Sandbar

Location: Sandbar Ontario Ranger Camp is located in Sandbar Lake Provincial Park near Ignace. The camp, which has been in operation since 1966, is set in a natural stand of red pine on the shore of Little Sandbar Lake.

Gender: Male Capacity: 23

Training and Education: Sandbar Rangers receive training in emergency first aid, Health and Safety, WHMIS, Workplace Discrimination and Harassment Prevention, flat water canoe skills, bear awareness and the use of hand tools.

Other organized educational activities may include tours to such places as Lakehead University, the Thunder Bay Fire Centre, the Thunder Bay Pulp and Paper Mill or visiting the Terry Fox Memorial. Rangers may also learn from a variety of demonstrations in tree identification and pruning, forestry operations, GPS training, mining, moose surveys or conservation enforcement.

Work Projects: Sandbar Rangers work in Sandbar, Turtle River, Pakwash, Blue Lake and Brightsand Provincial Parks brushing trails, maintaining camp sites, building boardwalks, installing docks and performing general park maintenance duties. Rangers also participate in multi-day canoe trips to interior park locations to complete work projects.

Sandbar Rangers also work on a number of other projects with the ministry and local partners. Some jobs might include installing signs for the Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs and marking each sign on a GPS unit, assisting in local township events, tree planting to rehabilitate a gravel pit or assisting in research for fish and wildlife projects.

Recreation: The Ontario Ranger Programs prides itself on the friendships Rangers establish with one another while performing such meaningful work. There are a number of organized activities such as the camp fishing derby, driving range sessions and golf days, movie nights in town, at the camp or with other camps in the area, BBQ with other ranger camps, trips to Thunder Bay and the annual weekend Jamboree with all four camps in the Northwest.

Sandbar Rangers also have the opportunity to work on some personal projects such as heavy bag training and carving your own paddle. There is time for sporting activities like volleyball, basketball and swimming, or having campfires and just relaxing.

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