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Winston - #156576

$3,250,000

Location

This 650+/- acres is located North of Townsend Montana approximately 8 miles and just a half mile South of Winston Montana. This property is accessed via a well-maintained county road.

Acreage

650+/- Acres

Community

This parcel is located in Broadwater County, which is in South Central Montana. The major feature of this general area is the upper end of the Missouri River, which flows, in a northerly direction through the county. The Missouri River is bordered on the west by the Elkhorn Mountains and on the east by a broad bench rising to the Big Belt Mountains in the eastern part of the county.

Canyon Ferry Lake, formed by a Bureau of Reclamation dam built in 1952, extends over 20 miles where the upper end of the lake lies just north of Townsend. The Missouri River and Canyon Ferry Lake are blue ribbon fisheries. Canyon Ferry is an active recreational lake. Tributaries to the Missouri also offer excellent stream fishing.

Hunting is available in the area. The Elkhorn’s and Big Belt’s are known for trophy elk. Deer, antelope, upland game bird and waterfowl hunting are especially good in the Townsend area.

Townsend is the county seat of Broadwater County. The population of the community is approximately 2000 people. The community is primarily a retail service area for the surrounding farming and ranching operations. R-Y Timber, Inc. operates a sawmill in the area, and Continental Lime has a mine and shipping operation in Townsend. Townsend also serves as a residential community for people working in Helena and retirees from the Helena-Bozeman areas.

Townsend provides an active 4-H program with a local rodeo and riding barn. Townsend also offers a good school system (average class size 60±), wide open spaces, a nice community, and a local hospital with two full-time physicians. A larger medical facility is less than one hour from this house located in Helena, the state capital. There is good shopping in Helena as well as Bozeman.

Nearby larger communities are Helena, 50 miles to the North. Helena is the Capital of Montana and has a trade area of approximately 55,000 people. Bozeman, the home of Montana State University, is approximately 70 miles southeast of Townsend. US Hwy 287 and Hwy 12 serve Townsend. Interstate 15 is available in Helena and Interstate 90 is approximately 30 miles south of Townsend. Helena and Bozeman both have air terminals that service the area.

Description of the land

Topography:

This property consists of rolling hills and level benches. The true value of this property lies in the incredible views of the Elkhorn Mountains, Mount Baldy and expansive views of Canyon Ferry Lake.

Improvements

Wells

There have been two test wells drilled on this property. The engineer and drilling company are pretty sure that they have determined the source of water to be a closed aquifer. Based on the preliminary findings, this would allow for a fairly dense development. Buyer to research to their satisfaction the findings.

Roads

Galzagorry Road is a county maintained well which borders this property on the south for 1 mile.

Canyon Ferry Recreation

Beginning with Lewis and Clark’s 1805 expedition through the mountains and canyons of the southwest Montana to the discovery of gold, silver and copper sixty years later, the Montana story lies in the nearby ghost towns and mining camps, and in the historical landmarks of Helena, Montana.
The name “Canyon Ferry” originated when John Oakes started ferrying miners and prospectors across the Missouri River Canyon in 1865. In the early 1950's the Canyon Ferry Dam was built, creating the 27-mile-long Canyon Ferry Lake. The lake covers a total of 35,000 acres and is 160 feet deep in the north end.
Surrounded by more than one million acres of national forest and public land, Canyon Ferry Crossing is a year-round recreational community. Canyon Ferry Lake and surrounding rivers and creeks are renowned for great fishing for rainbow trout, perch, ling, and walleye. Canyon Ferry Lake is an excellent lake for fishing for rainbow trout. The lake is heavily stocked each year, and the large size of the lake along with its fertility allows the rainbows to grow large quickly. Concrete boat ramps, campgrounds, day-use areas, shelters, swimming, and three marinas are available for recreational use. There’s boating, sailing, swimming, water-skiing, wind surfing and canoeing, or exploring the three major rivers which forms the lake. The surrounding public lands provide opportunities for back country excursions, hiking, biking, hunting and seasonal camping. In winter, there’s downhill and cross-country skiing, snow shoeing, snowmobiling, ice fishing and ice sailing.
Canyon Ferry is the most popular lake in the state for water skiing and sailing. Nestled between Canyon Ferry Lake and the Helena National Forest, Canyon Ferry Crossing possesses all the natural beauty and recreational opportunities the Big Sky has to offer. The lake and mountain views are spectacular, the air is clean and fresh and the environment is as peaceful and the scenery is extraordinary.
The wildlife viewing in the Canyon Ferry Reservoir area is quite impressive. The area is one of the best in the country for viewing large concentrations of bald eagles. A wildlife management area at the end of the reservoir is managed by the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks and is home to a colony of terns and pelicans. Barrow´s Goldeneyes find their home along the Missouri River in the winter. Around the upland areas the reservoir provides habitat for Chestnut-collared Longspurs and Longbilled Curlews, as well as hundreds of Pronghorn antelope.

Price

$3,250,000

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