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Justin DeBoer
May 15, 2015
I had the privilege of visiting and fishing at your resort with my college roommate, David Foster, and the Foster family from Saratoga, CA in the summer of 1965. That experience has always been a great memory for me.
Justin — I am David Foster’s older brother. I think that I missed seeing you at Tsuniah as I was in medical training at the time. Our family has gone to Tsuniah for 50 years. We love the place and feel like we are with family around the Brebners.
I have been coming tsuniah since the 80’s i was invited by my friend Mike Stevens who had been there in past years, i was expecting a fishing trip! what an understatement, this paradise in the canadian wilderness is truly amazing…but more than that the Brebner family who make our trip a wonderful experience year after year, and visiting one of my favorite spots on the planet is something we all look forward to, not to mention the food.
I came to Canada in May 2013 to enjoy nature and wildlife – I didn’t expect to find paradies itself and withing it new friends and family… I will always cherish those summer months filled with riding through the wilderness meeting sheep and bears, up steep mountainsides and along the coast of ice blue Chilko Lake taking a bath together with my darling Shadow on hot days, gardening and helping with painting cabins, fishing on lively Tsuniah Lake, enjoying the unique taste of Patrick’s smoked rainbow trout, sitting round campfires with the Brebners and their guests, taking pictures of tiny humming birds… I can’t say how much this means to me!
As long as the Brebner family owns this place it will be a very special one – one I long to see again one day.
This first trip was back 1979, before Bob, Muriel and Family took over, after “Good-Ol Art Watson” who always clanked alarms on his coffee cup if he thought the pork chops or stakes were not stacked high enough to suit until the ladies stacked up more!
Some of my fondest memories are of many flying trips to Tsuniah Lake, just before Memorial Day week and after Labor Day week. First annual trip with my father & sons, and second one with my three best (my choice) construction employees; flying out of Monterey, CA. We did this for years. The construction jobs were completed on time, each guy trying to be 1st choice!
Great family food, going out fishing in the morning with a, “Noon Island” lunch pack, from the supper friendly kitchen, had the tastiest lunch along with the full chested trout we pan fried in fresh butter on the island fire pit camp that was always stocked with some fire wood to get warmed up around, while talking over the question of who just caught the most beautiful trout. It was always the other guy, he thought. Best to All Brebners, Jim-Dad, Eric, Harold and Grandpa Dittmer
This is my favorite fly-in retreat! I really missed not being able to make it last year but am looking forward to our trip in August!
I can’t think of a better place to just go to and relax, take the boat or if you like, kayak, swim, hike, ride. It’s all there and the family that owns and lives on the property couldn’t be better people. Just love it!
My Grandfather flew me up there when I was a 20 year old kid in 1978. I remember the fishing to be great , family style meals. I remember a trip to the island and his friends thawing out the steaks on the front on the boat. The steaks slid of into the water. Great memories. Thank you
As a corporate pilot back in the 80’s, I flew many associates to numerous ‘resort’ locations in Mexico, the US, Alaska and Canada.
Tsuniah Lake is perhaps the BEST and most relaxing place I’ve been to. The runway is well kept and long enough to handle light jets and turbo-props like the Conquest II I brought in. Our group of 9 only stayed for a few nights, I just wish it had been more.
We took off with so much smoked trout, we had to really watch our W&B.
Truly a fishing heaven.
I was 14 years old when my parents and I visited the lodge in the summer of 1964. We were visiting friends at a ranch located on the other end of the lake from the lodge. We took a break from fishing one day to have lunch at the lodge. What a great meal it was! Served family style.
We caught a lot of trout, rode horses, helped round up cattle, explored the lake and swat mosques! We traveled to the lake via a very rough road! It was an all day drive from Williams Lake.
Another visit to the lodge is on my bucket list!
Robert
Amazing pictures. So great to find this your website. Extremely fond memories of my times spent there with you all. (Early and mid 1980’s). Would love to get by again sometime.
Nice to see it still in the family.
My first trip to Tsuniah Lake lodge was in the summer of 1967. It was my high school graduation present from my father. My father, Don Patterson, and his close friend, Dick Shannon, first began flying into Tsuniah Lake in the mid-fifties. I remember Dad telling me about sitting around the dinner table with Art Watson and the stories he would tell. He considered Bob & Muriel Brebner like family. I made many more trips to Tsuniah with dad. The last one was in the mid-nineties. Those many days fishing with dad on Tsuniah Lake are my most cherished memories.
We had an unforgettable experience at Tsuniah Lake Lodge. It’s one of the most beautiful places we have ever visited. Stunning nature, great people and very cozy and homey accomodations. We will come back again. Thank you for this special experience.
My dad, mom, sister and I flew up in a Piper Aztec piloted by Swede Ralston of the FBO Aero-Air in Hillsboro, Oregon, in about 1960-61. Swede had a float plane there and wanted my dad, Tom Fohl ( SEL Pilot ) with 100 hrs, to fly it to our next stop. So Swede and dad did some passes, and the next thing I knew was dad flying us over to Chilco lake to catch Dolly Varden. Great memories. Love to be there again.
