Ex-Pipeline Engineer Ditches City Life For Off-Grid Cabin in BC’s Kootenays

Ex-Pipeline Engineer Ditches City Life For Off-Grid Cabin in BC’s Kootenays

A short drive down the valley south of the town of Creston, British Columbia, off the main highway where very few motorists venture, a lonely road wanders into the woods to Doug Oberacher’s homestead. This road doesn’t lead to town, or anywhere serviceable. In summer, the sweltering heat and steep valley repel would-be travellers. And the mosquitoes are formidable. “When people look down that driveway, they go, ‘I don’t think I want to venture d…