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Lodgewise · 2026

The Nine

Every experience on this list was verified, photographed and filmed in person. Scroll slowly — and tap the heart to build a shortlist you can act on.

Grizzly bear wading through shallow river water at close range, its muzzle stained from feeding on salmon

Great Bear Rainforest · Bear Viewing Lodges

Knight Inlet Lodge

Indigenous-owned floating lodge at Glendale Cove; boat-based bear viewing in spring, viewing stands from late August.

Purcell Mountain Lodge, a three-storey timber lodge with a blue roof, lit at sunset with jagged peaks behind

BC Interior · Backcountry Lodges

Purcell Mountain Lodge

Heli-access backcountry lodge fifteen minutes from Golden, with guided and self-guided ski touring and hiking.

BC Interior · Backcountry Lodges

Mistaya Lodge

Heli-access lodge in the Wildcat Creek basin near Golden — ski touring in winter, alpine hiking in summer.

God's Pocket Resort at dusk, its red and blue timber cabins lit along a wooden boardwalk above the water

North Vancouver Island · Dive Resorts

God's Pocket Resort

Off-grid dive resort on Hurst Island working Browning Passage, reached by boat or seaplane from Port Hardy.

Walk-in safari tent with two made beds, a timber deck and folding chairs under a corrugated roof in the forest

Discovery Islands · Sea Kayaking Tours

Spirit of the West Adventures

Quadra Island sea kayaking operator running four- to eight-day base-camp and expedition trips from $1,695.

Aerial view of Caverhill's log cabins along a forested lakeshore, with a dock and boats in golden evening light

BC Interior · Fishing Lodges

Caverhill Fly Fishing Lodge

Boat-access fly-fishing lodge on fifteen interior lakes, max twelve guests, all-inclusive from $1,740 per person.

Nootka Sound · Fishing Lodges

The Lodge at Gold River

Year-round riverfront fly-fishing lodge near Strathcona Park, all-inclusive from $780 per person a night.

Aerial view of Lightwater Cove's curved timber-and-glass guesthouse lit from within at dusk, ringed by terraced stone gardens

Southern Gulf Islands · Coastal Retreats

Lightwater Cove

Oceanfront guesthouse, farm and spa on Salt Spring Island with four suites, a private beach and breakfast included.

Tofino fishing

Clayoquot Sound · Guided Fishing Charters

Tofino Fish Guides

Year-round Tofino sportfishing charters sold by the boat for up to five guests, from $800 for a half day.

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