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…bordering the beautiful
Boreal Forest of Northeast Saskatchewan

Since 1993, Torch Valley Country Retreats has offered guests world wide the best in farm vacation hospitality – year round – in a secure unique “wilderness” setting. Guests enjoy the peace and quiet of beautiful log cabin accommodation on the edge of the Canadian Boreal Forest. They’ve told us our authentic log cabins make them feel safe at home in the wilderness. They feel “cared for” and pampered.

What makes Torch Valley Country Retreats so unique and special? Our guests have told us in many different ways! It is a place to stop, to rest, to reconnect…with each other and the natural world. Whatever the season, whatever the weather, they can enjoy the private surroundings of their own cabin, just a short distance from the Torch River. Photographers and naturalists appreciate the diversity of flora and fauna close to home. They are able to step from boreal forest to the parkland ecosystem in this transition zone.

The location is remarkable. Our 2080-acre property is situated on the edge of the Boreal Forest in northeast Saskatchewan. There are no paved or grid roads northeast of us! The Torch River flows through the property and offers spectacular wildlife viewing! Fifteen km of groomed trails – for hiking or skiing – wind through the Torch River Valley, through the forest and parkland, and along the open fields. The pasture on the southern border has been a working stock farm and has been in the Lidster family almost 80 years.

This wilderness resort is very accessible year round. It is just 3 hours drive from the city of Saskatoon and one of Saskatchewan’s two International airports. It is 4 hours from Saskatchewan’s capital city, Regina. Nipawin, a full service community with a municipal airport, is a half hour away. There is major paved highway access – routes 35 and 55 from the south and west – and there is 10 km of well maintained grid gravel road to access the property. The grid road ends here – we have no traffic, no traffic noise…no city or town streetlights.


Assets


Land
 13 quarter sections or 2,080 acres total (9 quarters privately owned and 4 quarters leased from Sask Ag and Food)

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Location
 Borders northern boreal forest in northeast Saskatchewan, Canada
 Includes parkland ecosystem
 Unpolluted natural surroundings

 Completed Environmental Farm Plan

 Diversity of wild plants and animals
 Private access to Torch River
 160 acres cropland
 920 acres of pasture & boreal forest (chemical free for 20 years)
 Access to historic site – Ranger’s cabin built by Dominion Department of Natural Resources
 Access to timber, berries, wild plants
 3 hours to major airport
 ½ hour to small airport and full service community
 ½ hour to Tobin Lake, golf courses, fishing
 1 hour to Narrow Hills Provincial Park and the Narrow Hills Esker
 Close proximity to Trans Canada Snowmobile Trail

Trails
 over 15 km groomed for skiing, hiking, biking, horseback riding
 Access to several ecosystems
 Shelters
 Groomer and setter

Cabins
 3 fully modern, (Cabin1, Cabin 2 & Cabin 3) furnished log cabins accommodate 14 – 19 guests (Cabins built between 1993 and 2006); each in its own private location, and each just a short distance from the Torch River
 Each 2-storey log home is designed and equipped with everything you need to rest and relax
o Electric heat and modern energy-efficient woodstoves
o Modern plumbing
o Cabins accessed by road from main yard
 3 screened gazebos
 3 docks
 3 woodsheds

Home
 A modern ranch-style home
o Home is 1440 sq. ft (built in 1967)
o Natural gas heat in home
o 3 phone lines into main yard
o Underground power

Other Buildings
 Heated shop – 34’ x 36’ well equipped
 Construction shed
 Storage shed

Torch Valley Stock Farm
 12 of 13 quarters chemical free for over 20 years
 The farm has developed practices to conserve the natural habitat
 rotational grazing complex for up to 300 cow-calf pairs

                Linda Swehla                                                                      David Weiman   

         Office (306) 862-4801                                                     Office (306) 783-6666
             Cell     (306) 862-6390                                        Direct (306) 547-4661 Cell (306) 547-8212
   email; remax.nipawin@sasktel.net                          email;  dweiman@remax-yorkton.ca