Golden 1.25 hours
Vancouver 10 hours
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Water and Sewer - can vary depending on locations
Invermere Municipal water & sewer *
Windermere Community water & septic fields
Canal Flats Community water and sewer *
Columbia Ridge Estates, Columere Park, Dutch Creek - Community water and septic fields *
Fairmont Community water and sewer *
Radium Municipal water & sewer *
Edgewater Community water and sewer *
Brisco well water and septic fields *
Wilmer Community water and septic fields *
Panorama Community water and sewer
To drill a well figure $35 a foot / $4,500 + - for a septic field
(prices can vary depending on the geography - above numbers are average !)
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Energy / Heating
Electricity - B.C. Hydro
No Natural Gas
Heating is done with Propane Forced Air / Electric Baseboard or Forced Air / Wood / used as one or in combinations
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Windermere Lake Information
- 23 + feet deep > is actuallay a widening of the Columbia River
- summer temperature averages 68 degrees F > too warm for trout
- fed by Columbia Lake empties itself about every 48 hours
- 3 public boat launches and 3 public beaches
- 10 miles / 16 km long > 1/2 mile / 1 to 2 km wide
- freezes over in winter and is driven across from Invermere to Windermere