NEW!
YEAR ROUND ROAD ACCESS
1/2 Mile of Road frontage
UNORGANIZED TOWNSHIP
ELECTRICAL POWER IS AVAILABLE
This is an opportunity to own a large parcel of land with YEAR ROUND road access and electrical power available along the road.
PRATT TOWNSHIP
Pratt Township is located in Northwestern Ontario west of the Town of Fort Frances in the Rainy River District .
The Township is AN UNORGANIZED TOWNSHIP.
Located south the Township is the Village of Sleeman.
Pratt 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
ABOUT THE PROPERTY
The property has a nice size of 159.5 acres.
It is relatively flat land.
It has about 2,624 feet or 800 meters of frontage on Highway 621.
The Worthington 1 Road is a municipally maintained road that is OPEN YEAR ROUND.
The property fronts on the east side of Highway 621.
An entrance permit would have to be applied to and issued by the MTO (Ministry Of Transportation Ontario).
You would have to place a culvert as the roadway is ditched on both sides.
Electrical power line runs along the east side of the roadway right in front of this property.
It would be easy to bring power into a building location on this property.
Looking at Google Earth aerial photos it appears that the wood on the property is mostly Black Spruce.
Because of the high clay content in the soil, during the rain season it could be wet.. This is very good for attracting wildlife (deer in particular).
Also, as you can see on the map there are many properties that were able to use the grounds as agriculture.
An old aerial photo from about 1985 indicates that a small portion of the front of the property may have ben cleared at some time and has now grown over.
ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY
The property fronts on the east side of a maintained road that is open year round.
This road is called Highway 621.
Highway 621 starts at Highway 11 at the community of Sleeman and goes straight north and well past the property we are selling,
PROPERTY RIGHTS
SURFACE RIGHTS COME WITH THIS PROPERTY
MINERAL RIGHTS COME WITH THIS PROPERTY
TREE RIGHTS COME WITH THIS PROPERTY except for the “Pine Trees” which are reserved to the Crown.
ABOUT THE TREES
Google Earth shows that the property is pretty well covered in trees.
As the contour maps show wetland symbols then the trees would be mostly Black Spruce trees.
Black Spruce takes a long time to grow in wet areas so often times a 60 year old Black Spruce could be only 30-40 feet tall and only 8 to 9 inches across at the base..
Perhaps there are enough trees to possibly harvest .
CROWN LANDS
About 1,500 acres of Crown lands abut this property to the south and to the east.
Across the road from the property is about another 540 acres of Crown Lands.
ZONING
PRATT TOWNSHIP is AN UNORGANIZED TOWNSHIP.
There is NO ZONING OR ZONING BY-LAWS.
Building permits are not required.
There is no size limitation, use limitation or number of buildings limitation on this property.
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.
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.
DISTANCES
The Town of Rainy River is only about 11.5 kilometers or 6.5 miles) west of Sleeman and about another 15.3 kilometers north from Sleeman to the property..
The Town of Fort Frances is only 92 kilometers to the east of Sleeman and then about another 15.3 kilometers north from Sleeman to the property.
