Alberta wildfires’ effects on tourism in Canada

At Andrew Lake Lodge—a remote camp in the extreme northeast corner of Alberta—owner Dan Wettlaufer is looking forward to welcoming the first of this year’s crop of tourists this weekend. But the wildfire burning out of control near Fort McMurray could put a crimp in this year’s May long weekend and the start of the summer tourism season, Wettlaufer acknowledged. “There are no roads to our operations, it’s all fly-in, fly-out. So depending on what’s