{"key":"01edce177d","origin":"osm","osm_id":"n4459825719","category":"Attractions","subcategory":"Visitor Centre","community":"Sointula","lat":50.6267942,"lon":-127.0170108,"verdict":"include","name":{"value":"Sointula Resource Centre","source":"enrichment"},"description":{"value":"The Sointula Resource Centre is the official Destination BC Visitor Centre for Malcolm Island, a remote ferry-access-only community founded by Finnish immigrants in 1901 as a utopian colony. Operating as a non-profit since 2002, it serves as the island's primary information hub and community services centre. Notably for cyclists, it maintains a fleet of free bikes for visitors and residents to explore the island, and is associated with a MIBike Rental Advisor program.","source":"sonnet_4.6"},"website":{"value":"https://www.sointulainfo.ca/","source":"enrichment"},"address":{"value":"220B 2nd Street, Sointula, BC V0N 3E0","source":"enrichment"},"phone":{"value":"250-973-2001","source":"enrichment"},"email":{"value":"hello@sointulainfo.ca","source":"html"},"route_slugs":[],"centrally_administered":false,"bike_parking_detail":null,"raw_osm":{"addr:city":"Sointula","addr:housenumber":"165","addr:postcode":"V0N 3E0","addr:street":"1st Street","information":"office","name":"Sointula Resource Centre","operator":"Sointula Resource Centre Society","tourism":"information"},"enrichment_extras":{"reasoning":"The website confirms this is the official Destination BC Visitor Centre for Malcolm Island and explicitly states a fleet of free bikes is maintained for visitors ('Maintain a fleet of free bikes for visitors and residents to explore our community' on the support-us page), making it directly relevant to touring cyclists. There is a clear address discrepancy: OSM lists 165 1st Street while the website's contact page and front page both state 220B 2nd Street. No explicit evidence of bike parking infrastructure, washrooms, water refill, or most amenities is found in the website content.","concerns":["Address discrepancy: OSM lists 165 1st Street but the website contact page and front page both clearly state 220B 2nd Street. OSM record should be corrected.","Phone number absent from OSM; 250-973-2001 sourced from website only.","Category assigned as Attractions in OSM, but the venue is a visitor information office (tourism=information / information=office in OSM tags) — may warrant recategorization in the WWC directory."],"recommended_status_reason":"This is the official Destination BC Visitor Centre for Malcolm Island and explicitly maintains a fleet of free bikes for visitors — a strong fit for the WWC directory as a key first stop for touring cyclists arriving by ferry to this remote island.","confirmed_open":true,"contact_confirmed":{"phone":null,"website":true,"address":false},"notes":"The support-us page references a 'MIBike Rental Advisor' summer contract position, suggesting an organized bike lending or rental program (described as 'a fleet of free bikes') is operated through or in association with the SRC. This is a notable amenity for visiting cyclists that warrants direct confirmation."},"provenance":{"enrichment_run":"v2","enrichment_model":"sonnet_4.6","verdict_source":"enrichment","category_source":"osm","category_correction_reason":"OSM tags this as tourism=information / information=office, which better maps to a visitor information or services category than Attractions. The SRC is the official Destination BC Visitor Centre for Malcolm Island, not a tourist attraction per se.","review_priority":true,"sidecars_applied":["subcategory","attraction_facets","wow","judgement","price_tier"],"subcategory_source":"osm_tag","subcategory_confidence":"high","facets_layers":"l1+l2","judgement":{"confidence":"high"}},"required_criteria":{"Washrooms":{"value":true,"source":"inferred:subcategory","date":"2026-07-18"},"Water bottle refill":{"value":true,"source":"inferred:subcategory","date":"2026-07-18"}},"optional_amenities":{},"unmapped_criteria":{},"region":"Vancouver Island","ownership":"Public","indigenous_role":[],"facets":{"dwell":"quick","setting":"indoor","theme":"civic","energy":"restorative","season":"all","kid_friendly":"neutral","visitable":true,"planning":"walk-up","open_early":true,"open_morning":true,"open_afternoon":true,"open_evening":true,"days_closed":[],"is_24h":false,"seasonal_hours":false,"hours_source":"type_prior","facet_confidence":"high"},"notability":1,"wow_evidence":"Official DBC visitor centre for Malcolm Island; maintains a free bike fleet for visitors — genuinely cyclist-relevant fact.","rider_delight":2,"blurb":"Malcolm Island's visitor centre; keeps free loaner bikes for visitors.","price":{"band":0,"band_key":"free","label":"Free","confidence":"high","source":"judgement","signal":"island visitor/resource centre, free"},"tier":"info"}