Maria Ernst and her husband Walter moved to the Queen Charlotte Islands to build and operate The Copper Bay Lodge (near Sandspit Moresby Island, BC). In the thirty years since then, Maria has become an expert cook, serving delectable homemade meals to satisfy a wide variety of palates - local fishermen, visitors from eastern Europe, even a U.S. president and his wife. She is the mother of two daughters and she has two grandchildren.