Butedale Bay

Unrivaled opportunity to own and develop a place where the sheer beauty of British Columbia is captured in a single setting. 

The Great Bear Rainforest and the Great Bear Sea evoke a sense of wonder. Home to First Nations and inhabited by whales, dolphins, eagles, the legendary Spirit Bear and more, the renowned habitat attracts international eco-tourists from around the world.

Butedale, located in the center of the Great Bear Rainforest on the east coast of Princess Royal Island, is accessible through one of the most breathtaking nautical routes in the world, the Inside Passage.

An opportunity exists to own a commercial development package in this remarkable location - where the mountains meet the waters of the Great Bear Sea, within one of the world's largest remaining temperate rainforest. Recently installed large capacity, high-speed, undersea, fibre-optic communication cable connects Butedale directly to the backbone of global communication networks. The collective development package offered for sale at Butedale is exceptional and the only one of its kind within the Great Bear Rainforest.

The property is uniquely located within a network of Old Growth forests that are permanently protected. No other development near this special location will ever be possible.

Butedale's deep tidewater bay can accommodate the largest boats, including international passenger vessels such as National Geographic expedition ships. The property offers water rights and hydro-infrastructure that can serve as a green power source for a marina, shore facilities, and estate lots, while the natural deep harbour with its own waterfall adds immeasurable value. These unique features offer an opportunity to create an exceptional international maritime destination.

Butedale was founded, over a century ago, in 1911 and named after the titled Bute Family of Scotland. The property was once a designated "Canada Customs Port of Entry," which speaks to the strategic significance of its geographic location.

The Butedale Development Package includes permits for a full-scale international marina and a management plan for the property. In addition, the package includes components such as hydroelectric licenses and water rights that draw from a 1600-acre reservoir lake above the property, concrete hydroelectric infrastructure, and freehold lands and leases totalling 122 acres. There are also 250 linear feet of newly built docks in place at Butedale for work crews and moorage for authorized visitors.

Select buildings on the property are assets that can be restored and repurposed. For example, a cultural center has been suggested for the warehouse building at Butedale, which offers up to 10,000 square feet of floor space when the restoration is complete.

The freshwater that drops into the Great Bear Sea at Butedale creates a unique merging of freshwater with seawater that attracts a variety of marine life. The lake environment above Butedale is a natural treasure, with the crystal-clear eight-kilometre-long Butedale Lake providing a source of fresh water flowing through the freehold lands.

Renewable Energy gathered as fresh water from an uninhabited, "14,000-acre rainforest catchment basin" feeds Butedale Lake and flows to a powerhouse on the Butedale property. Butedale's Fresh Water Rights and hydroelectric licenses draw clean, renewable Energy from this uninhabited reservoir.

Butedale Bay is the perfect location for visiting international yachts to base and explore the Great Bear Sea. The clean, renewable Energy, natural environment, and freehold lands at Butedale offer the foundation for a globally significant destination in the center of the Great Bear Rainforest.

Butedale is owned by Inside Passage Marine Corporation, a sole-purpose company dedicated to the property.

Visit the official website for this property: butedalebay.com.

FAITH WILSON TEAM