Recognition for Trout Point Lodge Relais & Chateaux

 

In mid 2009, the National Geographic Society announced that Trout Point was among 10 worldwide finalists in the Geotourism Challenge: Power of Place. The Lodge was the only accommodation among the finalists. A distinguished panel of judges — Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Wangari Maathai, founder of the Green Belt Movement; Keith Bellows, editor of National Geographic Traveler magazine; Erika Harms, executive director of Sustainable Development, United Nations Foundation; Tony Wheeler, founder of Lonely Planet; Ben Keene, founder of Tribewanted; and Dr. Yang Yuming, vice president of Southwest Forestry University, China — reviewed the entries and selected Trout Point Lodge for revitalizing backwoods area of Acadian Forest through place-based immersion experiences and the Nova Scotia Seafood Cooking School.
A property with Five Green Keys "exemplifies the highest standards of environmental and social responsibility throughout all areas of operations. The hotel employs cutting edge technologies, policies, and programs that set the international standard for sustainable hotel operations," according to the Hotel Association of Canada. Trout Point counts among just a handful of properties in North America with this highest rating.

Trout Point was recognized by its peers and awarded the inaugural Green Restaurant Award from the Restaurant Association of Nova Scotia in November, 2009.

Wine 
      Spectator 
      Award of Excellence

Trout Point garnered an Award of Excellence from Wine Spectator for its wine list in 2009.

ForbesTraveler has recognized Trout Point Lodge on 2 different Top 10 lists: the world's best wilderness resorts and the world's best cooking vacations.
TIANS - The voice of tourism The Lodge won the inaugural Parks Canada Sustainable Tourism Award in 2007, in part based on a demonstrated commitment to excellence and the encouragement of an appreciation of and respect for, our natural, cultural and aesthetic heritage along with a striving to  achieve tourism development in a manner which harmonizes economic objectives with the protection and enhancement of our natural and cultural heritage

Condé Nast Johansens is the one of the most comprehensive hotel guides with an illustrated reference to annually inspected, independently owned prestigious accommodation and meetings venues throughout the world. Trout Point is proud to have been a recommended property since 2008.