First Opportunity to own this property since 1987. Possibly the Opportunity of a lifetime! This incomparable and naturally beautiful residential property is now being offered for immediate sale with the intent of providing a home building site to a family who will appreciate the natural park-like setting complete with 350 feet of beach, 10.58 acres of sugar maples, oak trees, pines, spruce trees, 2+ acres of pasture, and a very large lawn at the property entrance. LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION *LOCATION (1): Commuting distance to downtown Minneapolis, MSP airport, Ridgedale, and easy access to all the professional sports venues. Minutes to drive to all of the Lake Minnetonka restaurants, nightspots, and private golf clubs. *LOCATION (2): Peace and Serenity derived from living in your very own private park with the City of Minnetrista Police Station at the end of your driveway. *LOCATION (3): Entertain yourselves with all of the pleasures of lake living, private hiking trails, and immediate accommodation for your equine friends. -Brief property history and estate description- There is a seasonal road providing a route down to the beach where, a hundred years ago, a family-owned ice-cream company would haul ice out of the deep end of Whaletail Lake and make ice-cream in a modest size mixing facility about 100 feet from the shoreline. Since moving onto the property in 1985, I have always considered myself a caretaker with the intention of building down by the lake and now I am selling my dream to a new family. My caretaker residence is a brick Cape Cod and is being sold as is. A very nice man-cave and 3 box-stall equestrian building could come in very handy if the new owners have horses or just want a 1000 square feet of shop/party barn. *The Neighborhood There are four other houses on Whaletail Lake Dexter Bay and under the current market conditions would most likely sell for about $3,000,000 each. The house immediately to the west is part of a tree farm where the current resident makes a lot of excellent maple syrup. On the north and east side of Dexter Bay are the former residences of the Al Gale Family. About twenty years ago, the Gale Family donated the large house on the east side of Dexter Bay and over 400 acres to the Nature Conservancy and it is currently managed by Hennepin County and the Gale Woods Park is accessible to the public but does not have a boat launch. The conditions of the donation prevent the development of the north and east shorelines, now visible in the provided photographs. An additional note; the records indicate that this property was homesteaded during the Civil War. Personal tours can be scheduled at your convenience.
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