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A set of territorial day-use areas along the 60 km Ingraham Trail east of Yellowknife, reached by road. GNWT tenders their sanitary and grounds maintenance most years, and a Yellowknife-based parks maintenance officer oversees them.
Established workplaceNo current opening
A standing programme or a past notice shows this place uses these workers. No current opening is confirmed.
What we found: Repeated GNWT ITI contracts for the wayside parks along the Ingraham Trail: 2020 'Ingraham Trail Parks Sanitary & Grounds Maintenance' at seven wayside parks (Arctic Turf, $19,990); 2022 Ingraham Trail Grounds Maintenance (D & A Maintenance Ltd., $66,530, awarded 25 Apr 2022); 2025 Sanitary Maintenance Wayside Parks (Omankera General Contracting, $33,110, awarded 11 Feb 2025). GNWT job description 63-9017 (17 Apr 2026): a Yellowknife-based Parks Maintenance Officer spends most of the time at four campgrounds and seven day-use areas, supervises a crew of up to four, and oversees contractors; up to 50% of shifts may be in isolation. The individual day-use parks are not named in the pages opened, and the campgrounds (Prelude, Reid and others) are already in the employer list. Recurring contracts for a defined group of sites.
Staffing evidence: A past notice names this place. Checked October 10, 2026.
This is a short guide built from the hiring evidence. Details about the area, nature, weather and daily life will be added as they are researched.
Overview
At a glance
- Location
- Yellowknife, North Slave (Ingraham Trail, Highway 4)
- Property type
- Public park
- Operator or employer
- GNWT Industry, Tourism and Investment (NWT Parks, North Slave)
- Roles
- Sanitary maintenance contractor, Grounds maintenance contractor, Parks maintenance officer (GNWT staff, position 63-9017)
- Hiring status
- Past notice only; no current opening confirmed
- Visitor camping
- No
- Staff accommodation
- Not confirmed
- Last checked
- 2026-10-10
Work
Working there
Repeated GNWT ITI contracts for the wayside parks along the Ingraham Trail: 2020 'Ingraham Trail Parks Sanitary & Grounds Maintenance' at seven wayside parks (Arctic Turf, $19,990); 2022 Ingraham Trail Grounds Maintenance (D & A Maintenance Ltd., $66,530, awarded 25 Apr 2022); 2025 Sanitary Maintenance Wayside Parks (Omankera General Contracting, $33,110, awarded 11 Feb 2025). GNWT job description 63-9017 (17 Apr 2026): a Yellowknife-based Parks Maintenance Officer spends most of the time at four campgrounds and seven day-use areas, supervises a crew of up to four, and oversees contractors; up to 50% of shifts may be in isolation. The individual day-use parks are not named in the pages opened, and the campgrounds (Prelude, Reid and others) are already in the employer list. Recurring contracts for a defined group of sites. 1,2,3,4
The notice does not say whether staff housing comes with the job.
Who owns, runs and hires
- Owner: GNWT Industry, Tourism and Investment (NWT Parks, North Slave) 1,2,3,4
- Contractor: Omankera General Contracting 1,2,3,4
- Contractor: D & A Maintenance Ltd. 1,2,3,4
- Contractor: Arctic Turf 1,2,3,4
Roles with evidence
- Sanitary maintenance contractor (advertised as "Sanitary Maintenance Wayside Parks"): A past notice names this place 1,2,3,4
- Grounds maintenance contractor (advertised as "Ingraham Trail Grounds Maintenance"): A past notice names this place 1,2,3,4
- Parks maintenance officer (GNWT staff, position 63-9017) (advertised as "Parks Maintenance Officer"): Operator-wide hiring only; this place is not named 1,2,3,4
Past notices
Sanitary Maintenance Wayside Parks (0000008048) No current opening
- Arrangement
- Operating contract
- Employer
- GNWT Industry, Tourism and Investment
- Status
- No current opening
- Season
- 2025 season
- Apply by
- January 27, 2025
- Pay
- Contract value $33,110
Kept as a record of past hiring. 1
Sources
Still to confirm
- Whether staff housing or a staff site comes with the job
- Whether the employer will hire again next season, and when
- Exact location and entrance
- Local nature, water, weather and services: guide not yet written in full
- Sanitary Maintenance Wayside Parks (0000008048), Open NWT. Checked October 9, 2026.
- Ingraham Trail Grounds Maintenance (0000005641), Open NWT. Checked October 9, 2026.
- Ingraham Trail Parks Sanitary & Grounds Maintenance (ITI01-0000009127), Open NWT. Checked October 9, 2026.
- Job description 63-9017 Parks Maintenance Officer (17 Apr 2026), GNWT Department of Finance. Checked October 9, 2026.
Guide reviewed October 10, 2026. Written by CampHostJobs from the sources above. Facts change: confirm pay, housing, dates and access with the employer before you travel. See something wrong, or run this place? Send a correction.