Experience and learn about living off grid on an island in Northern Ontario, Canada

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  Description

  We are a sixties couple and quite active living off grid on an island ten kms from the small town of Gogama Ontario
  We are 420 friendly laid back folks just looking to share and learn.
  We have 4 Redbone Coonhounds & 1 old lady Maltese plus the 3 cats, you must love animals and the Great Canadian Wilderness

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Art Projects

  Help with Eco Projects

  Teaching

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Animal Care

  Farmstay help

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance

  Help with Computers/ Internet
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  UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

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  What's this?
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  One would definitely get a real taste of the Great Canadian Outdoors

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  Projects involving children

  This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

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  Help

  We know very little about gardening and would love to have you come spend time helping and teaching us various methods of gardening. We will also be raising meat chickens as well rabbits, any knowledge you can provide will help us in becoming more self sufficient. help in getting the gardens in and depending on the time of year you’d like to visit we also harvest about 40 cords of wood a year either on the water floating them to camp or on the ice using snow machines and a Kioty on tracks. In exchange we will host you completely, we live on the beautiful lake Minisinakwa, you must also be an outdoor enthusiast, we have kayaks, canoe, paddle boat, paddle board, fishing rods, ATVs and so much more in exchange for some.
  Beautiful sun rise and sun sets no matter the time of year when you live on small private an island.
  For those winter enthusiasts there’s not a lot to do except feed the wood stove as it’s the only source of heat, we do have indoor facilities and running water. We’d love to get away to a warmer climate for a month or so in Jan/Feb depending on the opportunity. If you’d like to hang out with our pets enjoying the cabin do some ice fishing at your door and snowmobiling at your leisure let us know

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  Languages spoken

  English: Fluent
  French: Fluent

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  Accommodation

  We have a guest bedroom in our cabin, indoor plumbing, starlink, satellite tv and excellent cell phone reception

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  What else ...

  We live in the forest 120 km north of us is the small city of Timmins that offers various festivals throughout the year and Sudbury is about 220 km south of us that is a big city and also offers various cultural activities we are neighbours to the Mattagami First Nation they host an amazing PowWow in the summertime, which is also great cultural experience.

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  One

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  Hours expected

  Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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