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Lot in Central Kootenay, Electoral Area G (PID 018-236-057)

PID
018-236-057
Mapped area
172.84 ha (427.11 acres)
Local government
Regional District of Central Kootenay
Plan
NEP15488
N21 km across

Reading the BC records for this lot: about 15 seconds. The report appears here when they're in.

  1. §01What you can build (zoning)
  2. §02Buildable area
  3. §03Winter sun
  4. §04Farmland reserve (ALR)
  5. §05Soil for farming
  6. §06Floodplain
  7. §07Wildfire history
  8. §08Evacuation orders and alerts
  9. §09Earthquake shaking
  10. §10Landslide records
  11. §11Radon
  12. §12Federal contaminated sites
  13. §13Road access
  14. §14Water and streamside setbacks
  15. §15Mineral and placer titles
  16. §16Wildlife and habitat
  17. §17What's planned nearby
  18. §18Noise sources nearby
  19. §19Water wells nearby
  20. §20Septic
  21. §21Services nearby
  22. §22Internet
  23. §23Climate
  24. §24Speculation and vacancy tax
  25. §25Property tax
  26. §26Crime

PlaceDossier / Central Kootenay, Electoral Area G

Property dossier · British Columbia

Lot in Central Kootenay, Electoral Area G (PID 018-236-057)

Plan
NEP15488
Mapped area
172.84 ha (427.11 acres)
Local government
Regional District of Central Kootenay
Checked
Oct 4, 2026

Electoral Area G of the Regional District of Central Kootenay (the Province's electoral area boundaries, Open Government Licence – British Columbia).

placedossier.com/p/018236057 · checked 2026-10-05

195819341926Stagleap CreekRipple CreekCrowsnest Highway500 kV N 01 km

Showing: every layer6 km across

Drawn by us from the sources in each section; lines can be metres off. Not a survey.

Regional District of Central Kootenay

26 public records8 look into2 nothing found14 for reference2 not covered here

  1. §15Mineral and placer titlesA mineral or placer title covers all or part of this parcel (7 mineral claims).Look into
  2. §13Road accessNo mapped road touches the parcel. The nearest public road is about 84 m from the lot line (Crowsnest Highway (highway, paved)).Look into
  3. §14Water and streamside setbacksMapped water on or within 30 m of the parcel: Stagleap Creek (on the parcel), Ripple Creek (on the parcel), South Salmo River (on the parcel), 23 unnamed streams and an unnamed lake.Look into
  4. §02Buildable areaAbout 13.4 ha (8%) of the lot is clear of steep slope and water setbacks; 10% is in or within 30 m of mapped water and 82% more is steeper than 30%.Look into
  5. §03Winter sunOn December 21 the hills leave about 3 h 10 min of possible direct sun at the lot's middle, against 8 h on open ground at this latitude. (Our estimate from the terrain; trees and buildings not counted.)Look into
  6. §20SepticAbout 6.2 ha (4%) of the lot is at least 30 m from mapped water and recorded wells, 3 m in from the lot lines and under 25% slope, where the Province's manual allows most kinds of septic field. Whether the soil can take a field (its depth, the water table and how fast water drains) needs a site visit.Look into
  7. §17What's planned nearbyNo logging or larger Crown land use planned within 1 km; 3 cutblocks logged nearby in the last 5 years. A 500 kV power line (BC Hydro) crosses the parcel. Major projects within 10 km on the Environmental Assessment Office's register: Southern Crossing Pipeline (transmission pipeline, about 7.3 km away, certificate issued May 21, 1999, operating).Look into
  8. §18Noise sources nearbyCrowsnest Highway (Highway CN 3), a highway, is about 85 m from the lot line. No railway and no airport or airstrip mapped within 2 km.Look into
  9. §04Farmland reserve (ALR)Not in the Agricultural Land Reserve, nor within 250 m of it.Nothing found
  10. §24Speculation and vacancy taxThis lot is outside any municipality, in the Regional District of Central Kootenay's electoral areas, and no electoral area is in the Province's speculation and vacancy tax area outside Metro Vancouver, so the tax doesn't apply to a home here.Nothing found
  11. §05Soil for farmingMapped mostly as Class 7 of 7 for farming: no capability for crops or grazing (includes rock and very steep ground). Main limits: slope, climate (cold, short season), shallow soil over bedrock.For reference
  12. §06FloodplainNot on one of the province's designated floodplain maps.For reference
  13. §07Wildfire historyWildfire has burned this parcel 2 times on record, most recently in 1934.For reference
  14. §08Evacuation orders and alertsAn evacuation alert covered this lot in May 2020 (a flood, Regional District of Central Kootenay); no order since April 2017.For reference
  15. §09Earthquake shakingThe building code's design shaking here is 0.075 g peak ground acceleration on firm ground, about 20% of Vancouver's.For reference
  16. §10Landslide recordsNo landslides on record within 5 km. That doesn't rule one out: this is a list of known slides, not a hazard map.For reference
  17. §11RadonRadon isn't mapped lot by lot. In the Kootenay Boundary health region, 32 of the 109 homes tested (29%) in Health Canada's 2009–2011 survey were at or above the 200 Bq/m³ guideline; across BC, 143 of 1,817 (7.9%).For reference
  18. §12Federal contaminated sitesNo federal contaminated sites listed within 2 km. This inventory covers federal land only; see below for what that leaves out.For reference
  19. §16Wildlife and habitatNo species-at-risk record on the parcel; 1 species or ecosystem recorded within 500 m.For reference
  20. §19Water wells nearbyNo water-supply wells on record within 2 km. No mapped aquifer under the lot.For reference
  21. §21Services nearbyCreston Valley Hospital and Health Centre is the nearest hospital, 44 km away in a straight line; the nearest fire station is Salmo Volunteer Fire Department, 24 km; the nearest grocery store 24 km and public elementary school 24 km.For reference
  22. §22InternetNo homes or roads within about 1 km of the lot are in ISED's broadband data, so no wired or fixed wireless service is recorded near it; satellite is likely the option. The nearest point in the data is about 3.7 km away.For reference
  23. §25Property taxThis lot is in Central Kootenay, Electoral Area G, where the Province collects the property tax. Every home there pays at least $4.27 per $1,000 of assessed value at 2026 rates: about $4,270 a year on a $1,000,000 home, before the home owner grant. Local service areas such as fire protection add more where they cover the lot, so its full rate is unclear here; the tax notice lists them.For reference
  24. §26CrimeInferred, the nearest RCMP rural detachment Statistics Canada publishes (about 24 km away in a straight line; the one that polices this spot may be another): the Salmo RCMP detachment (rural) reported a crime severity index of 60 in 2025, below BC's 92; down 29% since 2015 (BC unchanged).For reference
  25. §01What you can build (zoning)We can't name this lot's zone: the Regional District of Central Kootenay isn't among the local governments whose zoning maps we read, which are those published under an open licence.Not covered here
  26. §23ClimateNo climate station with published normals is within 30 km of this lot.Not covered here
  27. §27Questions to askWhat to ask the seller, the local government and a professional, from what these records found.

