Before applying to work with Whynot Adventure, you should consider this:

  • We keep a Rocket Giotto Evoluzione espresso machine at the office for all your caffeine needs
  • On the Fridays between paydays we leave 'non-payday' treats in the fridge for you (ice cream, beer, cider, chocolate milk, orange juice-- your choice, really)
  • Our equipment is yours to use at no cost (try not to borrow equipment when we're sold out, but otherwise it's pretty cool)
  • There is a local rope swing into a spring fed lake- perfect for hot afternoons after work
  • We're 50min from the coast (long white sand beaches; local surf school for rentals and lessons; you can borrow our touring kayaks)
  • Excellent small native speckled trout fly-fishing until early July.
  • Whynot Adventure is surrounded by three stunning paddling regions (Kejimkujik, Tobeatic and Medway Lakes)
  • Base wage or company starting wage: $16.5/hr. If yer wicked good at yer work, and/or have lots of cred, then a raise would be in the cards.
  • Each year returned is an automatic raise in wage.
  • Help with accommodation is available.

Operations Manager 2024

You love the outdoors, but you just can’t shake that little administrative devil on your shoulder. Maybe you find yourself puzzling over why colleagues cringe at the mention of a spreadsheet when instead you feel a flutter of excitement. Organizing yourself is so easy you’re left wanting to organize everyone else in your orbit. Heck, you might even enjoy the masochistic practice of scheduling!

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, will include becoming a wizard (with regards to our booking and inventory management software), detecting and administering training opportunities with your comrades, leading by example and a mild obsession with detail. Perhaps most importantly, you must know how to manage friends; a most difficult challenge. Your team will become your friends (this is the nature of our company and our work) yet you must preserve fidelity to your managerial charge.

The operations manager will perform rental tech duties while simultaneously fulfilling management responsibilities. A ‘global’ perspective is necessary— foresight, anticipation and planning according to the day’s docket. We will work closely with so you’re tuned-in to the Whynot Adventure station with on-going training and semi-regular ‘check-in’ meetings to serve as an opportunity to discuss strengths, weaknesses and opportunities.

This position is available:

Mid-May through to mid-October

Ask about accommodations.

Wage will vary depending on how successfully you execute your responsibilities, but will likely be north of $18/hr.

Some things that'll give you a foot-up above others:

  • previous management experience
  • Situational awareness
  • ability to detect problematic work habits amongst comrades and communicate the better approach with discretion, humility, equanimity and patience.

Send a cover letter (important!) detailing what you've accomplished (in line with this job) that you're proud of and what you intend to do for us and how that'll translate to us becoming the best adventure tourism company in the world. Please include your resume, too. (info@whynotadventure.ca) Also, even if you don’t feel you’re qualified or are just nervous, send your resume and cover letter anyway (some of our finest team members almost didn’t apply…).

Rental Tech 2024

Maybe this job title isn’t as glamorous as Operations Manager or Canoe Guide, but it sure is a hell of a lot of fun. Some days are so busy quitting time will arrive in the blink of an eye. On slower days, usually when it’s raining, we’ll have you puttering around doing odd jobs such as sweeping, giving the washrooms a deep clean and organizing. It’s like working in a fast food restaurant, except it’s a bit more hip, and the pay is better, and you’re serving canoes instead of burgers, and you don’t go home smelling like the fryers. Okay, it’s nothing like a fast food restaurant.

The best part of this position is the camaraderie. Our team is a group of friends (don’t worry, we add new friends each season) who have vegetable gardens, brew beer and ‘booch, explore the backcountry and travel in the off season. There’s usually a campfire at least once a week.

We usually start our rental techs at our company starting wage of $16.50/hr and bump that with a raise once you hit your stride (or more, if you are really good at stealing work from me). Payday is every second week. Sometimes we’ll drop some beer at the office on the in-between weeks so there’s still something to look forward to.

