Doug Hare is a Canadian retired helicopter and float plane pilot and helicopter base manager based in Whistler. He grew up in North Vancouver, where he attended Delbrook Senior Secondary School from 1965 to 1967. From 1968 to 1972, he was a float plane pilot for Alert Bay Air Services in Alert Bay, BC. In 1972, he moved to Whistler, where he was a helicopter pilot and the base manager at Whistler Mountain for Okanagan Helicopters until 1978. In the spring of 1978, Doug worked as a float plane pilot for West Coast Air Services, and from the summer of 1978 to 1980, he worked as a corporate helicopter pilot for L & K Lumber in North Vancouver. From 1980 to 1999, he was the chief helicopter pilot and the operations manager for MacMillan Bloedel in BC. From 1999 to 2003, Doug was the corporate aviation operations manager for Weyerhaeuser in BC, then from 2003 to 2007, he worked there as the operations manager as well as a helicopter pilot. From 2007 to 2012, he was the director of aviation for Weyerhaeuser, based in Seattle, WA. Doug retired as a corporate pilot in 2012, and his since been living in Whistler.

Charles "Chad" Willson Murray was a helicopter pilot bas in British Columbia. He was born on November 10, 1944. Chad worked in the helicopter industry for 40 years and was a helicopter pilot for Okanagan Helicopters in the 1970s. He would often pilot helicopters for fighting wildfires. He and his wife, Fern, had a daughter named Pamela and a son named Trevor. Chad passed away at Peace Arch Hospital in Peace Arch, BC on September 2, 2008.

Mark Savage was a helicopter pilot for Okanagan Helicopters in British Columbia in the 1970s.

Norman Earl Noble, who went by Earl Noble, was a Royal Canadian Air Force flight officer, lumber mill owner, and helicopter pilot for Okanagan Helicopters who was based in North Vancouver. Earl was born in St. Albert, AB and was raised in North Vancouver. After graduating from North Vancouver High School in 1941, Earl joined the RCAF during World War II, where he became a flight officer with commission. After the war, from 1945 to 1950, he drove a logging truck until he and his father, Morley Noble, built Nova Lumber in North Vancouver. Earl owned and continued to work at Nova Lumber until 1988, when it was sold. Earl never lost his love for flying, and had several airplanes and helicopters over the years. He also enjoyed fishing, skeet-shooting, duck hunting, skiing, and golf. He was a long-time member of Capilano Golf Club. He had three children: Greg, Vic, and Pam.

Ron Jeffery is a helicopter pilot who worked for Okanagan Helicopters and operated in the Sea to Sky region in the 1970s. He has also previously piloted helicopters for the transport of Finning's Caterpillar diggers and other construction equipment.

Daniel "Dan" Kitsul was a golf course designer based in Vernon, BC. He was born on February 17, 1938. Dan is known for shaping the holes at the Vernon Golf & Country Club during its expansion to 18 holes in the mid-20th century. He passed away on January 7, 2022.

The Water Survey of Canada (WSC) is a scientific branch of Environment and Climate Change Canada, the federal government ministry responsible for the collection, interpretation, and dissemination of standardized water resource data and information in Canada. The Water Survey of Canada can trace its beginnings to 1908, when Canada initiated a formal approach to determine the extent of the nation's water resources. As an emerging nation, Canada recognized the need for comprehensive water resource information to define reliable supplies of good quality water, to determine hydro power potential, to assess irrigation potential, and to protect Canada's sovereignty over its water resources. All major water supply systems, hydro electrical generation facilities, and irrigation projects in Canada have been designed, built, and operated using the products and services of the Water Survey of Canada. The WSC maintains Canada's hydrometric data network, widely referred to as HYDAT. Previously, over 2,500 hydrometric gauges were maintained. Currently, fewer than 2000 stations provide active data. Earlier ad-hoc arrangements with the provinces were replaced in 1975 with comprehensive and national partnership agreements. Stations or gauges record lake and river water levels that are used to compute river flow data. Datasets developed by the WSC are used for water-resource management purposes in various policy programs by federal, provincial, and municipal governments. This information is also available free to the public by searching Archived Hydrometric Data. These datasets also contribute to ongoing efforts to measure local, regional, and national impacts from climate change. Much of the investigative work involving ecosystem processes, river reach surveys, and lake studies is done through integrated field teams. The Water Survey of Canada is based in the nation's capital, Ottawa, ON.

Helijet International is a helicopter airline and charter service based in Richmond, BC. Its scheduled passenger helicopter airline services operates flights from heliports at Vancouver International Airport (YVR), downtown Vancouver, downtown Nanaimo, and downtown Victoria. It also operates a charter division (Helijet Charters) serving the film, television, aerial tour, industrial, and general charter markets, as well as helicopter and jet air ambulance services. Its head office and main hangar is Vancouver International Airport (YVR) in Richmond. Helijet was established in 1986 as Helijet Airways and started operations between Vancouver and Victoria, BC in November 1986 with one Bell 412 helicopter and 14 staff members. Helijet has grown into a diversified company with 15 aircraft and 150+ employees carrying over 100,000 passengers per year. With US Helicopter now defunct in the New York City area since 2009, Helijet and BLADE Urban Air Mobility Inc. are the only scheduled passenger helicopter airline service in North America. In the past, Helijet provided scheduled passenger services with Sikorsky S-76 helicopters or Beechcraft 1900 turboprop fixed-wing aircraft to Seattle-Boeing Field, Abbotsford International Airport, Langley Regional Airport, Victoria International Airport, and Campbell River Airport, all of which are still destinations accessible by Helijet Charters' services. Helijet has operated large, 19 passenger seat Sikorsky S-61 helicopters, including in scheduled service between Vancouver and Victoria. All scheduled passenger services between the company's heliports located in downtown Vancouver and downtown Victoria have been operated for many years with twin engine, Instrument Flight Rules (IFR)-capable Sikorsky S-76 helicopters flown by two pilots. During the 2013 summer season, all scheduled service between Vancouver and Victoria was being operated with Bell 206L-3 LongRanger III turbine powered rotorcraft. However, with the advent of the 2013 fall season, Helijet was once again operating Sikorsky S-76 helicopters between Vancouver and Victoria, which they continue to offer. Helijet International operates the Vancouver and Victoria Harbour Heliports under its wholly owned subsidiary, Pacific Heliport Services. As of 2019, Helijet operates air ambulance services at the following heliports/airports in British Columbia: Prince Rupert/Seal Cove, in Prince Rupert, BC and Vancouver International Airport (YVR). Helijet also operates a year-round base at Sandspit Airport and provides helicopter services between Masset Airport and numerous fishing lodges in the Haida Gwaii area during the BC fishing season. The fishing lodges have an operating helipad to facilitate this service, which includes passenger and cargo transfers. On March 11, 2015, Helijet began operating new scheduled passenger service utilizing Sikorsky S-76 helicopters with seven roundtrip flights every weekday between the company's downtown heliport located in Vancouver Harbour and the Nanaimo Harbour Heliport located at the Nanaimo Cruise Ship Welcome Centre. Sightseeing harbour and city tours and scheduled services to Victoria and Nanaimo operate from the Vancouver Harbour Heliport located on the shores of Burrard Inlet, adjacent to Waterfront Station. The actual heliport is a floating structure located in the harbour waters. Helijet is also British Columbia's largest air medical service provider, operating rotary wing, fixed wing medevac aircraft including Learjet and Hawker.