| An Expatriate
Who Relocated To Canada Gives Us His Story |
| He Moved from the United States to Canada - He tells us how
and why |
| I’d always
planned to retire in some exotic location, and I browsed the pages
of each issue of International Living for just the right spot. I
considered everywhere from Ireland to Uruguay. However, just
before retirement, the bottom fell out of my business and even “cheap”
wasn’t
cheap anymore!
I was now looking
for “Extra-cheap” It was by coincidence that I found such
a place. My wife and I had relatives out on the prairies and her
father who lived near us wanted to go out and visit them. Believe me I’d
never had the ambition to go out there myself because I imagined it all
a vast monotonous plain. |
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When I arrived
in this are of Saskatchewan I was pleasantly surprised by the around of
trees, the sometimes rolling landscape and the amount of lakes. But when
I reached my final destination, Middle Lake - I fell in love with the town.
It was so quiet and laid back, not at all like the environment I
was used to on the outskirts of Toronto.
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It didn’t take
me long to decide I wanted to stay here, particularly when I found
out the price of property. The first house I bought needed some fixing
up but only cost me $3,500 (Cdn). |
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| I spent about
$10,000 bringing it back to its original look and I added a wood stove
because I’d always dreamed about whiling away the winter evenings with
those shadows dancing on the wall.
I didn’t have
a garage and was planning to build one at the cost of About $5000,
when another house came up for sale which had an attached garage.
It was a larger, story and a half house on a very nice lot, and I got it
for $10,700, which included the appliances which were almost
new.
Of couse back
East, there are still some people who laugh at me. They think I’
cut off from what they consider is civilization. But I’m on line
with my computer, and I have a TV satellite dish that keeps me in touch
with the world. I find the general cost of living here reasonable,my property
taxes are less than $600 a year and because I drive a l980 LTD, my road
tax and insurance is only $350 a year. |
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| Believe me,
its me that does most of the laughing when I think of those Easterners.
Middle Lake
is a great little town with very friendly people. There is a
mixture of young and old, with a bit more emphasis on the old. However
we have a fine modern school K-l2, and we are only one and
a half hours from an excellent University. At the other end of the scale
we have a beautiful nursing home and apartments for those who can’t,
or don’t want to take care of themselves anymore.
In the town
itself there is a general store, a post office,a bank, a garage, a
cafe, a hotel, a pool hall, bowling alley and skating rink. Half an hour
away the town of Humboldt (pop.5000) has a shopping mall and an excellent
medical clinic and hospital. And in Saskatoon, (pop approximately
150,000) we have wonderful shopping, dining and an International Airport.
Yes,
there is a bit of a down side. It gets very cold in winter.
But the skies are often blue, and if you’re retired, or work
out of home, you can just stay in your snug little house and look
out at the beautiful snowscape. |
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| Then of course
the summers make up for it, Saskatchewan has more hour of sunshine
than any other province, and as the name suggests, Middle Lake is
on the water and we have a great beach , children’s playground and
park.
To me this
town is not only a paradise, its a very inexpensive one. The
present population is about 300, and there are a number of houses for sale
in this town and the surrounding area for $6000 and up. For those
who can’t afford a villa in Costa Rica or a French farmhouse, it’s
an excellent alternative. |
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