Each season we offer this position from:

  • Late-June through to early-September (negotiable) &
  • Mid-May though Mid-October (negotiable)

You’ll be at the head of the pack if you bring these to the table:

  • second language (french, german, mandarin)
  • Mi'kmaq heritage
  • equanimity
  • digital marketing experience
  • savvy with social media
  • desire to have a vegetable patch (okay, this isn’t that important, but it sure is cool)

Send a cover letter (important!) detailing what you've accomplished (in line with this job) that you're proud of and what you intend to do for us and how that'll translate to us becoming the best adventure tourism company in the world. Please include your resume, too. (info@whynotadventure.ca) Also, even if you don’t feel you’re qualified or are just nervous, send your resume and cover letter anyway (some of our finest team members almost didn’t apply…).

Bike Mechanic (Full-time or Part-time) 2024

We keep a small fleet of about 20 bicycles on site at Jake's Landing. We have a service shop that has all the tools and space for maintaining the fleet, too. We just need you and your skill set to help us keep our bikes rolling along smoothly.

Our bicycles require regular maintenance with work spanning from changing a bike tube to installing a new drivetrain. The bulk of the workload is troubleshooting followed by repairs.

We are open to this position being full time (supplemented with rental tech work when the bikes are in good working order) or part-time, arriving twice a week to service the bikes needing attention. Or, something in-between.

Whynot Adventure has a small repair shop with dang-near all the tools you’ll need. If you deem we’re missing something and are convincing (don’t worry, I’m pretty convincible when it comes to buying tools), we’ll go ahead and get it fer’ya.

Ask about accommodations.

Wage will reflect experience and effectiveness, but won't be below $16.5/hr .

This position is available:

  • Mid-May through to mid-October (negotiable)

Some things that'll give you a foot-up above others:

  • bike mechanic training/experience
  • optimism
  • no problem with greasy hands
  • enjoys mechanical mysteries

Send a cover letter (important!) detailing what you've accomplished (in line with this job) that you're proud of and what you intend to do for us and how that'll translate to us becoming the best adventure tourism company in the world. Please include your resume, too. (info@whynotadventure.ca) Also, even if you don’t feel you’re qualified or are just nervous, send your resume and cover letter anyway (some of our finest team members almost didn’t apply…).

Canoe Guides 2024

We’re not looking for Lara Croft or MacGyver, but we would consider them for the position. Resourcefulness is paramount to being a guide, and so is the ability to spin a good yarn while winding it though history, lore and legend. And arguably the most important skill is the ability to cook the best backcountry food known to the wilderness. Oh, and also be able to present a genuine smile while doing the dishes (likely in the dark).

The best plans are the ones most easily tossed- we expect our guides to recognize the magic when it’s happening and know how to take advantage of it. Hard skills can be learned by most anyone, but soft skills are where it’s at. We strive for you to start the trip with our guests and finish with your friends.

It takes a special talent to spend three days, just you and a family from Germany (or Alberta, or Massachusetts, or anywhere) and be responsible for not only their care and safety, but also helping them feel welcome and excited about their canoe adventure. It feels like I could write a small book on how facilitate a 5-star experience, but I'm not confident it's something that can be taught. A great canoe guide is a people pleaser.

You'll likely be guiding both multi-day canoe tours and our Quickie Adventures (2-hour and 4-hour daily tours).

We will fill in any gaps in your guiding schedule with shifts at the rental concession so that you maintain a respectable paycheque. The guiding day-rate usually starts around $175/day.

We have guide positions available for the following terms:

  • Mid-May through to mid-October (negotiable)

Required Training:

  • wilderness & remote first responder 80hr cert (don’t fret if you don’t have this yet- if you have committed to a course pre-season you’ll be off to a good start)
  • NLS bronze cross (again, you can achieve this prior to the start of the season if you don’t yet have it- we’ll work with you, but I recommend having signed up for a course prior to the interview)
  • Paddle Canada canoe certification.

Assets to give you an edge from our perspective:

  • second language (french, german, mandarin)
  • Mi'kmaq heritage
  • campsite engineer
  • ability to maintain a smile while black flies pick your bones

Send a cover letter (important!) detailing what you've accomplished (in line with this job) that you're proud of and what you intend to do for us and how that'll translate to us becoming the best adventure tourism company in the world. Please include your resume, too. (info@whynotadventure.ca) Also, even if you don’t feel you’re qualified or are just nervous, send your resume and cover letter anyway (some of our finest team members almost didn’t apply…).


Staff Accommodation Available

  1. The School House (on Hibernia Road)
  2. The Outpost (on Cross Road)