We were just trying to remember when Robert & Shirley Harris first visited Tsuniah Lodge, then took family and friends. It must have begun in the 50’s or 60’s first with Codding and other Santa Rosa friends, Joe Payne. Decades ago now. They all loved Bob and Muriel Brebner. It was the highlight of their later years. Years ago, I was there more than once with my son and family. We do hope there will be a next time! How grand that you’ve continued such a fine old tradition. We will never forget standing at the fish smoker where the Brebner youth seemed to start their lifelong commitment to the lodge.
I was 11 yrs old in 1959 when my parents and my 3 brothers flew into Tsunia Lake in our family owned B Model Beechcraft Bonanza. Our first family vacation. The soft field landing strip was short and not particularly smooth in those days. Our father was a WW2 carrier pilot, so he was able to land with confidence to spare. Our mother was a wreck and reciting the Lord’s Prayer fervently until our plane came to a complete stop and the chocks were set. Can you picture it? Three boys, ages 5, 11 and 13 in a remote location with boats, motors and fishing poles at our disposal. Dad and the Bro’s left early and fished all day every day. The daily limit was a prune box in the boat. When it was full, that was the limit. On or about our 4th day at the lodge, the owners suggested to our parents that we leave the country before the RCMP’s were summoned. Boys will always be boys and the Canadian air really brought out the best laid plans 3 boys could conjur up. LOL. My brothers and myself were having the most fun we had ever had before. And once Mom settled down and came to grips that her youngn’s couldn’t cause the world to fall off its axis, she had a great time too. Tsuniah Lake was our most memorable family vacation ever!! Our parents
are both in heaven now and their 3 sons are now 70, 76 and 78. They were very proud of the men, husbands and fathers we each became. Our folks rolled the dice and took their sons on a vacation into Tsuniah Lake Lodge for a vacation. The memory’s of that vacation are as alive in us today as ever. Make a point of booking your next family vacay at Tsuniah Lake. You will love it too!!!! And while you’re there, would you see if the 3 WANTED Posters are still hanging on the dining room wall?
Respectfully,
Rob Maddox
Wasilla, Alaska
May 15, 2015
I had the privilege of visiting and fishing at your resort with my college roommate, David Foster, and the Foster family from Saratoga, CA in the summer of 1965. That experience has always been a great memory for me.
The property looks great still today!
Thank you.
Justin DeBoer
West Linn, Oregon
June 24, 2016
Justin — I am David Foster’s older brother. I think that I missed seeing you at Tsuniah as I was in medical training at the time. Our family has gone to Tsuniah for 50 years. We love the place and feel like we are with family around the Brebners.
Tom & Sally Foster
June 25, 2023
Thanks to Destination Adventure on YouTube and the need for my wife and I to experience what we need…we’ll be planning a visit.
June 30, 2015
I have been coming tsuniah since the 80’s i was invited by my friend Mike Stevens who had been there in past years, i was expecting a fishing trip! what an understatement, this paradise in the canadian wilderness is truly amazing…but more than that the Brebner family who make our trip a wonderful experience year after year, and visiting one of my favorite spots on the planet is something we all look forward to, not to mention the food.
Jimmy Goff
Santa Rosa, Ca
August 29, 2015
I hope one day… I will be standing on this porch… Bucket list….
Elaine Randolph
Santa Rosa CA
January 18, 2016
I came to Canada in May 2013 to enjoy nature and wildlife – I didn’t expect to find paradies itself and withing it new friends and family… I will always cherish those summer months filled with riding through the wilderness meeting sheep and bears, up steep mountainsides and along the coast of ice blue Chilko Lake taking a bath together with my darling Shadow on hot days, gardening and helping with painting cabins, fishing on lively Tsuniah Lake, enjoying the unique taste of Patrick’s smoked rainbow trout, sitting round campfires with the Brebners and their guests, taking pictures of tiny humming birds… I can’t say how much this means to me!
As long as the Brebner family owns this place it will be a very special one – one I long to see again one day.
Julia
March 29, 2016
This first trip was back 1979, before Bob, Muriel and Family took over, after “Good-Ol Art Watson” who always clanked alarms on his coffee cup if he thought the pork chops or stakes were not stacked high enough to suit until the ladies stacked up more!
Some of my fondest memories are of many flying trips to Tsuniah Lake, just before Memorial Day week and after Labor Day week. First annual trip with my father & sons, and second one with my three best (my choice) construction employees; flying out of Monterey, CA. We did this for years. The construction jobs were completed on time, each guy trying to be 1st choice!
Great family food, going out fishing in the morning with a, “Noon Island” lunch pack, from the supper friendly kitchen, had the tastiest lunch along with the full chested trout we pan fried in fresh butter on the island fire pit camp that was always stocked with some fire wood to get warmed up around, while talking over the question of who just caught the most beautiful trout. It was always the other guy, he thought. Best to All Brebners, Jim-Dad, Eric, Harold and Grandpa Dittmer
June 26, 2018
Love this place! love this family more the you know! This is some bucket list stuff!
July 15, 2018
This is my favorite fly-in retreat! I really missed not being able to make it last year but am looking forward to our trip in August!
