Mount Assiniboine Lodge was this past week honoured with a BC Parks award.

In addition to volunteer awards handed out by BC Parks earlier this week, the 2016 Park Operator of the Year recipient was named with Mount Assiniboine Lodge Ltd. receiving that honour.

“Mount Assiniboine Lodge Ltd. has been the park operator providing recreation service delivery in the core area of Mount Assiniboine Park since 2011. Andre Renner and Claude Duchesne provide management for Mount Assiniboine Lodge. They go above and beyond their contractual obligations by demonstrating a true desire to maintain park facilities in the best shape possible and provide the best service to their clients. They maintain great communications, not only to their direct clientele, but also to the diverse user groups that the park attracts, including hikers, mountaineers, campers and photographers. Their willingness to support park facility improvements and take innovative paths to improve their operation has benefited all park visitors in the area,” stated a Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy press release.

The recipients of the 2016 BC Parks Volunteer Awards are:

* Individual Volunteer – Don Scott and David Webb;

* Volunteer Group – Caledonia Ramblers, and Myra Canyon Trestle Restoration Society;

* Volunteer Legacy – Ruby Dunstan;

* Community Partner – Living Oceans Society.

“A big thank you and congratulations to the 2016 BC Parks Volunteer Awards winners! These British Columbians are passionate about our heritage, parks and natural areas and their efforts are helping to preserve them for generations to come. To spend countless hours and, in some cases, decades without being paid to further what they believe in, is simply remarkable,” said George Heyman, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy.

Lead image: Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park. Photo by Damon McDonald/Mount Assiniboine Lodge

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