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Don Ho, developer of the Cape on Bowen, looks out on the Strait of Georgia from an oceanfront estate home site.
Take your pick: oceanfront or forest view?
Bowen Island estates just 20
minutes from Vancouver
Pa m e l a I r v i n g
Edmonton Journal
Imagine waking up each morning in your architect-designed
home to views of the southern
Gulf Islands and Sunshine
Coast.
After brunch, you stroll
down to your private beach
or through your private forest and ponder how to spend
the rest of your day.
For many Canadians, this is
the ultimate dream: oceanfront property with opportunity for private moorage, so rare
and exclusive, most of us can
only dream. For Edmontonians
Rodney and Marie Neys, the
dream has come true.
In August 2011, the Neys purchased a west-facing 10-acre
waterfront estate at the Cape
on Bowen to build their retirement home on. As executive vice-president to Ledcor
Group, Rod Neys currently
splits his time between their
acreage in Sturgeon County,
and Vancouver.
For “pure God’s country
recreation and fly-fishing,”
the Neys also own a ranch in
southern Alberta, but the Cape
is the answer to their quest for
oceanfront property.
“We looked for years for the
right place — the solitude of
a 10-acre parcel on the water
surrounded by ocean with incredible views, but still with
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the vibrancy of Vancouver
just 20 minutes away by ferry
is ideal. When you are there,
you are in your own world,”
said Rod.
The Cape on Bowen sits on
618 acres parcelled into 10-acre
estates that are all fully serviced with drilled wells and
roads, bridges, trails, private
driveways and underground
servicing in place, fetching an
average price of $2 million.
Marie Neys recently gave up
her role as manager of Pro’s Art
Gallery in Edmonton to focus
on the biggest artistic project
of her life: co-ordinating the
design and building of their
home and art studios at the
Cape.
Working with an architect
from Colorado, Marie describes the unique design as
“a mix of cowboy and Parisian princess.”
Two art studios will also be
built on-site, one for Marie to
create landscapes and still lifes
and one for Rod’s passion for
photography. Marie looks forward to enjoying the eclectic
artistic community on Bowen
and Rod intends to purchase a
boat for salmon fishing.
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learn more
Contact: Call The Cape on
Bowen at 866-710-0003 or email
at [email protected]
Getting there: 20-minute
ferry ride from West Vancouver’s
Horseshoe Bay to Snug Cove on
Bowen Island.
Bowen Island: Over 3,500 residents, schools, medical services, air lift to Lions Gate hospital
for emergencies, golf courses,
two grocery stores, library, pubs
and restaurants, art galleries,
independent retail and building
supplies
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