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Around the lot

Nearest of each, from the lot's edge
  1. Wateron or at the lotStagleap Creek
  2. Wildfireon or at the lotthe 1926 fire
  3. Power lineon or at the lota 500 kV line
  4. Mineral or placer titleon or at the lotmineral claim
  5. Highway or major road85 mCrowsnest Highway (Highway CN 3)

Measured by us on the plan's lines, so expect a few metres either way. Each section has the official figures.

§01What you can build (zoning) Not covered here

We can't name this lot's zone: the Regional District of Central Kootenay isn't among the local governments whose zoning maps we read, which are those published under an open licence.

The recordthe lot on the plan
Fewest homes provincial law requires
If this zone allows only detached houses (unclear here), the Regional District of Central Kootenay must allow at least one secondary suite or detached accessory home (a garden suite or carriage house) next to a house. A floor of 3 or 4 homes applies on rural land only inside an urban containment boundary drawn in a regional growth strategy, and most rural land is outside one; whether this lot is, is unclear here.
Short-term rentals (provincial rule)
The Province's principal residence requirement doesn't apply in Electoral Area G of the Regional District of Central Kootenay (list in force from June 1, 2026), so the provincial rule doesn't limit short-term rentals to the host's home. Local bylaws, including the zone's own rules, can be stricter. Hosts anywhere in BC register each unit with the provincial registry.

We cover local governments that publish their zoning map under an open licence, in the Thompson-Nicola, Columbia Shuswap, East Kootenay, North Okanagan, Central Okanagan and Sunshine Coast regional districts and cities from Surrey to Fort St. John (list on the Data sources page). Ask the local government which zone applies here.

The provincial floor is our summary of the small-scale multi-unit housing rules in the Local Government Act (ss. 481.3 and 481.4) and the Local Government Zoning Bylaw Regulation, checked 2026-10-04. Local governments had to bring their bylaws in line by June 30, 2024, and with the 2025 changes by June 30, 2026, so the zone's own rules usually allow at least these homes already; height, coverage, setbacks and parking still decide how they fit. Whether the lot is inside an urban containment boundary, on community water or sewer, or near a frequent bus stop isn't checked here: confirm with the local government before you buy or build.

Source: Local Government Act, ss. 481.3 and 481.4 (small-scale multi-family housing), BC Laws (summarised in our words, checked 2026-10-04); Local Government Zoning Bylaw Regulation, B.C. Reg. 262/2023, BC Laws (summarised in our words, checked 2026-10-04); Small-scale, multi-unit housing, Province of BC (page updated January 20, 2026), and its Provincial Policy Manual (summarised in our words); Principal residence requirement, Province of BC (page updated September 21, 2026) (summarised in our words); Electoral Areas – Legally Defined Administrative Areas of BC, Province of BC (Open Government Licence – British Columbia).

Short-term rental rules in BC →

§02Buildable area Look into

About 13.4 ha (8%) of the lot is clear of steep slope and water setbacks; 10% is in or within 30 m of mapped water and 82% more is steeper than 30%.

  • Clear 8%
  • Steeper than 30% 82%
  • Within 30 m of water 10%
  • Water 0%
Share of the lot's grid cells (30 m), each counted once: water first, then the 30 m strip, then steep slope.

Estimated by us on Natural Resources Canada's 30 m elevation model: each dot on the plan is one 30 m cell. Small banks, gullies and benches can be smoothed out, and on lots under a few hectares the edges count for a lot. Slopes over 30% usually need a geotechnical engineer's report to build on; 15 to 30% is buildable with more work.

The recordbuildable area on the plan
Clear of steep slope and water setbacks
13.4 ha (8%)
In or within 30 m of mapped water
10%
Steeper than 30%, outside that strip
82%
15 to 30% slope
8%
On designated floodplain (counted as clear)
0%
Median slope
48%
Main slope direction
No main direction: the slopes face several ways; measured by us on NRCan's 30 m elevation model
Which way it faces
25% south (SE to SW), 33% north (NW to NE), 0% flat; the rest east or west

Not counted: zoning setbacks from the lot lines, room for a septic field and well (the Septic section screens for a field), easements and rights of way, and the local government's own slope or hazard development permit areas. What you can build names them where the local government publishes its map. A surveyor and the local government confirm where you can build.

Source: Medium Resolution Digital Elevation Model (MRDEM-30), Natural Resources Canada (Open Government Licence – Canada); Freshwater Atlas and designated floodplain maps, Province of BC (Open Government Licence – British Columbia).

§03Winter sun Look into

On December 21 the hills leave about 3 h 10 min of possible direct sun at the lot's middle, against 8 h on open ground at this latitude. (Our estimate from the terrain; trees and buildings not counted.)

