Water Spirit Spa & Retreats
Fishing Lake Métis Settlement · Northeast Alberta
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Welcome - there is room
A Métis family-run sanctuary for healing, rest, and reconnection with the land.
what we offer
Registered massage therapy, reflexology, Reiki, and cranio-sacral treatments.
Holistic Wellness
Immersive Métis cultural programs rooted in boreal forest knowledge, storytelling, and traditional plant medicine.
Land-Based Experiences
Stay with us on the land. In a cabin, belle tent, trapper tent, or tipi, and let the forest do the rest.
Retreats & Camping
Signature Experiences
Come as you are. Leave Changed.
who we are
Meet our Family.
Water Spirit Spa & Retreats was built by Karen, Wyatt, and Rob Telford on Fishing Lake Métis Settlement, the land their family has called home for generations. Karen brings over 20 years of registered massage therapy alongside a lifetime of Métis plant knowledge, beadwork, and herbalism. Wyatt grew up immersed in Métis history and culture, and is a skilled interpreter, sash finger-weaver, and outdoor guide. Rob is the hands behind the land, he shapes and maintains the property that grounds everything we do.
This is not a retreat designed from the outside in. It is a home opened to you.
what our guests say
"Where to even begin, this was one of the best weekends and experiences of our existence. So much knowledge, such exceptional company."
Christina B.
Métis Survival Skills Retreat
"So grateful for this experience. Felt love, kindness, and a reflection I didn't know I needed."
Kathryn P.
Land-Based Healing Women's Retreat
Water Spirit Spa & Retreats is located on Fishing Lake Métis Settlement within the Treaty 6 Territory and St. Paul-Cold Lake Métis District.
We acknowledge this land as our traditional territories along with many Indigenous peoples including the Nêhiyaw (Cree), Denesųłiné (Dene), Iyarhe Nakoda (Stoney Nakoda), Anishinaabe (Saulteaux) and Siksikaitsitapi (Blackfoot Confederacy) whose footsteps have marked this territory for centuries.