08/10/2026
Bald Face Wildfire Update
We have some welcome news to share today. Power has been restored to Summerland Waterfront Resort & Spa, and the hotel is still standing.
At this time, however, the resort remains closed. We will return when we are permitted to do so, when it is safe for our team to return, and when operations can responsibly resume. We will provide updates as soon as we have more information.
Our SWR team is accounted for, although our community has not come through this without tragedy. Some members of our SWR family have lost their homes. Our team members are currently with their families and loved ones, attending to their own safety and well-being. We will do everything we can to care for them and their families.
Because of this, we are not currently managing reservations, monitoring email or web chats, or taking phone calls. We appreciate your patience and understanding while we prioritize our people.
We are incredibly proud of how our team responded on Friday night. A special thank you to Sam, Mirel, Shaun, Mike and Steve, who stayed until the building was locked and secured. You put the safety of others first in an extraordinary moment. We owe you a tremendous debt of gratitude.
We also want to thank our GM Lisa’s sister Lana and her husband Carlo, who were visiting Summerland and stepped in without hesitation to help Lisa’s family and assist with the hotel evacuation. As Lisa put it, they went “above and beyond the sister call of duty.” We are incredibly grateful to them both.
The true heroes of these past few days are the firefighters, first responders, RCMP, District of Summerland teams, machine operators, analysts and the many people working behind the scenes. There are too many to name. While the rest of us drove away from the danger, they drove toward it. Thank you for taking on this fire and saving everything you possibly could.
Thank you as well to everyone who has sent a message, checked in or offered support. It means a tremendous amount to all of us.
Summerland and Faulder are filled with resilient people. We will come together. We will care for one another. We will clean up and rebuild.
This is not the end. ❤️
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