L E M A NS K Y LAK E T R AC T S Tonasket, Okanogan County, Washington $855,000 | 684.09± Acres
Lemansky Lake Tracts | Tonasket, Washington
INTRODUCTION From the Canadian border to Ferry County, The North Okanogan is a geological jewel and a secret treasure to hosts of outdoorsmen, nature lovers, and history buffs. The Lake Lemansky Tract is located near the town of Tonasket. This nearby small community is home to the annual Okanogan River Garlic Festival. Discover a great selection of antique shops, pamper yourself in a day spa, or enjoy local culture and food at the restaurants. Check out the mural on the Community Cultural Center building. Nearby is also Loomis which was once a historic mining town with eight saloons and two dance halls. Today it is a quiet town with a scattering of homes and Bighorn sheep that wander through town. Don’t miss the opportunity to own these 684± acres in a highly sought-after area. This property is already subdivided into 12 separate parcels, allowing for various ownership opportunities or an exit strategy down the road. This is one of the best areas in Washington for hunting, fishing, and year-round recreational activities. Over-looking the Okanogan Valley and views of Lake Lemansky, this property is a thing of beauty. Heavily treed with well-managed pine and fir, lush green meadows, and roads throughout the entire property. Power is on the property buyer to verify and availability to obtain access. Hike or ride to the top to admire the 360-degree views. Many wildlife species frequent the property, from Whitetail deer, Mule deer, moose, Roosevelt elk, turkeys, upland birds, and numerous waterfowl. There is cell phone coverage on the property, which is very rare in remote areas. There is a paved road leading to the easement road for ease of accessibility to this wilderness gem.
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LOCATION Tonasket is a city located along the Okanogan River’s eastern bank in northcentral Okanogan County, Washington. U.S. Highway 97, the main north–south highway through central Washington, bisects the city on its way north to the Canada–U.S. border approximately twenty miles away. Washington State Route 20 turns east of 97 at 6th St and continues running across the state. The city is bordered on the north by Siwash Creek, on the south by Bonaparte Creek, and on the west by the Okanogan River. Tonasket, which has been the site of a U.S. post office since 1901, was platted in 1910 and incorporated in 1927. It serves as a hub for agricultural and forestry industries in north central Okanogan County. It is the location of three major fruit storage and processing facilities and the Tonasket Ranger District of the Okanogan National Forest offices.
GETTING THERE From Tonasket, take Highway 7 to Pine Creek Road to Lemenasky Road. Turn south through the gate just west of Aeneas Lookout Road.
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AIRPORT INFORMATION T onasket M unicipal A irport The Tonasket Municipal Airport (W01) is located west of Tonasket, and its runway is approximately 3000 ft. in length. The airport has radio-operated landing lights, an airport lounge, and places for airplane tie-downs.
O mak M unicipal A irport The Omak Municipal Airport (OMK) is situated three miles north of downtown Omak on 153± acres of municipal-owned property. It can handle single-engine aircraft. For detailed flight info for the Omak Airport (KOMK), please visit http://www.airnav.com/airport/KOMK. www.fayranches.com | (800) 238.8616 | info@fayranches.com
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AREA HISTORY Okanogan County, often called The Okanogan, is home to 38,400 people, including members of the Colville Confederated Tribes on the Colville Indian Reservation. The area was one of the last in Washington settled by non-Indians because of its remoteness, but it was an early thoroughfare for prospectors en- route to gold fields in British Columbia. In the twenty-first century, the county earns its living from agriculture and forestry, with tourism offering additional opportunities. Grand Coulee Dam, the largest producer of electricity in the U.S., sits astride the Columbia River at the county’s southern boundary. For at least several hundred years prior to contact with Europeans, the indigenous peoples of The Okanogan consisted of three major bands of a group called the Northern Okanogans or Sinkaietk, the Tokoratums, the Kartars, and the Konkonelps. They spoke as many as seven dialects of the Interior Salishan or Interior Salish language related to the languages of Puget Sound tribes but very different from the other languages of the Columbia Basin. 4
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ACREAGE 684.09± deeded acres This property is fenced and is leased out to a neighboring rancher for summer grazing.
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TIMBERLAND There is a mix of pine and fir on the property that has been well managed over the years.
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SCENIC VISTAS The views at night are even better than those during the day—this reasonably remote property within an easy drive to town.
