46 Water Street, Georgetown, Prince Edward Island, C0A1L0

$199,900 - For sale

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Build your dream home on a large natural harbour in one of Canada?s most scenic Atlantic ports with your own private wharf and historic water rights. Prince Edward Island Waterfront Real Estate east of Charlottetown in charming and historic Georgetown for sale. Your new oceanfront property is a unique water lot with a good-sized Jetty dating back to the boat building era and glory days of sailing. The existing Jetty once extended further into the Harbour channel as evidenced by surviving posts, underwater rock placements and historical pictures. This waterfront lot gives you docking rights and unimpeded access to Georgetown Harbour, channel, and Northumberland Strait. It is classified by deed to include land that extends into water. The land portion is 0.43 acres, with municipal water and sewer available. Approx. Thirty-six feet of frontage on Water Street. Multi-use zoning authorizes residential and commercial development. Imagine a private residential estate with docking facilities and boathouse, boat shop, marina, restaurant on the water, etc. 2-story boat shop on-site still functional but shows its age. The town overlooks one of the finest natural deep-water harbours in Atlantic Canada is a rising star driven by entrepreneurial talent. The land in this area was called "Samkook," which translates to 'the land of the sandy shore.' Present-day Georgetown's collection of heritage buildings mostly dates to the late Victorian Era at the height of Georgetown's importance in the wooden shipbuilding industry as one of the most important ports in the colony of Prince Edward Island, the port was selected in 1870 to be the eastern terminus of the Prince Edward Island Railway (PEIR) and became a steamship terminal with connections to the Intercolonial Railway on the mainland at Pictou, Nova Scotia. Georgetown's harbour was frequently the only port on the island to be usable during the winter months on account of the prevailing wind and tide direct (id:2471)