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Offers arc invited to purchase the Wilson Farm
comprised of 333 acres or that portion of Colony Farm

lying east of the Coquitlam River, including:

Approximately 259 Acres
of Cultivated Land

The Wilson Farm has dominantly silty soils
developed from mineral and stratified mineral
and organic deposits. Significant shallow and
deep organic (peat) soils occur adjacent to the
slope along the eastern boundary. Topography
is level to gently sloping.

With drainage, over 80% of the Wilson Farm has
Class 1 to 3 agricultural capability. (See Map 2).
This means that approximately 270 acres have the
soil/climate combination that allows a wide

range of crops to be grown with a low to
rnoderate level of management input.

Approximately 28 Acres of Land with
Potenital for Cultivation

Currently uncleared, about one-half of this
acreage is also undyked, comprising siltv soils
with ridge and swale microtopography in the
southwest corner of the farm unit. With
drainage and dyking, this area has Class 1 and 2
agricultural capability.

Most of the remaining uncleared but arable
lands are gravelly, stony soils on moderately
steep slopes along the eastern property
boundary.

Approximately 19 Acres of Non-Arable
Land, Buildings and Yard

The forested steep slope buffer along the
eastern boundary accounts for most of this
acreage. Only one farm building is located on
the Wilson Farm, comprising a former livestock

Coquitlam
Rive

WILSON
FARM

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FRASER RIVER

Approximately 27 Acres of Dvkes

‘The purchaser will retain ownership of the
approximately 2.5 miles of dvkes that are associated
with the Coquitlam River, the northern property
boundary arid the road that bisects the farm

unit. An easement permits pedestrian access

along the top of the perimeter dyke.

Adjacent or On-Farm Services.

Main access is from Mary Hill Road. The \wilson
and Home Farms are alsa connected bv a
wooden bridge. At present, the pawer line also
extends from the Home Farm, across the river to
the Wilson Farm. A water line enters the
property from Mary Hill Road near the northern
boundary. ~

Subdrainage has been installed on that portion
of the Wilson Farm that is dvked and cultivated.
Excess water is transported bv existing ditches
to an on-farm facility that pumps into the
Coquidam River.

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barn with associated vard.

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