Site and Neighbourhood Description

The subject is located on the northeast corner of the Hope - Princeton Highway and 7th Avenue.  The site is roughly triangular, with a frontage on the Hope-Princeton Highway of 170.683 meters (560 feet), a depth on the east side of 146.12 meters (479 feet), and a total area of 1.438 hectares (3.55 acres).  The site is level to road grade and partly treed with evergreens.  The buildings are located toward the southeast corner.  There is lawn area around these buildings and ±600 square meters (6,500 square feet) of asphalt paved driveway and parking area.  Approximately one acre at the north corner is cleared.  Services include telephone, hydro, natural gas and municipal water.  Sewer is available on the Hope-Princeton Highway but is not connected to the Subject.  

The subject is located toward the eastern edge of urban-type development.  Most of the traffic past the subject are traveling to or from the Hope town site and the major routes to the interior, namely the Coquihalla Highway and the Hope-Princeton Highway.

Surrounding development to the west along the Hope-Princeton Highway includes motels, service station, restaurants and the R.C.M.P. office.  The Fraser Canyon Hospital and the Fraser Hope Lodge Care Home are adjacent to the north of the subject off 7th Avenue.