20° up40° up60° upDec 21 · 3 h 10 minMar 21 · 10 h 30 minJun 21 · 15 h 10 minESESSWW
The skyline from the middle of the lot, read by us from NRCan's elevation model every 5°, and the sun's path on December 21, March 21 and June 21: solid where the sun clears the hills, dotted where they hide it. Angles are drawn true to scale.

The hills take about 60% of the December sun here. Visit on a clear day in December or January, or ask neighbours when the sun leaves the lot and when it comes back: it matters for snow and ice on the driveway, heating, and solar panels.

The record
December 21 (shortest day)
3 h 10 min of possible direct sun; 8 h on open ground
March 21 (about the same on September 21)
10 h 30 min; 12 h on open ground
June 21 (longest day)
15 h 10 min; 16 h on open ground
Noon sun on December 21
18° above level; the hills due south rise to 15°, 0.3 km away
Highest hills in the winter sun's path
19° above level to the south, 0.4 km away
Measured at
The middle of the lot, ground at about 1,878 m, from head height

Computed by us from the terrain only: trees, buildings and cloud aren't counted, so the sun that reaches a window or a garden is often less. The hours are possible direct sun, counted from when the sun's centre clears the hills, at head height at the middle of the lot; another spot on a hillside lot can differ.

The horizon is read from Natural Resources Canada's 30 m elevation model in 72 directions, out to 16 km: on its 30 m grid within 1.5 km, beyond that on a 120 m version of it, where single peaks can read a little lower than they are. The curve of the earth is taken into account.

The sun's path is from the standard solar position formulas. Hours are counted in sun time; clock times shift with daylight saving and with how far the lot is from its time zone's centre.

Check it on site: visit on a clear day in December or January, look at where the trees and buildings to the south fall, and ask neighbours when the sun leaves and comes back.

Source: Medium Resolution Digital Elevation Model (MRDEM-30), Natural Resources Canada (Open Government Licence – Canada); Solar position: General Solar Position Calculations (NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory; Spencer, 1971) (Public domain).

Winter sun: how the hills around a lot are read, and what the hours leave out →

§04Farmland reserve (ALR) Nothing found

Not in the Agricultural Land Reserve, nor within 250 m of it.

The record
In the ALR
No
Nearest ALR land
None within 250 m

Source: Agricultural Land Reserve polygons, Agricultural Land Commission (Open Government Licence – British Columbia).

What the ALR means for a buyer →

§05Soil for farming For reference

Mapped mostly as Class 7 of 7 for farming: no capability for crops or grazing (includes rock and very steep ground). Main limits: slope, climate (cold, short season), shallow soil over bedrock.

The record
Capability class (1 best, 7 none)
Class 7: about 100% of the lot
What limits it
slope, climate (cold, short season), shallow soil over bedrock
Map scale
1:50,000: describes the area, not the field
Mapped
1960s to 1990s (digitised 2015)

These classes rate how well the land suits ordinary field crops, from the soil and climate as surveyed decades ago. Drainage, irrigation or fill since then can change the real answer, and a map at this scale can miss a good or poor field. The Agricultural Land Commission weighs these classes when it decides applications.

If farming matters to you here, a professional agrologist (P.Ag.) can assess the soil on site.

Source: Agriculture Capability mapping, Province of BC (1960s to 1990s maps, digitised 2015) (Open Government Licence – British Columbia).

§06Floodplain For reference

Not on one of the province's designated floodplain maps.

The record

These maps were drawn mostly in the 1980s and 1990s and cover only some rivers and lakes. Not being on one doesn't mean the land can't flood: ask the local government whether it has newer flood mapping, and whether its bylaws set a flood construction level or floodplain setback here.

Source: Floodplain areas (designated floodplain mapping), Province of BC (Open Government Licence – British Columbia).

What a floodplain map means, and what it doesn't cover →

§07Wildfire history For reference

Wildfire has burned this parcel 2 times on record, most recently in 1934.

  • 1926 on or at the lot
  • 1934 on or at the lot
  • 1958 1.1 km
Fire perimeters within the plan (3 km around), by year; tall red lines reached the lot.
The recordwildfire perimeters on the plan
Fires on the parcel
2
Last burned on the parcel
1934
Each fire on the parcel
1934 (19,852 ha, caused by people); 1926 (2,296 ha, lightning)
Fires within 2 km
7
Within 2 km in the last 30 years
0
Most recent nearby
1958 (17 ha, lightning)
Largest nearby
1934 (19,852 ha, caused by people)
Causes on record within 2 km
5 lightning, 2 caused by people

Fire perimeters mapped by the BC Wildfire Service since 1919, each with its size and the cause the Service recorded (lightning or people, sometimes unknown); older and small fires are less complete. Past fire is history, not a forecast: for insurance, ask about the fire protection area and the distance to the nearest fire hall.

Source: Fire perimeters – historical, BC Wildfire Service (Open Government Licence – British Columbia).

How to read a fire history →

§08Evacuation orders and alerts For reference

An evacuation alert covered this lot in May 2020 (a flood, Regional District of Central Kootenay); no order since April 2017.

The record
Events with an order over the lot since April 2017
0
Events with only an alert
1
May 2020: Unnamed flood
Evacuation alert for a flood, issued by Regional District of Central Kootenay (“Regional District of Central Kootenay (Except Nelson and Castlegar)”); alert 30 May 2020, all clear 2 June 2020.

The Province's record of lifted orders and alerts starts in April 2017: evacuations before then aren't in it, and no record doesn't mean nothing happened. Each area is drawn by the local government or First Nation that issued it; we check whether it covers any part of the lot. Where the record's own dates disagree (an order dated before the event began), only the month and year are given. Confirm with the local government.

An alert asks people to be ready to leave; no order to leave covered this lot in the record.

Source: Historical Orders and Alerts, Emergency Management and Climate Readiness (Open Government Licence – British Columbia); Evacuation Orders and Alerts, Emergency Management and Climate Readiness (Open Government Licence – British Columbia).

