Big Fish Bay RV Resort - Convenience Store
1000 Caribou Trail NW Slave Lake AB T0G 2A0 · Food - General
Inspection summary
Big Fish Bay RV Resort - Convenience Store has been inspected 5 times by Alberta Health Services (Environmental Public Health) since May 22, 2026. The most recent inspection, on September 23, 2026, recorded 1 infraction.
1 of 5 inspections on record found no infractions at all. In the past 12 months there were 5 inspections with 7 infractions recorded. The higher-risk findings here relate to: Cleaning and sanitizing.
Recent inspections have recorded fewer infractions than earlier ones, so the record is improving.
What these findings mean
Health authorities word their violations differently, so we group them by what they mean for food safety. Higher-risk findings are the ones inspectors treat as critical, because they can directly make someone sick.
Cleaning and sanitizingHigher risk
Anything that touches food, such as cutting boards, dishes and utensils, must be washed, rinsed and sanitized. Inspectors check dishwasher temperatures, sanitizer strength and how wiping cloths are stored. Poor sanitizing lets bacteria survive from one use to the next.
Recorded 2 times on May 22, 2026. For example:
Does the operator use approved methods for cleaning and sanitizing equipment, utensils, and surfaces?
Food safety training and certificationLower risk
Most jurisdictions require a certified food handler or manager on site, and some require allergen or food-worker training. These findings mean the paperwork or the trained person was missing at the time. They do not by themselves mean food was handled unsafely.
Recorded 4 times across 4 separate inspections, most recently on September 23, 2026. For example:
Are properly operating hand washing sink(s) accessible to food handlers, located in suitable areas, and stocked with appropriate hand washing supplies?
Permits, records and postingLower risk
Operating permits, required signage, written procedures and logs. These findings are administrative: the documentation was missing or out of date at the time of inspection.
Recorded once on May 22, 2026. For example:
Does the facility have a valid permit and does the facility operate in compliance with the conditions of that permit, or is the facility awaiting approval prior to operation?
About this data
These results come from Alberta Health Services (Environmental Public Health), which inspects food premises and other public facilities in this area. We republish the authority's public disclosure data and refresh it regularly; the official record is the final word.
5 inspections
- Monitoring Inspection
1 infraction
- 13. Are properly operating hand washing sink(s) accessible to food handlers, located in suitable areas, and stocked with appropriate hand washing supplies?
- Paper towel not in a dispenser.ENSURE:All handwashing sinks are equipped with paper towel in a dispenser.
- 13. Are properly operating hand washing sink(s) accessible to food handlers, located in suitable areas, and stocked with appropriate hand washing supplies?
- Risk Management Inspection
1 infraction
- 13. Are properly operating hand washing sink(s) accessible to food handlers, located in suitable areas, and stocked with appropriate hand washing supplies?
- Paper towel not in a dispenser.ENSURE:All handwashing sinks are equipped with paper towel in a dispenser.Operator indicated they have closed down for the season.
- 13. Are properly operating hand washing sink(s) accessible to food handlers, located in suitable areas, and stocked with appropriate hand washing supplies?
- Risk Management Inspection
0 infractions
- Risk Management Inspection
1 infraction
- 13. Are properly operating hand washing sink(s) accessible to food handlers, located in suitable areas, and stocked with appropriate hand washing supplies?
- Facility uses their two-compartment sink as a handwashing sink. Based on the facility's food handling limited to scooping ice cream and repackaging bulk candy, a two-compartment sink is sufficient for handwashing and dishwashing. Paper towel in a dispenser not functional during inspection. Current handwashing/dishwashing sink is not permitted for use. Hot and cold water is currently supplied through external jugs and heated thermal containers. No water is plumbed in, and wastewater is drained through the bottom of the sinks to buckets, which is then flushed down the toilet across the road in an office.ENSURE:1. Liquid soap and paper towel in dispensers are available at handwashing sinks at all times.2. A properly functioning handwashing/dishwashing sink is available with plumbed in hot and cold potable running water and proper drainage into an approved sewer line.Facility has ceased minimal food handling and will wait until approval is given from public health before resuming.Update: Facility has agreed to install a plumbed-in tap that can run hot and cold water with a drain that runs to a holding tank. Please contact Public Health when this is completed.
- 13. Are properly operating hand washing sink(s) accessible to food handlers, located in suitable areas, and stocked with appropriate hand washing supplies?
- Monitoring Inspection
4 infractions
- 04. Does the operator use approved methods for cleaning and sanitizing equipment, utensils, and surfaces?
- Bleach sanitizer in spray bottle too strong for accurate testing. The testing paper was bleached white. The sanitizing solution was adjusted to 100 ppm during inspection.ENSURE:Bleach sanitizer solutions for food contact surfaces are maintained at 100 ppm at all times (1/4tsp bleach per litre water).
- 12. Are there adequate and properly operating dish washing facilities to effectively clean and sanitize equipment and utensils (unless noted elsewhere)(Non-Critical)?
- Testing strips not available.ENSURE:Testing strips are available to verify the concentration of sanitizer.
- 13. Are properly operating hand washing sink(s) accessible to food handlers, located in suitable areas, and stocked with appropriate hand washing supplies?
- Facility uses their two-compartment sink as a handwashing sink.Liquid soap not available at handwashing sink. Stocked during inspection.Paper towel in a dispenser not available during inspection. Facility was actively installing a paper towel dispenser during inspection.Current handwashing/dishwashing sink is not permitted for use. Hot and cold water is currently supplied through external jugs and heated thermal containers. No water is plumbed in, and wastewater is drained through the bottom of the sinks to buckets, which is then flushed down the toilet across the road in an office.ENSURE:1. Liquid soap and paper towel in dispensers are available at handwashing sinks at all times.2. A properly functioning handwashing/dishwashing sink is available with plumbed in hot and cold potable running water and proper drainage into an approved sewer line.
- 19. Does the facility have a valid permit and does the facility operate in compliance with the conditions of that permit, or is the facility awaiting approval prior to operation?
- The facility's current food handling permit indicates only prepackaged food must be sold and no food handling is allowed.Facility was operating an ice cream shop with employees scooping ice cream for guests.Facility was repackaging bulk candy in separate containers. Scooping ice cream and repackaging food is considered food handling and is not permitted until a Public Health Inspector approves it and a new permit is issued indicating as such. The facility agreed to stop all food handling until they approved to do so by a Public Health Inspector. ENSURE:The stipulations noted on the current permit are followed.
- 04. Does the operator use approved methods for cleaning and sanitizing equipment, utensils, and surfaces?