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WE ARE BACK AND LOOKING TO START HOSTING AGAIN!! 2021-2022 season!! We had 6 guest visit in 2019 on Haida Gwaii each one was perfect!
Crazy family of 8 🤣 Live in beautiful sunny Sandspit BC Canada right on the ocean! Lots of beaches, hiking and wilderness. Sandspit is the gateway to Gwaii Haanass National park, world famous Salmon and halibut fishing ( and we can get you out there!) ( Google Sandspit BC Haida Gwaii 🇨🇦 ) Sandspit is always on the top of the top 10 places to visit and on many personal bucket lists! Our tiny quaint town has a golf course, grocery store, post office, restaurants, bar, library, gym and airport. There are no chain restaurants movie theatres or malls, it’s amazing.
We have 6 children ages 19,16,14,7,4& 3 all super cute!! My husband works full time and I’m a stay a home mom.
We are looking for nanny, carpentry, finishing, labouring, landscaping, yard maintenance and gardening.
We are always renovating or building!
Ideally we are looking for a couple one that is very familiar with renovations and carpentry and the other yard work gardening and child care/ nanny.
For Accommadations we are providing our 26' travel trailer all hooked up to septic and power, which can be set up at our home or at another one of our properties.
food/ meals and use of vehicles, bikes and anything you might need for exploring ( if we have it )
we are also open to paying for extra work for the right person/job.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Babysitting and creative play
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
They could learn all about Haida Gwaii and the indigenous culture, explore our lands mountains lakes oceans trails, surf our waters, Fish our rivers and oceans, explore low tide, crabbing, camping, hunting ( in season) Live in town of 200/250 people, the entire town is surrounded by ocean.
‘Haida Gwaii BC Canada 🇨🇦 ‘ this place is amazing ❤️ We are really cool relaxed and normal!! We really have a lot to offer ❤️
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
We are looking for 2 people preferably a couple! As having a travel companion makes exploring so much more exciting! But we are also open the the solo traveller!
Basic Building/carpentry skills and landscaping, yard help, gardening
Childcare/nanny assistance for the 2 youngest
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Accommodation
We are offering one accommodation this season:
We have a 26' travel trailer with full kitchen bathroom DVD, which gives you private space and a place to have morning coffee and breakfast while i get the children off to school. Lunch is either in the main house or the trailer ( will be disgussed daily) Dinner is at 6pm in the main house. There is always the option of cooking for yourself if you so wished.
additional bathroom with private entrance in the main house
Laundry room shared with house
Wifi available
access to truck and car
bikes, long boards
everything we have, is available for use
tons of knowledge of the islands
All our meat/fish is harvested/ grown by us ( chicken, pork, lamb, deer, elk, halibut, snapper,cod, salmon etc)
We have fresh eggs everyday
we have a seasonal garden
What else ...
Your free time you’ll have so much to do, explore our lands mountains lakes oceans trails, surf our waters, Fish our rivers and oceans, explore low tide, crabbing, camping, hunting. Best fishing grounds in all of BC! We will get you out to explore as much as possible on the boat! We also have lots of connections and friends that will also help!!
You can even take a 20 minute ferry ride over to ‘the other side’ Queen Charlotte where there is a much larger (small) city and many many things to check out!
After a short while here you’ll have lots of new friends to gather with visit and explore. We can definitely go into greater detail and help organize and help plan adventures big or small. We have most things you’d need or want to use during or time here. Definitely google ‘ Sandspit BC Haida Gwaii Canada 🇨🇦 ‘ to see more of this amazing must see place!
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
Can possibly accept pets
Depending! I am definitely open to hearing about your pets.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
