can see where the road goes into the bush and behind the spindly tree is a car on the road.

This pic was taken the end of the first week in March this year when I was scoping out places to put a cabin.

You're probably right Roy.

I'm gonna have to put a bunch of old bed springs under there to help fill up my tackle box.

Foundation is yet to be determined.

Probably going with short concrete piles anchored into the granite with epoxied in rebar.

Then a permanent wood foundation set up on grade.

This will be a crawl space under the cottage which will be 2 levels.

Gonna be some work for sure.

Y'all wanna come and help?

You lucky bugger, LOL. Pike or lakers?

Yes

Whitefish too.

So back in March the Feds reopened the NWT to recreational leases and I applied on one of the best lakes near town.

I got my lease papers to sign today and filled them in and returned them to the Feds for processing.

Next week I will have binding lease in hand and can start the process of going broke building a dock and cabin to spend my free time at.

Here's my spot from space.

A view towards where the dock will be.

Good solid place to bolt the land end of the dock ramp to.

A view from the water to where the cabin will be.

A closer view.

Time to start running up the old credit card this winter.

It's true: SIZE MATTERS!!!!!

Most days I have eggs scrambled with or without ham/bacon or just a few strips of bacon and a piece of cheese.

The most important part of my breakfast is one that is never missed even on vacation.

A large, properly brewed cup of espressowy goodness!!!

Yep, Blackberry Server 10 has the ability to secure and deploy Apple and Android devices and applications.

I'm just working on deployment of a new BB server for that purpose.

Garmin Nuvi user here too.