{"id":585133,"date":"2023-07-31T21:14:57","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T18:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/this-19-5-million-rocky-mountain-ranch-comes-with-its-own-disney-esque-frontier-town\/"},"modified":"2023-07-31T21:14:57","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T18:14:57","slug":"this-19-5-million-rocky-mountain-ranch-comes-with-its-own-disney-esque-frontier-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-19-5-million-rocky-mountain-ranch-comes-with-its-own-disney-esque-frontier-town\/","title":{"rendered":"#This $19.5-million Rocky Mountain ranch\u00a0comes with its own\u00a0Disney-esque frontier town"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nThe 480-acre Alberta property, which has hosted politicians, members of the C-suite elite and Dirty Harry himself, comes complete with a private lake and equestrian arena\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cA stone\u2019s throw from the main lodge, it includes a sheriff\u2019s office (with iron-barred jail cells), a saloon (with bar and poker table), a bank, a general<\/a> store and a church with antique pews and a working bell.\u201d (Photography by Sona Visual)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

If location is everything, the Ranch on Fisher Creek has it all and then some. The picturesque property, which hit the market last year, occupies 480 acres in the foothills of Alberta\u2019s Rocky Mountain range and sits within driving distance of seven national parks. It\u2019s also an hour\u2019s drive from Calgary International Airport, which is outfitted with an air facility specifically for private charters. Many of the Ranch\u2019s past guests have made good use of it.
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\n\"\"When the current owners first bought the property in 1992, they planned to turn it into an high-end corporate retreat for world leaders and business executives. Back then, the complex included a single 13,000-square-foot-lodge with two neighbouring cabins. Hoping to attract elite guests, the owners built it into a 33-bedroom mega-resort with six<\/span>\u00a0guest cabins, all linked by a winding, tree-lined walkway.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"The owners aimed to provide all the amenities guests could need, so they\u2019d never have to venture off the premises. To that end, each of the two-floor, 2,300-square-foot guest cabins came with its own kitchen, ensuite bathroom (plus a jacuzzi tub) and large deck with forest views. When luminaries did come to town\u2014the guest list remains undisclosed, for obvious reasons\u2014they were served by a staff of 19 workers who provided housekeeping, food service and entertainment. There was even enough room for some staffers to live on-site.<\/span>
\n\"\"By the early 2000s, the owners decided to shut down the retreat in favour of hosting only family and friends, many of whom hailed from Europe. They set their sights on updating the already massive main lodge, a \u201960s-era pine-and-stone creation with 30-feet cathedral ceilings. The living area already included a horseshoe-shaped bar and family kitchen, but still, they wanted more\u2014namely, a commercial kitchen, a floor-to-ceiling slate fireplace, a boardroom, a dining room, extra office space, additional bathrooms and an entire wing devoted to utility space and storage. The owners\u2019 varied interests are reflected in the property\u2019s features, too. They converted the lodge\u2019s primary bedroom into a top-floor art studio, so they could paint under the glow of its six skylights.<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/span>Making good on its \u2018ranch\u2019 name, in 2001, the owners\u2014both horse lovers\u2014built a 20,000-square-foot equestrian arena, with a two-storey riding hall, five horse stalls and a viewing lounge with a crystal chandelier and full bar. Elsewhere on the property, there\u2019s a 44-foot-deep man-made lake stocked with trophy rainbow trout and non-invasive carp; a 1,500-square-foot boathouse with a functioning kitchen and sprawling deck (for barbecues); and a large greenhouse, complete with plenty of flowers (naturally) and an adjacent chicken coop.<\/span>
\n\"\"Its resort days are now long gone, but there are still vestiges of the ranch\u2019s prestige past on-site. Clint Eastwood stayed at Fisher Creek in the early \u201990s while filming <\/span>Unforgiven <\/span><\/i>in the nearby village of Longview. Soon after, the ranch\u2019s owners bought and moved the film\u2019s set\u2014a fully functioning Western town\u2014onto their property. A stone\u2019s throw from the main lodge, it includes a sheriff\u2019s office (with iron-barred jail cells), a saloon (with bar and poker table), a bank, a general store and a church with antique pews and a working bell. Per the ranch\u2019s original exclusive mandate, the town is not open to the public.\u00a0<\/span>
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