Property Description
GREAT HUNTING AREA
REMOTE ACCESS
CROWN LAND ON ALL FOUR SIDES
Currie Township is a township located within the boundary of The Municipality of Black River-Matheson, so it is AN ORGANIZED TOWNSHIP.
The property is about 19.7 kilometers by road from the Town of Matheson, Ontario, and then 4.6 kilometers by ATV or ARGO in the non-winter months or SNOWMOBILE in winter.
Or
About 1.3kms as the crow fly's from the end of the municipal road to the center of the property.
PROPERTY RIGHTS
SURFACE RIGHTS COME WITH THE PROPERTY
MINERAL RIGHTS COME WITH THE PROPERTY
TREE RIGHTS COME WITH THE PROPERTY except for the Pine Trees which are reserved to the Crown.
THE PATENT and PROPERTY SIZE
A review of the patent shows that the property has a size of 80.25 acres.
The original patent reveals that this property was originally patented and granted for a “Volunteer who served in South Africa and the Volunteer Militia who served on the Frontier in 1866.”
WHAT CAN YOU DO HERE?
If you love the outdoors and all that it offers, then this property and the area are a nature lover's paradise.
If you are a winter enthusiast, you will find this property and the area a WINTER WONDERLAND.
Go fishing on the Watabeag River or go hunting on your property and on the Crown Lands that surround the property.
You can build yourself a nice hunting cabin.
The hunting on this property would be very good as you would have little or no competition for the game as this is PRIVATE LANDS and you can’t drive to it by car or truck.
The property appears to be quite level mostly throughout and there are a few low spots that may be wet and that is where the moose will hang out in.
It appears that the trees have not been harvested.
CROWN LANDS
Plenty of CROWN LAND to hunt on and ATV on.
This property is surrounded on all four sides by crown land.
Build your dream hunt camp on your property and then head in any direction to hunt on crown land.
The majority of the crown land is found in the Southeast and Southwest directions.
ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY
We class this property as a REMOTE ACCESS PROPERTY.
From the Town of Matheson, you would drive on township-maintained roads until you get onto Bobcat Road where you will have to use an ATV/Argo vehicle in non-winter months and a snowmobile in winter months.
UTILITIES
You are totally OFF THE GRID on this property.
There is no hydro, so if you build yourself a cabin you would probably wire the cabin for a generator, install some solar panels to provide lighting, either bring in your drinking water or dig yourself a well, install a composting toilet or build an outhouse.
ZONING
A review of the Black River-Matheson zoning by-law shows that the property is zoned RU RURAL (RU) ZONE.
PERMITTED USES UNDER THE RU RURAL (RU) ZONE
9.1.1 Permitted Uses
No person shall within any Rural (RU) Zone, use any lot or erect, alter or use any building or structure for
any purpose except one or more or the following uses:
- Agricultural use • Agricultural-related use
- Bed and breakfast establishment • Camp
- Campground • Community gardens
- Conservation use • Duplex dwelling
- Existing commercial use • Existing industrial use
- Existing institutional use • Existing salvage yard
- Forestry use • Garden suite
- Home industry • Home occupation
- Kennel • Landfill site
- Marina • Mineral exploration
- Mineral extraction • Mining use
- Mobile home dwelling • Park
- Pit • Private cabin, accessory to a seasonal dwelling
- Quarry • Recreation use
- Seasonal dwelling • Semi-detached dwelling
- Single-detached dwelling • Sewage treatment facility
- Wayside pit or wayside quarry
LIKE TO HUNT?
This property is in Wildlife Management Unit (WMU) 29
THIS IS A PRIME HUNTING AREA!
The locals state that there are plenty of bear and moose in this area.
Hunt for small game like grouse and a couple of rabbits.
Don’t forget that you can also hunt on the Crown Lands and explore and ATV on any trails on the crown lands.
CLOSEST COMMUNITIES
The closest town to this property is Matheson, Ontario.
Matheson is only about a total of 20 kilometers from this property.
The Town of Matheson provides a good variety of goods and services like banking, a hospital, restaurants, groceries, building supplies, and more.
For big major shopping go west on Highway 101 about 61 kilometers to the City of Timmins, Ontario.