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B U R N S L A K E
W
hile natural resource
fortunes fluctuate, Burns
Lake has been decidedly stable
and sustainable as an innovative,
forward-thinking community.
The civil infrastructure for
the town's latest fully serviced
commercial development is ready
for construction. Richmond Loop is
a high-profile street at the gateway
of Burns Lake, adjacent to the
brand-new firehall and next door
to the main shopping mall. These
new lots are designed for new
stores and food outlets interested
in the combination of healthy
resident population numbers and
all the tourist and transport traffic
Highway 16 has to offer.
While most northern BC towns
sprang up around a mine or a
mill, Burns Lake has some added
economic features that investors
consistently find intriguing.
In addition to the clear influence
of agriculture, there's more
than a century of tourism, led
by Tweedsmuir Park's northern
gateway and some of Canada's
best mountain biking, as well as
hundreds of forested lakes.
Few small towns in the interior
have quite the same kind of
regional heartbeat. There are
distinct communities all around
Burns Lake, including
six First Nations, all
of them using the
town as a goods and
services centrepoint.
The impressive
array of lakes, rivers,
mountains and valleys
make it a natural
meeting point. It has
been that way for
millennia.
Modern amenities
include the well-
outfitted airport,
railroad services
and the highway
intersections going both north and
south, and east-west.
This business magnetism
is feeding future growth. The
commercial opportunities of
Richmond Loop are fed by the new
residential development, Village
Heights, at the popular north end
of the town. Village Heights is
located right on the doorstep of a
recreational development already
underway. The development
planned for Village Heights links to
the array of year-round activities
aimed at the newly acquired
Gowan Road property. The Gowan
Road development is tucked
tantalizingly between the existing
Rod Reid Trail network, the existing
Magee House Airbnb, and the
nationally recognized mountain
biking facilities at Kager Lake -
Boer Mountain.
With such economic stability,
opportunity for growth and robust
history, it isn't a surprise that Burns
Lake is perfect for investment.
With urban centres straining under
affordability and infrastructure
pressures, this is a town with an
average house price of less than
$300,000, where commutes are
mere minutes, parking is free and
the scenery never gets old.
This is a town where new
professionals want to establish
their careers, young families can
afford to own their own homes,
and the community has plenty of
lifestyle features—both financial
and recreational—to allow almost
anyone to carve their own path.
Discover Burns Lake at
burnslake.ca
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@Village of Burns Lake
BURNS LAKE IS CARVING A STRONG, HEALTHY
ECONOMIC PATH, SETTING IT APART IN RURAL BC
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