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Little Daniela, Cristina and Jordon welcome you!
Help needed May-October only.
Our season starts around the beginning of May, depending when the ice on the lake melts. The season generally ends at the end of October. Sadly, we cannot host anybody before or after.
As past, and current workawayer's, volunteering in three different continents, we now have the opportunity to offer a workaway experience to fellow workawayer's! The resort is located 45 minutes south of Kenora, Ontario, on famous Lake of the Woods. This is a fishing resort in a prime location. After too many years of the resort being run down, taking over in 2018, myself, my wife (who is from Ecuador), and new addition Daniela (2020) are the new management and we are well on our way making the resort great again!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
Interests
Van life
Self development
Pets
Charity work
Music
Hitchhiking
Gardening
Cooking & food
Carpentry
Animals
Water sports
Team sports
Sailing / Boating
Outdoor activities
Nature
Fitness
Camping
Adventure sports
Beach
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
This is one of the most beautiful properties on Lake of the Woods, it is extremely relaxing here and is a great place to come and get a real Canadian experience. You have a chance to learn many different skills and share yours. Whether you love to fish, love yoga, love to cook, or love to play an instrument and want to jam with me, a workaway experience here will be an experience you will remember forever. Three meals a day will be provided, and if you go collect wild raspberries or blueberries for pancakes, you'll be a legend!
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Host offers payment in line with the minimum wage
This host offers accommodation and payment.
Help
We are requiring a lot of different kinds of help in all aspects of keeping the resort looking beautiful and giving our guest the very best service possible. Helping in the kitchen, serving dinner, doing dishes, repairing and repainting the numerous walkways, keeping the grounds beautiful, random maintenance tasks and everything in between. We like to have a very upbeat atmosphere out here, especially around and interacting with the guests. They always want to know more about you and your travels!
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
You can contact them directly for more information.
Accommodation
Being a fishing resort we have well-equipped accommodation, photos are of the volunteer cabin. We also have an amazing beach and grass area to pitch a tent if you wish.
What else ...
There is lots to do with your free time as long as you love being in the nature and the bush! Kayaking, Canoeing, Camping on small island, bush walks, and of course fishing! Always catch fish 🎣 right of the dock!
The only way to reach the resort is by boat or plane. We do go into town quite often (groceries, supplies, guests etc.) and could easily arrange pick up from the Kenora bus stations and bring you to the resort.
We are located an hour east of the Manitoba border, not too many people realize how big Ontario is and how far away from Toronto we are (24 hour drive!!!). There is a bus company now doing the route Toronto-Kenora, 29hrs, 3 transfers, $250 est.
This is the same company that most our workawayers take from Winnipeg to Kenora.
We use the Winnipeg airport as our main hub which is two hours drive away from Kenora and there is rental car/ bus service available. Flair Air sometimes has one-way tickets as low as $53, no bags of course...... from Tor-Win.
Good option, take the bus one-way and a flight back the other. It's a big journey, but it is worth it for sure! Plus it's a beautiful drive/flight!
Bus Companies :
ontarionorthland
gokasper
Hope to see you soon!
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
We have a parking spot in town for vehicles.
Can possibly accept pets
We love dogs 🐶!!!
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
My animals / pets
Feedback (10)
Both of them followed any directions given and performed any task handed to them.
They are welcome back anytime, hope to see you guys again, all the best in your future… read more
We just wanted to say how much we really enjoyed our stay and work with you here. From day one, we felt like part of the family/team and had an amazing time. It was a warm welcome since the very first minute when we arrived in Kenora and continued on during our two week workaway.
In our free time, we got to do some… read more
My 3 months stay was everything I could dream of between meeting other workawayers, eating spectacular food cooked by the best… read more
There was a lot of work, from cleaning to gardening to serving, but regardless of the work you do you always feel rewarded for it in many ways.
The place itself is beautiful, and the lake is just...special. And Tubing, soooo much… read more
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Both of them followed any directions given and performed any task handed to them.
They are welcome back anytime, hope to see you guys again, all the best in your future… read more
We just wanted to say how much we really enjoyed our stay and work with you here. From day one, we felt like part of the family/team and had an amazing time. It was a warm welcome since the very first minute when we arrived in Kenora and continued on during our two week workaway.
In our free time, we got to do some… read more
My 3 months stay was everything I could dream of between meeting other workawayers, eating spectacular food cooked by the best… read more
There was a lot of work, from cleaning to gardening to serving, but regardless of the work you do you always feel rewarded for it in many ways.
The place itself is beautiful, and the lake is just...special. And Tubing, soooo much… read more
I've spent a month with Jordon and his family and I've had a wonderful time! There will always be something to do here, from cooking delicious food with MasterChef ❤️, getting the cabins ready, mowing the lawn, fishing, loaaaads of leaves to get rid of or even fixing things up you will not get bored! I fished my first… read more
I was fortunate enough to spend 5 months with Cristina, Jordon, Cheryl, Cooper and the rest of the family, from May-October 2020. From my first contact they went above and beyond to help me out when I needed it and I joined them on the first boat out of the season.
There is always lots of work to do, from cleaning,… read more
There's always something new to experience at the resort… read more
Because it is the best place in whole Ontario. I drove boat, had fun work and campfires on the beach.
If you know how to work the Resort is a paradies for you. If not you can learn it (Jordon is a great teacher)
But it is not just work. Christina Jordon and the whole… read more
Take Care,
Jordon and Cristina
Take Care,
Jordon and Cristina
Another highlight was our daily fishing trip after work with Jeremy and Ryan.
All in all its just the… read more
Take… read more
