Elk are not common in the Bulkley Valley. As far as I know the first sightings were around Quick about 15-20 years ago. Quick is about 25 km from Smithers and the small heard is spotted periodically out there. I have never heard of a sighting near Smithers. I live right on the edge of Smithers, so I was pretty surprised to see two Elk outside my house at about 7am this morning. Here is a link to the photos we took Gallery link.
The news release covers market activity for the first quarter of 2010 in the BC Northern Real Estate Board [ BCNREB]. It a broad and diverse area starting at 100 Mile House and covering most of the top half of the province. 45 Sales were reported in Smithers in the first quarter of 2010 compared to 31 sales in the first quarter of 2009. For the complete report just email me at info@sandrah.biz and I will send it to you in pdf format [ I am having technical problems with linking it].
Cheers,
Sandra
We had a great day picking morels south of Houston a few weeks ago. I just had to show off the pics, there are more in my photo gallery. Photo Gallery link
I found this interesting web page on the BC Real Estate Association [BCREA] website. Shelter taxes which are taxes on on homes we buy are a tough pill to swallow for a lot of us. BCREA has been lobbying the government to make these taxes more fair. This website, shelter tax webpage , allows you to calculate the cost to you of Shelter taxes on your Real Estate transaction. Interesting, and it helps learn a bit more about HST and Real Estate.
It’s time to start getting excited about boating and fishing season. We went out on the Bulkley last night for a ride and enjoyed the cool evening air. The river is still low as nothing is melting in the high elevations. I took this photo of Hudson Bay Mountain and the spring time clouds. I have set up a new photo Gallery for fishing pics that I will try to keep updated. You can check out my photo Gallery by following this link Fishing Gallery
Early May evening on the Bulkley