Municipal and Intergovernmental Affairs
October 22, 2015

Supporting Recreational Development Opportunities

Recreational Cottage Lots Available on the Avalon Peninsula

Eighty-six Crown lands cottage lots on the Avalon Peninsula at Salmonier and Placentia Junction are being made available through an upcoming public draw. Eighty of the lots are accessible from the Salmonier Line and six lots are in Placentia Junction, accessed via the Argentia Access Road. These lots range in price from $31,700 - $72,200 and will be sold as Crown grants (outright ownership) with the full price due upon signature of the title document.

�Crown lands are a valuable resource and government will ensure the people of the province have fair access to these cottage lots through our public draw process. It is important that we manage Crown lands wisely while at the same time allow successful draw entrants to develop cottage lots in a safe and environmentally sound manner.�
- The Honourable Keith Hutchings, Minister of Municipal and Intergovernmental Affairs

Anyone interested in obtaining a lot must submit a public draw entry form to the Eastern Regional Lands Office in St. John�s no later than 4:15 p.m. on Friday, November 6, 2015. A non-refundable fee of $25 must be submitted with each entry. Entry forms received after the deadline will be ineligible.

Application forms are available online at www.miga.gov.nl.ca/lands/public_draws.html or at the Lands office located at:

Eastern Regional Lands Office
Howley Building, 87 Higgins Line
Department of Municipal and Intergovernmental Affairs
P.O. Box 8700
St. John�s, NL A1B 4J6
709-729-2654

The public draw will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at the Eastern Regional Lands Office, Howley Building, 87 Higgins Line, St. John�s to determine selection order for the lots. Draw entrants may attend this meeting but attendance is not necessary.

The public draw selection order list will be posted on the Lands Branch website at: www.miga.gov.nl.ca/lands/public_draws.html and at Crown lands offices following the draw. It will be the responsibility of entrants to check for their ranking in the draw. Draw entrants will not be mailed or contacted by Lands Branch.

The selection of lots will take place at a public meeting starting at 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, December 2, 2015, at the Holiday Inn, 180 Portugal Cove Road, St. John�s. Attendance by each entrant or their representative will be mandatory at that meeting. Failure of an entrant or their representative to attend the lot selection meeting will result in disqualification. An application fee of $100 plus $13 HST and a $300 document processing fee, for a total of $413, must be paid at the time a lot is selected. These non-refundable fees are charged towards the cost of processing the application and preparing title documents.

Anyone interested in entering the public draw is advised to inspect the lots and view the septic system evaluation reports and other information available on the departmental website prior to the lot selection meeting.

QUICK FACTS

• Eighty-six Crown lands recreational cottage lots on the Avalon Peninsula at Salmonier and Placentia Junction are being made available through an upcoming public draw.
• Anyone interested in obtaining a lot must submit a public draw entry form to the Eastern Regional Lands Office in St. John�s no later than 4:15 p.m. on Friday, November 6, 2015.
• Application forms are available online at www.miga.gov.nl.ca/lands/public_draws.html or at the Lands office.

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Media contact:
Kevin Guest
Director of Communications
Department of Municipal and Intergovernmental Affairs
709-729-1983
KevinJGuest@gov.nl.ca

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