§09Earthquake shaking For reference

The building code's design shaking here is 0.075 g peak ground acceleration on firm ground, about 20% of Vancouver's.

The record
Peak ground acceleration, 2% in 50 years (the code's design level)
0.075 g
Peak ground acceleration, 10% in 50 years
0.025 g
Short-period shaking Sa(0.2), the value the code uses for houses and other low buildings
0.17 g
The same value in city centres
Victoria 0.81 g, Vancouver 0.47 g, Kelowna 0.089 g, Prince George 0.064 g

These are the 2020 National Building Code's reference values at the lot's centre, on firm ground (site class C). Soft soil, fill or a slope can make shaking stronger; the site class and the values a building is designed for come from the building official or a geotechnical engineer.

2% in 50 years means shaking at least this strong has about a 1-in-2,500 chance in any year; 10% in 50 years, about 1 in 475. g is the acceleration of gravity. The comparison with Vancouver and the other cities is ours.

Liquefaction, earthquake-triggered landslides and tsunami aren't covered here; ask the local government whether it has mapped them.

Source: 2020 National Building Code of Canada seismic hazard values (CanadaSHM6), Natural Resources Canada (Open Government Licence – Canada).

What the building code's shaking values mean →

§10Landslide records For reference

No landslides on record within 5 km. That doesn't rule one out: this is a list of known slides, not a hazard map.

The record
On record within 5 km
0

This is a list of landslides that are known to have happened, gathered from published inventories and from mapping on satellite images and lidar. It isn't a hazard map: it doesn't say how likely a slide is here, and no record nearby doesn't mean the ground is stable. Some parts of BC (the Fraser Valley and Fraser Canyon, Vancouver Island, Haida Gwaii, recent burn areas) are mapped in far more detail than others.

Each point mostly marks where a slide started. Debris can travel well past it, down a creek channel and onto the fan at the creek's mouth, so a lot on a fan or below a steep slope can be reached by a slide that began kilometres away. Distances are measured by us from the lot's boundary.

The kind of slide and its date are the database's own, mostly worked out from images, so treat them as a first look. Confirm with the local government, many of which have mapped steep-slope or debris-flow hazard areas, and with a geotechnical engineer.

Source: Preliminary Canadian Landslide Database, version 14.0 (May 2026), Brideau et al. (CC BY 4.0).

What a landslide record means, and what it doesn't →

§11Radon For reference

Radon isn't mapped lot by lot. In the Kootenay Boundary health region, 32 of the 109 homes tested (29%) in Health Canada's 2009–2011 survey were at or above the 200 Bq/m³ guideline; across BC, 143 of 1,817 (7.9%).

The record
Health region (regional figure, not this lot)
Kootenay Boundary
Homes tested here
109
At or above 200 Bq/m³ (the guideline)
32 (29%)
At or above 600 Bq/m³
8
Across BC
143 of 1,817 homes (7.9%) at or above the guideline

Radon comes up from the ground and differs from one house to the next, even next door, so a regional figure says nothing certain about one home. The only way to know is a long-term test of at least 3 months. Health Canada's guideline is 200 Bq/m³ in the parts of a home where people spend more than 4 hours a day; above it, fix it within a year, and the higher the level, the sooner. For a home you buy, Health Canada suggests a long-term test once you've moved in.

The survey tested about a hundred volunteer homes per health region, with one long-term test each. That gives a rough regional picture: it isn't a map, and a region where few or none tested high can still have homes above the guideline. The survey grouped homes by the 2007 health regions; we place the lot by today's boundaries for the same areas.

Source: Cross-Canada Survey of Radon Concentrations in Homes (2009–2011), Health Canada (Open Government Licence – Canada); Health Service Delivery Area Boundaries, Province of BC (Open Government Licence – British Columbia); Radon guideline, Health Canada (summarised in our words, read 2026-10-02); Testing your home for radon, Health Canada (summarised in our words, read 2026-10-02); Radon in real estate, Health Canada (summarised in our words, read 2026-10-02).

Radon and buying a home in BC →

§12Federal contaminated sites For reference

No federal contaminated sites listed within 2 km. This inventory covers federal land only; see below for what that leaves out.

The record
Federal sites within 2 km
0

This inventory lists only contaminated sites on federal land or that the federal government is responsible for: military land, ports and harbours, airports, fisheries and research stations, reserve land, national parks and similar. Most contaminated sites in BC, such as old gas stations, dry cleaners and industrial land, are on the Province's Site Registry, which charges for searches and isn't shown here. Ask the seller what the land and its neighbours were used for; a Phase I environmental site assessment covers it properly.

Each site is one point given by its federal custodian, and a large site such as a base or an airport reaches well past it. Distances are measured by us from the lot's boundary to that point.

Confirm with the local government and a qualified environmental professional.

Source: Federal Contaminated Sites Inventory, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (reported for 2025-2026) (Open Government Licence – Canada).

§13Road access Look into

No mapped road touches the parcel. The nearest public road is about 84 m from the lot line (Crowsnest Highway (highway, paved)).

Worked out by us from OpenStreetMap road lines: a road whose centreline is within 25 m of the lot line is counted as running along it. The map isn't proof of legal access: a road can be private, unbuilt or not maintained in winter, and reaching a lot across someone else's land needs a registered easement. The title search and the local government (or the Ministry of Transportation outside towns) confirm both.

The recordroads on the plan
Roads along the parcel
None mapped
Nearest public road
About 84 m away
Who maintains the road
Unclear whether the Province maintains the road along the lot: the nearest road on the Ministry of Transportation's road inventory, Highway H3 (service area 10, West Kootenay district), is mapped about 82 m from the lot line, and the two maps can sit apart. Ask the Ministry's district office who clears the road to the lot in winter.

Source: OpenStreetMap road data as of 2026-10-03, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); Ministry of Transportation Road Features Inventory and District Boundaries, Province of BC (Open Government Licence – British Columbia).

