About Us

Let us introduce Nechako Lodge & Aviation and the Doerig family to you.

We moved to Canada in the early 80's, bringing with us a wealth of experience in the hospitality business and a love for the wilderness of British Columbia. Joe grew up working in his parent's restaurant in eastern Switzerland. Together we were determined to someday have our own business, where we could combine his love of flying with our desire to share the splendor and wealth of nature with our guests.

Nechako Lodge was built as a hunting lodge in the late 60's at a then inaccessible location on Knewstubb Lake near Kenney Dam. Over the years the lodge saw a number of owners and operators come and go and had become quite run down in the process. We purchased the lodge in 1987 and since then have enjoyed making improvements and adding new services to create a thriving business for ourselves and our sons Martin and Thomas.

 

Our love and respect for the environment, together with concerns for the sustainability of backcountry tourism, have prompted us to become very active in local land and resource planning.

This is why we are also members of a number of industry associations including BC Fishing Resorts and Outfitters Association, the BC Wilderness Tourism Association, and the Heart of BC Tourism Association.

Because we depend on healthy ecosystems, we are always striving to reduce ecological impacts created by our own operation. We produce our own electricity with a state of the art power system and with the addition of a wind generator, we have drastically reduced diesel consumption and generator hours. Every effort is also made to curb noise and air pollution, because it detracts from the wilderness atmosphere we love.

We also work hard to eliminate vehicle traffic around buildings to a minimum. Hot water and heat for the main lodge is produced by an outdoor wood furnace, fuelled by drift wood we can gather off the lakeshore and by those beetle killed pine trees, which we could not cut into lumber for building projects.

You have our assurance that we will provide you with the highest quality facilities and services possible and that we will do our very best to make your stay with us a pleasurable and memorable experience.

Our mission: Put a smile on every guest's face before they leave.

The Doerig's
Joe, Elisabeth, Martin, Thomas

Contact Us Phone: 1 250 412-2665 Email: info@nechakolodge.com Nechako Lodge & Aviation 2500-500 Rd Vanderhoof, BC V0J 3A1 Canada