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CLIMATE The chance of wet days in Okanogan varies throughout the year. The wetter season lasts 7.3 months, from October 21 to May 30. The drier season lasts 4.7 months, from May 30 to October 21. The most common form of precipitation in Okanogan changes throughout the year. Rain alone is the most common for ten months, from January 27 to December 7.
Data provided by: http://www.city-data.com/city/Tonasket-Washington.html
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IMPROVEMENTS Access easement fronts on a county-maintained paved road. There are roads throughout the property for easy access. Small power lines run through the lower portion of the property. The property is fenced with a gate at the entrance.
RECREATION Tucked in a lush river valley in the Okanogan region, the Sinlahekin Wildlife Area provides the opportunity to wander at will through a rich ecosystem harboring hundreds of big game species, waterfowl, and native plants. The Sinlahekin Valley parallels Highway 97, about 10 miles to its west, leading north to the Canadian border. The 14,000± acre DNR Sinlahekin Wildlife Preserve is maintained to provide winter grounds to support deer and ground bird populations for the eastern Cascades and other nearby areas. It is a beautiful preserve, inviting walking and the opportunity to see games and waterfowl as well as native flora. Just 2.5 miles south of Loomis, the preserve straddles the Sinlahekin Creek and the Coulee Creek watersheds. Sinlahekin Creek is the more evidently flowing body of water; Coulee Creek is frequently underground and is invisible to visitors for most of the year. www.fayranches.com | (800) 238.8616 | info@fayranches.com
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H unting & W ildlife Hunting opportunities, ranging from upland game birds and waterfowl to big games such as elk, mule deer, bighorn sheep, bear, and cougar, abound in Okanogan Country. Thousands of acres of federal and state public lands in Washington State make the area one of the West’s premier venues for rifle, black powder, and shotgun enthusiasts as well as for bow hunters. Logging roads provide access to various big and small games in the gorgeous public lands of North Central Washington State. Okanogan County Hunting lodges and cabins cater to seasonal hunters in addition to campgrounds. Okanogan County’s vast public lands in the Methow Valley, Okanogan Valley, and the Okanogan Highlands offer an amazing variety of species. Big Game species include Mule Deer, White Tail Deer, Bear, Elk, Moose, Bighorn Sheep, Mountain Goat, and Cougar. Small game includes bobcat, coyote, fox, raccoon, lynx, badger, beaver, rabbits, and hare. With over 600 lakes, Okanogan Country provides some of the best bird hunting in the Pacific Northwest. Migratory waterfowl and upland game bird species include Pheasant, Wild Turkey, Grouse, Quail, Chukkar, Ptarmigan, Goose, and Duck.
F ishing Explore more than 200 high mountain lakes, 400 lowland lakes, 200 water and wildlife access areas, and 300,000± acres of publicly owned land. This is the number one recreational fishing region statewide that includes warm water fisheries and cold-water trout and steelhead fisheries. It also boasts the most popular bass fishing sites in the state. For the wheelchair-bound, Okanogan Country offers many fishing opportunities. Persons in wheelchairs may visit Sidley lake near Molson, which is along a paved road. This is a slower part of Okanogan Country, and you will find fishermen and women along the road in their chairs. Conconully is a small resort town in the Cascade foothills. Its two reservoir lakes offer spectacular fishing. Conconully’s annual Trout Derby is held on the opening weekend of the fishing season. The Methow Valley offers excellent fishing in Little and Big Twin Lakes, Pearrygin Lake, and Patterson Lake. Moccasin Lake is a premier, private fishery offering rainbows up to 10 pounds. 10
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O ther R ecreation Looking at the bigger picture when it comes to winter in Okanogan County, there are more than 400 miles of groomed trails scattered all over the area, all accessed by ten different Sno-Parks. Just looking at that Sno-Park information shows how varied the riding is around the county. Trail systems range from 134 miles of groomed paths to as few as 33-mile systems, and elevations range from 2,050 feet (Boulder Creek Sno-Park north of Winthrop) to 4,500 feet (Crawfish Sno-Park, located east of Riverside in the eastern part of the county). Most of the Sno-Parks are in the 2,000-foot plus elevation range. All that doesn’t even include two additional Sno-Parks in the southwest part of Okanogan County, where there are another 100 miles of groomed trails, part of which spill over into Chelan County. So there’s no shortage of groomed trails or access to them. www.fayranches.com | (800) 238.8616 | info@fayranches.com
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NEARBY ATTRACTIONS & ACTIVITIES Nighthawk, located in Okanogan County, WA, is one of the oldest mining districts when Washington was still a territory with claims dating to the 1860s. By 1903 Nighthawk was a well-established boom town with a hotel, railroad depot, and saloon. The town was officially platted in 1903 by the Nighthawk Realty Co. and named for the Nighthawk Mine. By 1865 it was said 3,000 miners were living in a tent boom town. The big producing mines in the Nighthawk District were the Nighthawk, Kaaba, Ruby Silver, Chopaka, Four Metals, to name a few. The most famous of these was the Ruby Silver Mine. At one time, six concentration mills were operating in the Nighthawk area. As with other boom towns in Washington, the mines began to shut down due to operating costs and drops in metal values. The last mine to close in Nighthawk was the Kaaba Texas mine which operated from 1915 to 1951. The Kaaba Texas remained one of Nighthawk’s best-preserved mines until its remediation removal in 1999. Many of the original structures that still stand in Nighthawk today date to 1903.