What a road on the map does and doesn't prove →

§14Water and streamside setbacks Look into

Mapped water on or within 30 m of the parcel: Stagleap Creek (on the parcel), Ripple Creek (on the parcel), South Salmo River (on the parcel), 23 unnamed streams and an unnamed lake.

Water nearby limits where you can build, clear or fill. In the regional districts covered by the Riparian Areas Protection Regulation, development within 30 m of a stream, lake or wetland needs a qualified environmental professional's assessment first; elsewhere the local bylaw sets its own setbacks, and any work in or next to a stream needs approval under the Water Sustainability Act. Ask the local government which rules apply here.

The recordwater and 30 m strip on the plan
Within 30 m
Stagleap Creek (on the parcel), Ripple Creek (on the parcel), South Salmo River (on the parcel), 23 unnamed streams and an unnamed lake
On the parcel
Stagleap Creek (on the parcel), Ripple Creek (on the parcel), South Salmo River (on the parcel), 19 unnamed streams and an unnamed lake

The Freshwater Atlas is mapped at 1:20,000, so a line can be tens of metres from the real bank and small streams can be missing. A site survey sets the actual setback.

Source: Freshwater Atlas (streams, rivers, lakes, wetlands, coastline), Province of BC (Open Government Licence – British Columbia).

Which streamside rules apply, and where →

§15Mineral and placer titles Look into

A mineral or placer title covers all or part of this parcel (7 mineral claims).

In BC, owning the surface doesn't include the minerals. A title holder over private land must give notice before work and pay for damage, but can work the claim. Ask the seller whether they've had any notice, and check the title holder's work on Mineral Titles Online.

The recordmineral and placer titles on the plan
Over the parcel
7 mineral claims
Within 1 km
13 mineral claims, 1 placer claim

Source: Mineral, placer and coal tenures, Mineral Titles Branch (Open Government Licence – British Columbia).

What a claim over private land means →

§16Wildlife and habitat For reference

No species-at-risk record on the parcel; 1 species or ecosystem recorded within 500 m.

The record
At-risk species or ecosystems on the parcel
None recorded
Within 500 m
Painted Turtle - Intermountain - Rocky Mountain Population (Blue-listed)
Wide-ranging species mapped over it
Caribou (Southern Mountain Population) (Red-listed)
Secured records in the wider area
No
Wildlife Habitat Area over the parcel
No
Ungulate winter range over the parcel
No

Red-listed species are at risk of being lost from BC; Blue-listed are of special concern. A record shows where the species was found, sometimes decades ago; no record doesn't mean nothing lives here, since most land has never been surveyed.

Species at risk can still limit building through local environmental development permit areas or federal critical habitat: ask the local government before planning work.

Source: Species and Ecosystems at Risk, publicly available occurrences, BC Conservation Data Centre (Open Government Licence – British Columbia); Wildlife Habitat Areas and Ungulate Winter Ranges (approved), Province of BC (Open Government Licence – British Columbia).

What a species-at-risk record means for a landowner →

§17What's planned nearby Look into

No logging or larger Crown land use planned within 1 km; 3 cutblocks logged nearby in the last 5 years. A 500 kV power line (BC Hydro) crosses the parcel. Major projects within 10 km on the Environmental Assessment Office's register: Southern Crossing Pipeline (transmission pipeline, about 7.3 km away, certificate issued May 21, 1999, operating).

ProjectDecisionPhaseFrom the lot
Southern Crossing PipelineTransmission PipelinesCertificate Issued, May 21, 1999Post Decision – OperationAbout 7.3 km away
Major projects on the Environmental Assessment Office's register within 10 km, in assessment or approved; each name opens its EAO page. Distances run from the lot line to the single point the EAO gives for the project, which a mine, pipeline or line can reach well past. Closed ones are in the record below.

Cutblocks are from the province's forest tenure records, which cover Crown forest licences and woodlots, not logging on private land. Crown land applications are on the province's tenure register; the Applications, Comments and Reasons for Decision site takes public comments on them. Mineral and placer claims are in their own section above.

The recordcutblocks and crown land applications on the plan
Cutblocks applied for (1 km)
0
Approved, not yet logged (1 km)
0
Logged in the last 5 years (1 km)
3
Crown land applications (1 km)
None
Quarry, industry, energy or tower tenures (500 m)
None
Local development applications
Not covered here: we read applications only where the local government publishes them as open data (the CSRD, the City of Surrey, the City of Abbotsford and the District of Squamish). Ask the Regional District of Central Kootenay what's in progress on and near the lot
Nearest power line (200 m)
Crosses the parcel
Power lines within 200 m
On the Province's map: circuit 5L092, crosses the parcel. On OpenStreetMap: 500 kV, BC Hydro, crosses the parcel
Major projects in assessment (10 km)
None
Major projects approved (10 km)
Southern Crossing Pipeline (transmission pipeline; about 7.3 km away; certificate issued May 21, 1999, operating)
Reviewed, no assessment needed (10 km)
None
Closed or not reviewable (10 km)
None

Major projects are those large enough to need a provincial environmental assessment: mines, power plants, pipelines, transmission lines, highways, ports, dams and resorts, among others. Each is on the Environmental Assessment Office's register at a single point, the location it gives for the project. A mine, pipeline, transmission line or road can reach well past that point, so a project listed 8 km away can still pass the lot, and one placed beyond 10 km isn't listed here. Each project's page on the EAO's site has its maps, documents and comment periods; distances are measured by us from the lot line to the point. Smaller projects (subdivisions, smaller pits and quarries, and other works under the assessment thresholds) aren't on this register.

Power lines are from two maps read together: the Province's map of high-voltage transmission lines (BC Hydro's, private and independent producers' lines), which leaves voltages out, and OpenStreetMap, where volunteers map lines and record the voltage where it's known. Smaller distribution lines along streets aren't included. Distances are measured by us from the lot line to the mapped line, which can sit some metres off the real one. The line's right of way, and what it lets the line's owner do on the land, is set by the easement on title, which is the definitive record: check it in the title search, and ask BC Hydro (or the line's owner) about clearances for building and trees.

