We’ve arrived in Hakai Pass! A beautiful morning towing into Hakai Pass at first light at 6:00 am! 6 hours later we are all tied up just waiting for the docks to arrive to begin the momentous task of setting up for the 2015 season! It looks like it is going to be a warm […]
The docks are now arriving and the action ramps up as the crew gets down to the heavy work of anchoring the docks to the barge and then to each other…. Once the docks are in place the work will begin on readying the boats for the season…
The crew quarters transformation continues and it is looking awesome! Everything new from the ground (or should we say “barge”) up. Comfort and elegance welcome the 2015 crew including a brand new air circulation system, all new bunks and storage space…. The cleaning begins in earnest now with Chloe and Ben on board getting ship […]
Joel’s own decade club, we say farewell to our best this season and wish Joel every good fortune as he makes his way on a new path. With 10 seasons at Ole’s Joel went from a keen green young dock boy to top dog. Meeting every challenge with enthusiasm, there wasn’t anything he could not […]
The work on board the Ole’s barge continues… The new deck is now completed and the construction inside the crew quarters and work space is nearly complete. Ernie has now turned his eye sky high “literally”. A new antenna is being erected with the help of a crane to ensure good radio contact with the […]
This season we welcome Taylor McArthur aboard! Taylor grew up in Montreal and spent summer canoe tripping in the Temagami area of northern Ontario as well as pickerel fishing in Lake Nipissing near his families cottage. In 2007 on his first trip west Taylor fell in love with the Monashee Mountains of BC’s Interior and […]
A warm welcome to our new chef for 2015 Gisou Nourollahi. Gisou hails from Whistler, BC. She was Persian born but Gisou came to Canada, which she considers home, as a baby and spent many years in Montreal. She loves life and thoroughly enjoys cooking and creating which is evident in her vibrant enthusiasm. We […]
For the 2015 season Ole’s welcomes Benjamin Nuez to the team! Ben hails from the Comox Valley and has just completed his third year of Chem / EOS at the Unliversity of Victoria. No stranger to a kitchen Ben joins the team as Kitchen Assistant this season. Ben worked many years in a Japanese kitchen […]
Welcome aboard to Chloe Bourassa d’Estimauville who hails from Quebec and has the accent to prove it. You will see Chloe all over the lodge this summer. Chloe loves surfing, traveling and the outdoors and is currently studying nursing in Quebec.This will be her first time working at a fishing lodge but she will quickly […]
The work continues on the replacement deck! Much of the work that has taken place over the last month will never be seen with all the supports under the deck and the refinishing of the barge deck but the results are seen here with Ernie sweeping the new wood deck leading to the rooms…. Not […]