Chilcotin Old Knowles Ranch

The Historic Old Knowles Ranch is truly a wonder to behold. The ranch has been under the stewardship of an European owner for the past 10 years ensuring the ranch continued to operate as a cattle ranch while preserving the wild spaces for future generations to be able to enjoy the majestic beauty of the ranches landscapes and wildlife. The Old Knowles is a wonder to behold offering unparalleled a sporting and ranching lifestyle over a vast range of scenic diversity, abundant water, and exceptional hunting and fishing opportunities. The deeded lands combined with the Crown Lease lands and big game territory total over 1 million acres!

Location

The Historic Old Knowles Ranch lies  approximately 41 kilometers from Chezacut, British Columbia and about 188 kilometers west of Williams Lake, British Columbia in the heart of some of the most pristine country any human has laid eyes on. 

Improvements

The ranch is very well improved with an Owner's home, ranch manager home, equipment buildings, cattle handling barn, calving barn, shop building, guest home, and staff housing.

Owner's Home

2,100 sq. ft, 3 bedroom, 3 1/2 baths

Wraparound deck

Ranch Manager Home

1,730 sq. ft. 3 bedroom, 2 baths

Renovated in 2017

Spring water

Ag Uses

Currently theanch is running about 800 head of cattle with permits that would allow the ranch to run up to 1,400 head of cattle. In 2018, the ranch produced 2,150 bales at approximately 1,800 pounds per bale.  There is additional hay land that would provide potential for several hundred more acres of hay production. 

CROWN RANGE Leases

i) RAN076964 159,382.971 acres

ii) RAN076395  517,685 acres

Animal Unit Months

415 AUMs & 7,594 AUMs = 8,009 AUMs

Hunting

The Old Knowles Ranch includes the Trembling Pines Big Game Territory of approximately 741,715 acres that provide excellent big game hunting. Big game consists of black bear, grizzly bear, wolves, caribou, moose, and deer. Be prepared to hunt big game over hundreds of thousands of acres some of the most majestic territories imaginable.

Fishing

The Chilcotin River just a few steps from the owner's home offers superb fly fishing to the avid fisherman.

In cooperation with Cascadia Pacific Realty.