Source: Forest tenure cutblock polygons (FTA 4.0), Ministry of Forests (Open Government Licence – British Columbia); TANTALIS Crown tenures, Province of BC (Open Government Licence – British Columbia); Environmental Assessment Office project points (EPIC), Province of BC (Open Government Licence – British Columbia); BC Transmission Lines (BC Hydro, private and independent power producers' lines), Province of BC (Open Government Licence – British Columbia); OpenStreetMap power lines as of 2026-10-03, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Power lines near a lot: rights of way, building, trees and health →

§18Noise sources nearby Look into

Crowsnest Highway (Highway CN 3), a highway, is about 85 m from the lot line. No railway and no airport or airstrip mapped within 2 km.

Distances only, not a measured noise level; noise depends on traffic, trains per day and terrain. Measured by us in a straight line from the lot line to the mapped centreline of the track or road, or to the edge of an airport's mapped grounds (to its point where only a point is mapped); a mapped line can sit some metres off the real one.

The record
Nearest railway (2 km)
None mapped within 2 km
Nearest highway or major road (2 km)
Crowsnest Highway (Highway CN 3), a highway, about 85 m from the lot line
Nearest airport or airstrip (2 km)
None mapped within 2 km

Railways are OpenStreetMap's track in use: main, branch and industrial lines, sidings and yards, and rapid transit; lines mapped as disused or abandoned, and track in tunnels, are left out. "Main line" is how OpenStreetMap's mappers class the line. Highways and major roads are the roads OpenStreetMap classes as motorway (a freeway), trunk (a highway) or primary (a major road). Airports and airstrips are every aerodrome OpenStreetMap maps, public or private, with its type where mapped; heliports aren't included. Airport noise exposure maps (the NEF contours some airports draw) aren't open data, so they aren't used.

Visit at rush hour and at night, ask the seller how often trains pass, and confirm with the local government whether a noise bylaw, a development permit area or an airport zoning regulation covers the lot. For a railway, the railway company or Transport Canada can say how many trains use the line; for an airport, ask the airport about flight paths.

Source: OpenStreetMap road data as of 2026-10-03, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); OpenStreetMap railways and aerodromes as of 2026-10-03, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Railways, highways and airports near a lot: what the distances mean →

§19Water wells nearby For reference

No water-supply wells on record within 2 km. No mapped aquifer under the lot.

The record
Wells within 2 km
0
Median depth
–
Median tested yield
–
Median water level below ground
–
Mapped aquifer under the lot
None mapped

Neighbours' wells show what drillers found nearby, not what a new well here will find; many wells were never registered. For a property on a well, ask for a recent flow test and water quality test.

Productivity is how much water the aquifer gives up to wells; vulnerability is how easily a spill at the surface could reach it; both are the province's ratings for the whole aquifer, not this lot. Mapped aquifers cover mostly settled valleys: a lot outside every outline can still have groundwater. Confirm with a qualified hydrogeologist or registered well driller.

Source: Groundwater wells (GWELLS), Province of BC (Open Government Licence – British Columbia); Ground Water Aquifers, Water Protection and Sustainability Branch, Province of BC (Open Government Licence – British Columbia).

What to ask about a well before you buy →

§20Septic Look into

About 6.2 ha (4%) of the lot is at least 30 m from mapped water and recorded wells, 3 m in from the lot lines and under 25% slope, where the Province's manual allows most kinds of septic field. Whether the soil can take a field (its depth, the water table and how fast water drains) needs a site visit.

Screening, not a site assessment: measured by us on the same elevation cells as the buildable area, against the separations in the Province's Sewerage System Standard Practice Manual: a field stays 30 m from a drinking-water well (60 to 90 m from a high-pumping one), 30 m from a lake, river or permanent stream (15 m from seasonal water and the sea), 7.5 m from a downslope drain or bank where effluent could break out, and, as a guideline, 3 m from the lot line. We use 30 m for every mapped stream. A gravity field isn't allowed on slopes over 15%, a mound or at-grade bed over 25%, and trenches over 45%.

The record
Recorded water-supply wells within 30 m
None recorded within 30 m
Mapped water within 30 m
Stagleap Creek (on the parcel), Ripple Creek (on the parcel), South Salmo River (on the parcel), 23 unnamed streams and an unnamed lake
Within the setbacks, under 15% slope (gravity fields, mounds and trenches)
8130 m² (0%)
Within the setbacks, under 25% slope (mounds, at-grade beds and trenches)
6.2 ha (4%)
Within the setbacks, under 45% slope (trenches)
59.9 ha (35%)

Under the Sewerage System Regulation, only an Authorized Person (a Registered Onsite Wastewater Practitioner or a professional engineer or geoscientist) may plan and install a system, and they file the plans with the regional health authority before work starts. They dig test pits to check the soil depth and the seasonal water table and measure how fast the soil drains, which no open map shows. Ask the seller for the filing and maintenance records of an existing system, and have it inspected.

Well locations in GWELLS are often approximate, and many wells were never registered: look for well caps on and next to the lot. Wells, water lines and septic fields on the neighbours' land count too.

If the lot is on a community sewer, none of this applies; ask the local government, which may also set larger setbacks or a minimum lot size for septic.

Source: Sewerage System Standard Practice Manual, version 3 (2014), Province of BC: Tables II-6, II-19 and III-16, summarised in our words, read 2026-10-04 (summarised in our words); Sewerage System Regulation, B.C. Reg. 326/2004, summarised in our words, read 2026-10-04 (summarised in our words); Groundwater wells (GWELLS), Province of BC (Open Government Licence – British Columbia); Medium Resolution Digital Elevation Model (MRDEM-30), Natural Resources Canada (Open Government Licence – Canada); Freshwater Atlas and designated floodplain maps, Province of BC (Open Government Licence – British Columbia).

