Property Description
TURNKEY GETAWAY PROPERTY
GOOD HUNTING AREA
YEAR-ROUND ROAD ACCESS
ABOUT THE PROPERTY
This beautiful 20-acre parcel of land is located in Dawson Township.
It fronts on the municipally maintained Blue Road 2.
You can get to this property YEAR ROUND!
According to the topographic maps the whole property is high and dry, with no marshy areas to deal with.
There is a 384 Square foot winterized cabin ready for your quiet getaways.
Electrical power runs along Blue Road 2. The property currently isn’t connected to hydro, but power can be brought in.
The current owner uses a generator and has some lights that run on solar.
Dawson is a township located in Rainy River District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada.
The township is located at the mouth of the Rainy River where it flows into Lake of the Woods.
Dawson was created in 1997 by the amalgamation of the former Township of Atwood, Township of Blue, Township of Dilke and Township of Worthington.
ABOUT THE CABIN
The property comes with a 384 square foot (32' X 12') cabin, which was installed in 2022.
The cabin is insulated with R20 Insulation in the walls and ceiling.
It comes with a Metal Clad Roof.
There is a 12 Foot Loft in the front and 8 Foot Loft in the rear of the cabin.
STAY WARM IN THE WINTERS. Beautiful wood burning stove to keep you toasty in the long winter months.
There is also an exterior outhouse and shower.
PROPERTY RIGHTS
SURFACE RIGHTS COME WITH THIS PROPERTY
MINERAL RIGHTS COME WITH THIS PROPERTY
TREE RIGHTS COME WITH THIS PROPERTY Except for Pine Trees
PROPERTY SIZE
The property has a total acreage of 20-acres.
Roughly 9 acres is cleared land, which provides plenty of space for your own personal garden that can feed you through the year.
This property has a frontage of 396 meters or 1,300 feet along Blue Road 2.
It has a depth of 204 meters or 670 feet.
DAWSON TOWNSHIP
Dawson Township is located in Northwestern Ontario, in the Rainy River District .
The Township is AN ORGANIZED TOWNSHIP.
Located south of the Township is the Village of Sleeman.
Dawson Township can be described as a Township comprised of primarily rural development having an economy based on natural resources.
The Township is primarily a rural area comprised of a mix of agriculture, agriculture related uses and rural land
LAKE OF THE WOODS
Lake of the Woods is located within 25km of the subject property. It is a lake occupying parts of the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Manitoba and the U.S. state of Minnesota. Lake of the Woods is over 70 miles (110 km) long and wide, containing more than 14,552 islands and 65,000 miles (105,000 km) of shoreline.
It is fed by the Rainy River, Shoal Lake, Kakagi Lake and other smaller rivers. The lake drains into the Winnipeg River and then into Lake Winnipeg. Ultimately, its outflow goes north through the Nelson River to Hudson Bay.
Lake of the Woods is also the sixth largest freshwater lake located (at least partially) in the United States, after the five Great Lakes, and the 36th largest lake in the world by area.
DISTANCE TO RAINY RIVER
The Town of Rainy River is only about 11.5 kilometers or 6.5 miles) west of Sleeman and about another 3 kilometers north from Sleeman to the Blue Road 2.
ZONING
A review of the Township Of Dawson Comprehensive Zoning By-Law shows that this property is in a R (Rural Area) ZONE.
RURAL ZONE(R) REGULATIONS
6.1 Permitted Uses
No land shall be used in the Rural Zone (R) except for the following purposes:
- a) agricultural
- b) forestry
- c) mining and mineral exploration
- d) wildlife management
- e) trapping
- f) conservation uses
- g) wayside pits and quarries
- h) a single detached dwelling
- i) a farm help house accessory to an agricultural operation
- j) a mobile home
- k) a modular dwelling
- l) a cottage, cabin or recreational residential use
- m) peat extraction and processing
- n) a home occupation
- o) a home industry
- p) kennel
- q) commercial greenhouse
- r) grain elevator and grain drying facility
- s) small scale commercial/industrial uses
- t) public recreational uses
- u) portable asphalt
- v) accessory uses
AS YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE PLENTY OF PERMITTED USES IN THIS ZONING!
LIKE TO HUNT?
The deer and bear hunting opportunities are excellent in this area.
This area has exceptional Whitetail Deer Hunting with abundant deer available as this is a low-pressure hunting area.
There are plenty of Black Bears to go around.
Wolf Hunt is really taking off here due to a higher deer population over the past few years.
This area also offers waterfowl hunting opportunities.
Mallards, bluebills, teals, along with several other species of ducks migrate through the region in the autumn.
There are also good hunting opportunities for Canada geese.
Don’t forget about grouse hunting, you will love it!
In this area there are many abandoned logging roads which are a favorite attraction for these birds.
LOCATED IN WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT UNIT (WMU) 10.
LIKE TO FISH?
Angling opportunities in the area are second to none.
Catch walleye along with bass and super-sized muskie and pike in the local lakes, rivers and streams.
Fish famous LAKE OF THE WOODS or the RAINY RIVER or the small local lakes and rivers.