An unexpected helicopter landing at a Mosquito Lake lodge prompted confusion and irritation among area residents Monday.

A Last Frontier Air Ventures helicopter landed at a lodge owned by Bruce Bauer around 6 p.m. Monday. The helicopter had been in Haines operating under contract with heli-ski company Southeast Alaska Backcountry Adventures (SEABA), but was no longer under contract when it landed at Bauer’s lodge, said SEABA co-owner Scott Sundberg.

Sundberg said neither he nor Last…