INCOME | RETURN OPPORTUNITY The property has been leased for both cattle grazing in the summer months and hunting in the fall and winter.
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MINERAL & TIMBER RIGHTS All mineral and timber rights appurtenant to the Seller’s property and owned will convey to the Buyer at closing. Mineral rights are not guaranteed. It is suggested that the Buyer conduct a mineral search with a title company.
CONSERVATION | STEWARDSHIP Each of us at Fay Ranches has a love of the land and a desire to see it remain as productive agricultural ground and quality fish and wildlife habitat. Through promoting the use of thoughtful land stewardship, Fay Ranches has guided owners toward a legacy of conserving wide open spaces, enhancing and creating fisheries and wildlife habitat, and implementing sustainable agricultural operations. Fay Ranches is proud to say that since our company began in 1992, the landscape on which we work has been significantly enhanced by our clients’ conservation ethic and land-use practices. 14
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QUICK FACTS • 684.09± Acres • 12 individual parcels • Fenced • Power on the property • Paved road to access road • Cattle grazing lease • Hunting lease • Great territorial views • Cell phone reception • 14 miles from Tonasket
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Lemansky Lake Tracts | Tonasket, Washington
SUMMARY Don’t miss the opportunity to own these 684± acres in a highly sought-after area. This property is already subdivided into 12 separate parcels, which would allow for various ownership opportunities or an exit strategy down the road. This is one of the best areas in Washington for hunting, fishing, and year-round recreational activities. Over-looking the Okanogan Valley and views of Lake Lemansky, this property is a thing of beauty. Heavily treed with well-managed pine and fir, lush green meadows, and roads throughout the entire property. Power is on the property buyer to verify and availability to obtain access. Hike or ride to the top to admire the 360-degree views. Many wildlife species frequent the property, from White Tail deer, Mule deer, moose, Roosevelt elk, turkeys, upland birds, and numerous waterfowl. All of this can be had with ownership of this wilderness gem.
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PRICE $855,000
TERMS Cash, Conventional Financing, 1031 Tax Exchange
CONTACT Please contact Bryon Clarke at (253) 226-2280 | bclarke@fayranches.com or Paul Valentine at (360) 239-1994 | pvalentine@fyaranches.com to schedule a showing. This is an exclusive listing. An agent from Fay Ranches must be present at all showings, unless otherwise noted or other arrangements are made. To view other properties, fly fishing properties, and sporting ranches that we have listed, please visit our web page at www.fayranches.com.
NOTICE Offer is subject to errors, omissions, prior sale, change or withdrawal without notice, and approval of purchase by owner. Information regarding land classification, carrying capacities, maps, etc., is intended only as a general guideline and has been provided by the owners and other sources deemed reliable, but the accuracy cannot be guaranteed. Prospective purchasers are encouraged to research the information to their own satisfaction.
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BRYON CLARKE broker
Licensed in: WA c. 253-226-2280 bclarke@fayranches.com
PAUL VALENTINE FAY RANCHES INC. (800) 238.8616 info@fayranches.com www.fayranches.com
managing broker
Licensed in: WA c. 360-239-1994 pvalentine@fayranches.com