Septic rules in BC, and what a buyer should check →

§21Services nearby For reference

Creston Valley Hospital and Health Centre is the nearest hospital, 44 km away in a straight line; the nearest fire station is Salmo Volunteer Fire Department, 24 km; the nearest grocery store 24 km and public elementary school 24 km.

The record
Nearest hospital
Creston Valley Hospital and Health Centre: 44 km
Next nearest hospital
Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital, Trail: 45 km
School catchment
Not mapped for this lot: catchments are shown only where the school district's boundaries are open data, for Surrey Schools (Surrey and White Rock) and the North Vancouver School District (the City and District of North Vancouver). Ask the school district which schools serve it.
Nearest public elementary school
Salmo Elementary School: 24 km
Nearest public secondary school
Salmo Secondary: 24 km
Independent schools within 10 km
0
Nearest grocery store
Salmo Village Grocery on Main: 24 km
Grocery stores within 10 km
0
Nearest fire station
Salmo Volunteer Fire Department: 24 km, on the Province's list
Nearest ambulance station
Ambulance station 426, Salmo: 24 km

Distances are straight lines from the middle of the lot, measured by us. The drive is longer, and much longer where the road winds, crosses water or takes a ferry.

Hospitals are from the Province's list. Not every hospital has a 24-hour emergency department, and some small towns have a health centre with emergency care that isn't on this list: check with the regional health authority.

Which school a child goes to depends on the school district's catchment, not on distance: ask the district.

A fire station nearby doesn't mean it covers this lot: confirm the fire protection area with the local government. Insurers price fire cover by the road distance to the hall that responds and whether the lot is inside a fire protection area.

Fire halls and ambulance stations are from the Province's First Responders list (updated 2026-09-11), with fire stations it lacks added from OpenStreetMap. A hall that has moved may still be listed at its old address.

An ambulance station is where crews are based. How soon one arrives depends on where the crew is when the call comes.

Grocery stores are from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers: one may be missing, closed or mapped in the wrong place.

Confirm services with the local government.

Source: Hospitals in BC, HealthLinkBC (Open Government Licence – British Columbia); BC Schools K-12, Ministry of Education and Child Care (Open Government Licence – British Columbia); First Responders (fire halls and ambulance stations), GeoBC (updated 2026-09-11) (Open Government Licence – British Columbia); Grocery stores and fire stations not on the Province's list: © OpenStreetMap contributors (extract of 2026-10-03) (Open Database Licence (ODbL)).

How school catchments work in BC →

§22Internet For reference

No homes or roads within about 1 km of the lot are in ISED's broadband data, so no wired or fixed wireless service is recorded near it; satellite is likely the option. The nearest point in the data is about 3.7 km away.

The record
Best speed recorded within about 1 km
none
Over a wired line (cable, fibre or DSL)
none recorded
Over fixed wireless
none recorded
LTE mobile within about 1 km
not recorded
Nearest place with 50/10 Mbps or faster
none within 10 km
Data
ISED National Broadband Data, May 2026

This is the service providers report to Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) for homes and roads near the lot, not a quote: ask providers whether they serve this address, at what speed and at what cost to connect.

Speeds are download/upload bands. 50/10 Mbps is ISED's top band, so a place in it can get much faster service, and it is the CRTC's target for every Canadian home.

A line that reaches homes within 1 km may stop short of this lot; bringing it further can cost the buyer. Fixed wireless and LTE need a clear line to the tower, which hills and tall trees can block.

Satellite service doesn't need nearby lines, but it needs a clear view of the sky.

Distances are straight lines from the middle of the lot, measured by us on a grid of about 250 m.

Source: National Broadband Data (May 2026), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (Open Government Licence – Canada); Pseudo-Household Demographic Distribution (2021), ISED (Open Government Licence – Canada).

What the internet figures mean, and what to ask a provider →

§23Climate Not covered here

No climate station with published normals is within 30 km of this lot.

The record

The nearest is Creston treatment plant, 42 km away; across that distance BC's mountains and coast make the weather too different to stand in for the lot. Ask neighbours or the local government about winters, snow and road clearing.

Source: Canadian Climate Normals 1991-2020, Environment and Climate Change Canada (Open Government Licence – Canada); Central Kootenay, Electoral Area G: climate, land and census facts (PlaceDossier area page).

What a plant hardiness zone means →

§24Speculation and vacancy tax Nothing found

This lot is outside any municipality, in the Regional District of Central Kootenay's electoral areas, and no electoral area is in the Province's speculation and vacancy tax area outside Metro Vancouver, so the tax doesn't apply to a home here.

The record
Place
this rural area
In the taxable area
No

Source: Taxable areas for the speculation and vacancy tax, Province of BC (page updated December 8, 2025) (summarised in our words); Speculation and vacancy tax rates and exemptions, Province of BC (summarised in our words, read 2026-10-04).

Where the speculation and vacancy tax applies, and who pays →

§25Property tax For reference

This lot is in Central Kootenay, Electoral Area G, where the Province collects the property tax. Every home there pays at least $4.27 per $1,000 of assessed value at 2026 rates: about $4,270 a year on a $1,000,000 home, before the home owner grant. Local service areas such as fire protection add more where they cover the lot, so its full rate is unclear here; the tax notice lists them.

  • Regional district (the electoral area's share) $1.83
  • Regional hospital district $0.16
  • School (set by the Province) $1.71
  • Provincial rural tax $0.39
  • Police tax $0.15
  • Other $0.04
Where each $1,000 of assessed value goes, 2026, before local service areas.
$

On $500,000: at least about $2,135 a year; on $1,000,000: at least about $4,270, at 2026 rates, before the home owner grant.

