Welcome to Grey Bear Ranch & Lodge 29417 Clark Road Burns Lake, BC V0J 1E4
Home: (250) 694-3853
Cell: (250) 251-2237
The Grey Bear Ranch & Lodge is located a short drive from the beautiful Cheslatta Falls
Come and enjoy the spectacular scenery and wildlife.
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Location
Grey Bear Ranch and Lodge is nestled between the Pacific Coastal Range and Rocky Mountain Ranges, near the geographic center of the province of Beautiful British Columbia
It is also situated north east of the famous Tweedsmuir Provincial Park
Southern View Ootsa Lake Reservoir
Constructed in 1952 the Nechako Reservoir, sometimes called the Ootsa Lake Reservoir, is a hydroelectric reservoir in British Columbia Canada, that was formed by the Kenney Dam making a diversion of the Nechako River through a 16-km intake tunnel in the Kitimat Ranges of the Coast Mountains to the 890 MW Kemano Generating Station to service the then-new Alcan aluminum smelter at Kitimat.
Thought it was an engineering marvel at the time, sadly it resulted in the relocation of over 75 families, including the Cheslatta Indigenous peoples who lived here for thousands of years.
It was one of the biggest reservoirs built in Canada until the completion of the Columbia Treaty Dams and the W.A.C. Bennett Dam that created Lake Williston. The water level may swing 10 feet between 2790 and 2800 feet.
Burns Lake and the Lakes District
The Lakes District of Northern British Columbia embraces over 300 wilderness fishing lakes and 3,000 miles of pristine lake shoreline. The vast water world of the Lakes District extends from the Stikine Mountains in the west to the Omineca Mountain Range in the east.
Bordered by Ootsa Lake in the south, the Lakes District extends north to the 177-kilometre long Babine Lake, the longest natural lake in BC, situated due north of Burns Lake and Houston.
If you appreciate stunning scenery, including breathtaking views of Tweedsmuir Park and Mount Wells, you can follow the Lakes District Circle Tour from Burns Lake south on Highway 35 to Francois Lake. Board the Omineca Princess for the free 20-minute ferry crossing of Francois Lake to Southbank, continuing south to Ootsa Lake before turning west on the Ootsa-Nadina Road, through Wistaria to the western tip of Francois Lake and the Nadina River. From here return east along the Colleymount Road, through Colleymount to Northbank, and back to
World Class Mountain Bike Trails
On your way over, stop in at the Boer Mountain,
Mountain Bike Trails in Beautiful Burns Lake, BC
Meet the Owner
Wayne Eller
Professional Horse Trainer & Breeder Specializing in American Paint Horses
SERVICES PROVIDED
Horse Training
Horse Breeding
Horse Breeding
The round pen, sometimes called a bullpen, is a round enclosure used for horse training.
They range in diameter from a minimum of 30 feet (9.1 m) to a maximum of 100 feet (30 m),[1] with most designs 50 to 60 feet (15 to 18 m) in diameter.
Footing is usually sand[2] or other soft dirt. The sides are 6 to 8 feet (1.8 to 2.4 m) high, traditionally made of wooden posts with rails or wooden boards, although modern round pens are often made out of portable pipe panels that allow the pen to be made bigger or smaller, or to be moved.
Horse Breeding
Horse Breeding
Horse Breeding
Horse breeding is reproduction in horses, and particularly the human-directed process of selective breeding of animals, particularly purebred horses of a given breed.
Planned mattings can be used to produce specifically desired characteristics in domesticated horses. Furthermore, modern breeding management and technologies can increase the rate of conception, a healthy pregnancy, and successful foaling.
The male parent of a horse, a stallion, is commonly known as the sire and the female parent, the mare, is called the dam. Both are genetically important, as each parent provides half of the genetic makeup of the ensuing offspring, called a foal.
Contrary to popular misuse, "colt" refers to a young male horse only; "filly" is a young female. Though many horse owners may simply breed a family mare to a local stallion in order to produce a companion animal, most professional breeders use selective breeding to produce individuals of a given phenotype, or breed.
Horse Boarding
Specializing in American Paint Horses
Specializing in American Paint Horses
A livery yard, livery stable or boarding stable, is a stable where horse owners pay a weekly or monthly fee to keep their horses.
A livery or boarding yard is not usually a riding school and the horses are not normally for hire (unless on working livery - see below). Facilities at a livery yard normally include a loose box or stable and access for the horse to graze on grass.
- Full board: Generally includes all food, water, stabling, stall-cleaning, and, sometimes, daily turnout for exercise. "full board" may also encompass grooming and riding of the horse, but this is not a common practice.
- Part or Partial board: The horse is provided shelter, water, stabling, and twice daily feedings of hay. All other care, including feeding of grain, stall-cleaning, grooming and all exercise, is the responsibility of the owner.
- Self-board: Similar to "DIY livery" the stabling is provided, and the owner is responsible for all care. In most cases, hay and stall bedding is available for the use of the boarders. In some places, this is included in the term "partial board."
- Pasture board: Essentially the same as "Grass livery" often used year-round. In the winter, if there is insufficient grass, some pasture board situations include hay fed to the horses; in other places, the owner must provide all supplemental feeding.
Specializing in American Paint Horses
Specializing in American Paint Horses
Specializing in American Paint Horses
The American and Canadian Paint Horse is a breed of horse that combines both the conformational characteristics of a western stock horse with a pinto spotting pattern of white and dark coat colors.
Developed from a base of spotted horses with Quarter Horse and Thoroughbred bloodlines, the American Paint Horse Association (APHA) breed registry is now one of the largest in North America.
The registry allows some non-spotted animals to be registered as "Solid Paint Bred" and considers the American and Canadian Paint Horse to be a horse breed with distinct characteristics, not merely a color breed.
Hunting & Fishing
Accommodations
Main Lodge
