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      "altText": "A very Sointula summer ☀️ 🎣 🌊 \n•\n•\n•\n#sointulalodge #fishinglodge #wildernesslodge #fishing #gonorthisland #beautifulbc",
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      "altText": "🌟 Staff Appreciation Post 🌟 \nOur fantastic guiding team- Chris, Owen, KJ, Braeden and Pierce! These guys have spent about 70 days on the water so far this summer and they haven’t skipped a beat. Owen, Chris and KJ are on summer #4 of guiding with us, and Braeden #2. This has been Pierce’s first year of guiding after spending 3 on the docks, and we couldn’t be more proud of him and this first season he’s had. Since early June they have been fishing hard and enjoying every minute of what turned out to be an incredible summer. From non-stop chinook fishing to huge northern coho, plenty of bottom fish, bear & whale watching, and even a surprise sockeye opening, the boys have put on an amazing season for our 2025 guests. If you joined us this summer, you know what we mean! We wish them all the best over the winter and hope to see them all again come spring 2026.",
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      "altText": "Our chef team is excited to get back up to the lodge and create our 2026 menu. Last year’s was a hit. 😍",
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      "altText": "This September we are partnered with @seawolfadventures for a fall season. They are offering all-inclusive packages with a focus on curated wildlife experiences and Kwakwaka’wakw culture with their home territory of the Great Bear Rainforest as their backdrop. We are excited & grateful for this new partnership which has already left us with deepened understanding of the land we call home. The September weather has been treating us well too! ☀️",
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      "altText": "🌟 Staff Appreciation Post 🌟 \nThe ladies who make the lodge go round, our hostesses! From bartending, serving, housekeeping and being best fisherwomen, they are the heart of the lodge. Kennedy, Cadence and Zoë have all been with us for multiple seasons now and have each done their part in refining the onshore guest experience. They are a reliable, supportive and good-natured team! With Zoë off to Edinburgh in the fall for her Masters, Kennedy working on her teaching degree, and Cadence just graduating with her bachelors, we feel lucky to have these smart-cookies for their summers off of school. A big thank you to the three of you for all of your hard work!",
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      "altText": "August Report! 🎣 \nAugust has brought a continued strong run of chinook, a ton of hatchery & wild coho, some nice lingcod & halibut and great fishing off the beach at Beach Bistro! Bruce caught a nice 17 pound chinook on a spin cast rod while jigging for coho off Lizard Point! The humpbacks and orcas are here as well as rafts of otters, black bears with their cubs and lots of other wildlife! We can’t wait to see what is to come in the second half of August, and also can’t believe August 15th is already here. We were also very excited to have previous lodge owners Dave & Sally Sund and their friends Jim & Maxine join us for a trip last weekend, which was their first time staying with us since they sold the lodge 10 years ago. Thank you to our all our wonderful guests who have joined us so far, we’ve had so much fun!",
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