Page 52 - Dreamscapes Magazine | Spring/Summer 2025

KLAHOOSE
WILDERNESS RESORT
TRADITIONAL CUSTOMS
AND OFF-GRID LUXURY
BY CAROL PATTERSON
Skimming over the inky-blue waters of
British Columbia’s Desolation Sound, our
boat captain pointed to napping seals
and soaring eagles. As we reached Hom-
fray Channel and the southern edge of the Great
Bear Rainforest, the cedar walls and green metal
roof of Klahoose Wilderness Resort came into
view and the captain slowed.
Pulling up to the dock, fresh salt air tickled
my nose. I hopped out and into the warm wel-
come of Klahoose’s cultural interpreters, Randy
(Klemkwateki) Louie, Riley Harry and Coral
Delorme.
Immersed in Indigenous Culture
As a Canadian Geographic Travel Ambassador
I was on a collaborative cultural immersion, a
partnership between Canadian travel operators
and the Royal Canadian Geographical Society
called a Canadian Geographic Adventure.
We were inching past giant trees, ancient as
Methuselah, in the cradle of Toba Inlet’s fresh-
water fjord.