Guide Outfitters Association of British Columbia

About GOABC

GOABC was established in 1966 to represent the guide outfitting community. The association is a non-profit society which represents approximately 65% of the guide outfitting businesses in British Columbia.

Guide outfitters are the founders of British Columbia’s tourism industry and are an important part of the outdoor heritage in our province. By the late 1800s, the world’s hunting fraternity had learned that BC hosted some of North America’s most magnificent big-game populations. Tahltan First Nations hunters in Telegraph Creek responded by initiating guiding services to meet the demand for quality hunting excursions. Many Tahltan people – including one of the original families, now in its third generation – remain heavily involved in the industry to this day.