Property for Sale: Baddeck River Estuary
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3.40 ac |
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Baddeck River Estuary |
Location: |
Baddeck Inlet, Baddeck River Estuary |
Category: |
Developers Corner |
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Power, telephone, high speed internet, Trans Canada Highway |
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Quick Summary
Waterfront land for sale at Baddeck Inlet -10 Km west of Baddeck. At beginning of Cabot Trail & adjoining two campgrounds. price: $120,000,
Baddeck River Estuary: Land Details
Lot #9 adjoins the Trans Canada Highway #105 and Beverly's Hill Road. Its location is ideal for a commercial enterprise as it is within sight of the beginning of the Cabot Trail (exit #7), with great visibility and access to the Trans Canada Highway. Within 10 Km of Baddeck, on the Bras d'Or Lakes and Baddeck River, and opposite two large campgrounds - the property is a great location for a kayaking and boating adventure centre. Surveyed as a double sized lot so that commercial activities would have lots of room - it would still make a great extra large residential parcel.
Lot #9 is 3.42 acres in size with 625 feet of Bras d'Or Lakes water frontage. Its depth from the water to Beverly's Hill Road is about 400 feet.
Telephone, electric power and high speed internet is available at Jonathan's Landing. Parcels have been approved for septic and drilled wells are successful with high quality and quantity of water at depths of 80 to 120 feet.
For more information about the area check out our Live/Retire to Baddeck page.
Area Data: Baddeck Inlet, Baddeck River Estuary
Jonathan Jones, considered the first settler in Victoria County knew good land when he saw it and upon arriving in Cape Breton in 1784 he applied for a grant for 1,000 acres of land at the mouth of the Baddeck River. Jonathan was an American Loyalist, who fled the US after the US gained independence in 1783. He was one of the "Associated Loyalists", numbering 140, who sailed to Cape Breton in three vessels under the command of Colonel Peters, Captain Jonathan Jones and Mr. Robertson.
Nyanza Bay is a bay on the Bras d'Or Lakes located just 10 Km west of Baddeck. The bay (4 km long and 1.5 km wide) is the estuary for two of the main rivers that flow from the Cape Breton Highlands into the Bras d'Or Lakes. Having these two large rivers emptying into a small bay makes Nyanza Bay a hot spot for bird watching. A number of bald eagle nests overlook the bay and eagles can be seen overhead or perched in a maple tree just about any time you pass by. Ducks, Canada geese, kingfishers, osprey, sea gulls, and a variety of other birds make for constant activity outside the window. (The owners of Rare Earth Venture could not resist the draw of this spot and moved to Jonathan's Landing about ten years ago.)
The Bras d'Or Lakes is a large inland sea connected to the ocean at three locations (Great Bras d'Or Channel, Little Bras d'Or Channel and a lock at St. Peter's). The Bras d'Or Lakes are salt water and at sea level with over 1,000 km of spectacular Bras d'Or Lakes water frontage.
The estuaries of the Baddeck River and Middle River are located at either end of the bay and are popular fishing spots. Being at sea level and featuring salt water, Nyanza Bay is great for fishing. Ice fishing in the winter and spring fishing (as the ice breaks up) usually have you going home with something for the frying pan. Salmon and trout fishing on Baddeck and Middle River and their tributaries become the focus through the summer and fall. Try your hand at fly fishing or just walk the river banks. Less than 40 minutes from Jonathan's Landing there are two other great fishing rivers - the Margaree and North River.
From Jonathan's Landing, kayaks, canoes and small outboards will give you immediate access to the lower reaches of the Baddeck River including Cains Pond, Back Bay, Big Farm Pool, and miles of travel on various branches of the lower Baddeck River.
Jonathan's Landing lots - offering great fishing and wildlife viewing in a safe, sheltered boating location - are located at the head of Nyanza Bay and at the mouth of the Baddeck River. All lots have a westerly exposure with some of the most beautiful sunsets in all of the east coast. The combination of Bras d'Or Lakes waterfrontage, Cape Breton hillside and setting sun make for an endless supply of sunset photos.