I can’t think of a better place to just go to and relax, take the boat or if you like, kayak, swim, hike, ride. It’s all there and the family that owns and lives on the property couldn’t be better people. Just love it!
August 26, 2018
My Grandfather flew me up there when I was a 20 year old kid in 1978. I remember the fishing to be great , family style meals. I remember a trip to the island and his friends thawing out the steaks on the front on the boat. The steaks slid of into the water. Great memories. Thank you
December 8, 2018
As a corporate pilot back in the 80’s, I flew many associates to numerous ‘resort’ locations in Mexico, the US, Alaska and Canada.
Tsuniah Lake is perhaps the BEST and most relaxing place I’ve been to. The runway is well kept and long enough to handle light jets and turbo-props like the Conquest II I brought in. Our group of 9 only stayed for a few nights, I just wish it had been more.
We took off with so much smoked trout, we had to really watch our W&B.
Truly a fishing heaven.
October 30, 2020
I was 14 years old when my parents and I visited the lodge in the summer of 1964. We were visiting friends at a ranch located on the other end of the lake from the lodge. We took a break from fishing one day to have lunch at the lodge. What a great meal it was! Served family style.
We caught a lot of trout, rode horses, helped round up cattle, explored the lake and swat mosques! We traveled to the lake via a very rough road! It was an all day drive from Williams Lake.
Another visit to the lodge is on my bucket list!
Robert
December 6, 2020
Amazing pictures. So great to find this your website. Extremely fond memories of my times spent there with you all. (Early and mid 1980’s). Would love to get by again sometime.
Nice to see it still in the family.
December 13, 2020
Amazing place , amazing food people paysage unbelievable….. it a bucket lit for sure ….
Denis Vinent
No Limits Helicopters Whistler
December 30, 2020
My first trip to Tsuniah Lake lodge was in the summer of 1967. It was my high school graduation present from my father. My father, Don Patterson, and his close friend, Dick Shannon, first began flying into Tsuniah Lake in the mid-fifties. I remember Dad telling me about sitting around the dinner table with Art Watson and the stories he would tell. He considered Bob & Muriel Brebner like family. I made many more trips to Tsuniah with dad. The last one was in the mid-nineties. Those many days fishing with dad on Tsuniah Lake are my most cherished memories.
August 5, 2021
We had an unforgettable experience at Tsuniah Lake Lodge. It’s one of the most beautiful places we have ever visited. Stunning nature, great people and very cozy and homey accomodations. We will come back again. Thank you for this special experience.
March 21, 2022
My dad, mom, sister and I flew up in a Piper Aztec piloted by Swede Ralston of the FBO Aero-Air in Hillsboro, Oregon, in about 1960-61. Swede had a float plane there and wanted my dad, Tom Fohl ( SEL Pilot ) with 100 hrs, to fly it to our next stop. So Swede and dad did some passes, and the next thing I knew was dad flying us over to Chilco lake to catch Dolly Varden. Great memories. Love to be there again.
August 3, 2022
We were just trying to remember when Robert & Shirley Harris first visited Tsuniah Lodge, then took family and friends. It must have begun in the 50’s or 60’s first with Codding and other Santa Rosa friends, Joe Payne. Decades ago now. They all loved Bob and Muriel Brebner. It was the highlight of their later years. Years ago, I was there more than once with my son and family. We do hope there will be a next time! How grand that you’ve continued such a fine old tradition. We will never forget standing at the fish smoker where the Brebner youth seemed to start their lifelong commitment to the lodge.
April 1, 2025
I was 11 yrs old in 1959 when my parents and my 3 brothers flew into Tsunia Lake in our family owned B Model Beechcraft Bonanza. Our first family vacation. The soft field landing strip was short and not particularly smooth in those days. Our father was a WW2 carrier pilot, so he was able to land with confidence to spare. Our mother was a wreck and reciting the Lord’s Prayer fervently until our plane came to a complete stop and the chocks were set. Can you picture it? Three boys, ages 5, 11 and 13 in a remote location with boats, motors and fishing poles at our disposal. Dad and the Bro’s left early and fished all day every day. The daily limit was a prune box in the boat. When it was full, that was the limit. On or about our 4th day at the lodge, the owners suggested to our parents that we leave the country before the RCMP’s were summoned. Boys will always be boys and the Canadian air really brought out the best laid plans 3 boys could conjur up. LOL. My brothers and myself were having the most fun we had ever had before. And once Mom settled down and came to grips that her youngn’s couldn’t cause the world to fall off its axis, she had a great time too. Tsuniah Lake was our most memorable family vacation ever!! Our parents
are both in heaven now and their 3 sons are now 70, 76 and 78. They were very proud of the men, husbands and fathers we each became. Our folks rolled the dice and took their sons on a vacation into Tsuniah Lake Lodge for a vacation. The memory’s of that vacation are as alive in us today as ever. Make a point of booking your next family vacay at Tsuniah Lake. You will love it too!!!! And while you’re there, would you see if the 3 WANTED Posters are still hanging on the dining room wall?
Respectfully,
Rob Maddox
Wasilla, Alaska