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Gatehouse-on-the-Point


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The solitary Gatehouse-on-the-Point, seen here from below, is located far from the highway. It offers you lakefront privacy, peace and quiet.

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The Gatehouse (looking east here from the road's end) is upstairs above a large unoccupied garage. Just beyond is the lake and the peaks of the Purcell mountains.

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Entering the Gatehouse you encounter some of the cedar detailing that makes these rooms so unique. This is the view southwest into the sleeping alcove.

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This view south out of the kitchen shows the living alcove with a glimpse of the covered front porch at the left.

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This view north from the living alcove shows part of the fully equipped kitchen, and the hand-crafted china cabinet at its entrance.

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Nothing stands between the Gatehouse porch and the lakeshore but a short forest path and the remarkable stairs down to the lake.

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Looking south above Kaslo B.C., the Woodbury peninsula is seen at the right below the Selkirk mountains. The Gatehouse is located on the eastern tip of this forested peninsula.

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Beautiful Kootenay Lake is 100 km. long. This view northeast shows the Purcell mountains seen from the highway 20 minutes north of the Gatehouse


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