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COLONY FARM:

» 592 acres offered as two separate farm units
« Over 476 acres of high-capability farm land in au excellent agricultural climate

« Ideal location; close to services with access to a large and growing consumer
market

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Drainage is the most critical factor in realizing
the productive capability of Colony Farm. Over
the years, a network of subdrainage, ditches and

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pumping facilities has been installed to remove

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Spread across the fertile soils of the Fraser anc
Coquilizm River Moodplains, Colony Farm isa
visual focus for the surrounding upland
residential communities and for comimuters

travelling the Lougheed Highway (Hwy 7) and excess water from the soil.
Freeway (Hivy 401). Enhanced by the urban
ameruties of its location, Colony Farm is Colony Farm is zoned agricultural and within

buffered from urian influence by the major @ Agricultural Land Reserve. The flexibility of
through transport ition routes, ditches, dvkes, opportunity afforded by high-capability land
river and steep slices that cornpriseé Its adjacent to a large consumer market invites
perimeter bound: res. innovative management approaches, with the
oo, ; ; _ potential for-“U-pick*, on-farm produce sales and

The Coquitlam Ri -er bisects the Farm, providing “specialty crops:
a natural boundav between the western unit,
or HOME FABAM, c:f 259 acres and the eastern r . . -
unit, or WILSON FARM, of 333 acres. (See Map 1). % Expansive acreage, productive land,
Four miles of dyk ; protect the farm from river market-oriented location —these are the
floodwaters. Associated fish and wildlife habitat factors that make Colony Farm a unique
enhance the Colo::y Farm setting. property.
yideally situated in an area that enjoys high

growing degree cays and a long frost-free

period, Colony Farm is one of the largest

contiguous blocks of high-capability farm land

in a single production unit within the Lower

Fraser Valley.

Diversity of crop option is the key to the
agricultural potential of Colony Farm. The
Lower Fraser Valley is a major contributor to
provincial farm cash receipts, producing 78% of
the vegetables, 97% of the blueberries and
cranberries and accounting for 14% of
provincial dairy cow numbers. Colony Farm has
Ye the suitability to produce almost every.

agricultural commiodity grown in the Lower

Fraser Valley.