We’re hiring one Groundskeeper / Dockhand for 2027. It’s an entry-level job at our fly-in fishing lodge, a 30-minute float plane flight north of Kenora, Ontario.
You keep camp running for our guests. Most of your day is on the dock and around the grounds: boats clean and ready, guests sent off in the morning and landed at night, planes unloaded and camp looking sharp. Evening dock shifts rotate through the crew. It’s hands-on outdoor work, and guests notice when it’s done well.
No experience needed. If you’ve done this kind of work before, that helps, and carpentry skills are a bonus.
The dock is your office.
Plane day: unload, move gear, help guests settle in.
Carpentry skills? There’s always a project.
What you’ll do
On the dock
Send guests off in the morning and land their boats when they come back. Evening shifts rotate through the crew.
Clean the boats
Set up depth finders
Move fuel barrels and pump fuel
Keep the docks clean
With guests
Show guests how to use the boats and equipment
Help guests with minnows and whatever else they need
Run bait and drinks out to guests on the lake
Swap a guest’s boat if a motor acts up, or go find them on the lake
Unload float planes and move gear
Around camp
Keep the grounds clean and look after the garbage
Weed eating, grass cutting and brushing
Clear trails
Fish guts. Someone has to.
Spin and maintain the composting toilets
With the crew
Help the other team members
Other jobs as needed
What you need and what you get
What you need
Your boater’s licence. That’s Canada’s Pleasure Craft Operator Card. It’s an online course and test, so get it before May.
Good people skills. You’ll help guests every day and live and work closely with a small crew all summer, so you need to be friendly and easy to get along with.
This is entry level. Previous experience is helpful.
Carpentry skills are an asset.
What you get
$20 an hour
Room and board provided
Huge tip potential. Good dock service gets noticed.
A summer on a remote wilderness lake in Northwest Ontario, May 15 to August 30, or stay through September 30