The record
Collected by
The Province (rural area), for Central Kootenay, Electoral Area G
Rate every home pays, 2026
4.2702 per $1,000
Regional district (the electoral area's share)
1.82973 per $1,000
Regional hospital district
0.15647 per $1,000
School (set by the Province)
1.7109 per $1,000
Provincial rural tax
0.3861 per $1,000
Police tax
0.1487 per $1,000
Other
0.0383 per $1,000
Local service areas
Unclear for this lot: they cover parts of the area, up to 2.0466 per $1,000 each
Full rate for this lot
Unclear

The Province's rural rates don't say which local service areas (fire protection, recreation, street lighting, water, improvement districts, the Islands Trust) cover which lots, so they're left out of the rate above. Ask the Province's Surveyor of Taxes, or the seller for the latest tax notice.

Your bill uses BC Assessment's value for the property, which can differ from its price, and may also include parcel taxes and utility fees (water, sewer, garbage) that aren't rates on value.

The home owner grant takes up to $570 off the bill of a home its owner lives in ($770 in the Province's northern and rural area in 2026, and up to $845, or $1,045 there, for seniors, veterans and people with a disability), for homes assessed at $2,075,000 or less in 2026; above that it shrinks by $5 for each $1,000. From 2027 the northern and rural extra ends and the regular grant is $570 everywhere. The owner applies each year, and must pay at least $350 in tax ($100 for the higher grant) after it.

Source: The Surveyor of Taxes' rural tax rates, 2026, Province of BC (the rates only: facts set in public bylaws, not open data); Home owner grant, Province of BC (summarised in our words, read 2026-10-04).

How property tax works in BC, and what else goes on the bill →

§26Crime For reference

Inferred, the nearest RCMP rural detachment Statistics Canada publishes (about 24 km away in a straight line; the one that polices this spot may be another): the Salmo RCMP detachment (rural) reported a crime severity index of 60 in 2025, below BC's 92; down 29% since 2015 (BC unchanged).

  • Salmo 60
  • BC 92
Crime severity index by year, 2011 to 2025, police-reported (Canada in 2006 = 100).
The record
Police service
The Salmo RCMP detachment (rural; inferred)
Crime severity index, 2025
60 (BC 92)
Violent / non-violent index
75 / 55 (BC 98 / 91)
Crime severity index, 2015
84 (BC 93)
Break and enter, per 100,000 people, 2025
105 (BC 281)
Theft of a vehicle, per 100,000 people, 2025
105 (BC 138)
Theft from a vehicle, per 100,000 people, 2025
210 (BC 441)
Violent crime, per 100,000 people, 2025
1,085 (BC 1,531)
All Criminal Code offences (not traffic), per 100,000 people, 2025
4,200 (BC 6,943)

Inferred: the nearest RCMP rural detachment Statistics Canada publishes figures for, about 24 km away. BC's police boundaries aren't open data, so the detachment that actually polices this spot may be another.

The crime severity index weighs each offence by how serious it is (one assault counts for more than several thefts), with Canada in 2006 set at 100. Rates are per 100,000 people living in the police service's area, so places with many visitors, commuters or seasonal homes read high, and in small places a few incidents swing the figures a lot. These are crimes reported to police, not all crime.

In BC only Surrey, the Township of Langley, Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam publish reported property crime block by block under an open licence; reports there count what was reported within 500 m of the lot. The police here don't, so the figures above are for the whole area they cover.

Police calls to a particular address aren't published in BC (privacy law keeps police records about identifiable people closed), and neither is whether a home was used as a grow-op or drug lab: that shows up as a notice on the title. Ask the seller for the Property Disclosure Statement, and your lawyer for the title search.

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 35-10-0063-01, Crime severity index and weighted clearance rates, police services in British Columbia (Statistics Canada Open Licence); Statistics Canada, Table 35-10-0184-01, Incident-based crime statistics, by detailed violations, police services in British Columbia (Statistics Canada Open Licence).

§27Questions to ask

Built from what these records found, plus the basics for any purchase. Tick them off as you go (this browser remembers them; nothing is sent to us), or print the page.

The seller or their agent

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The local government

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Your lawyer or notary

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Your home inspector or a specialist

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Your insurer

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The school district

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Find the people

Official public registers: find someone near you, or check that the one you've found is licensed. No one pays to be listed.

Buying from outside Canada or through a company, or working out the property transfer tax: AcreScout sets out who can buy land in BC and what the transfer tax comes to. Confirm with your lawyer or notary.

§28The parcel record

Parcel type
Interest
Owner type
Crown Provincial
Plan
NEP15488
Mapped area
172.84 ha (427.11 acres)

Mapped area is from ParcelMap BC and can differ from the surveyed area on title. Owner names, assessed values and title charges aren't public data; a title search at the Land Title and Survey Authority shows easements, covenants and liens.

Source: ParcelMap BC parcel fabric (Open Government Licence – British Columbia), updated 2024-03-05.

Land for sale nearby

The 5 nearest listings on AcreScout within 25 km, nearest first.

ListingAsking priceSizePer acreFrom the lot
9841 Talbot Road NelwayRegional District of Central Kootenay, listed 204 days ago$1,100,00050 acres$22,000 an acre13 km
1978 Airport RoadSalmo, listed 100 days ago$459,0005.12 acres$89,648 an acre18 km
Airport Road Lot 38Salmo, listed 106 days ago$299,00052 acres$5,750 an acre20 km
Salmo British Columbia AcreageSalmo, listed 52 days ago$900,00027 acres$33,333 an acre23 km
6410 3 HighwaySalmo, listed 109 days ago$159,9001.1 acres$145,364 an acre24 km

Distances are straight lines from the lot's middle to the listing's pin. Where AcreScout places a listing only roughly, no distance is given, only the place it's near. Per acre is left out under about an acre. Asking prices are what sellers ask, not what land sells for.

Listings: AcreScout (our sister site), active listings as of 2026-10-05. Asking prices set by the sellers; not a valuation.

Checked 2026-10-05. General information from public records, not an inspection, survey, appraisal or legal advice. Confirm with the local government and a professional before you buy or build.