Talk Magazine, August 2001

It may be some distance from Walden Pond, but KASSAN ISLAND, on Stuart Lake in central British columbia, would have suited Thoreau to a T. The 0.3 acre rock formation even boasts the requisite one-room cabin nestled amid 30-foot pines. And it's a safe 10 miles from Fort Saint James (population 2,000), which has all the basic small-town amenities - plus a sailing club. Available from NIHO Land & Cattle Company Ltd., New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada (  604-606-7900  ) - for $19,000.