Canadian Lodges with Runways

[FOOTDOC]

I have a friend with a Pilotus Jet and he likes to fish in Canada once a year. Last year, we went to God's Lake in northern Manitoba direct from Indiana with a stop to clear customs in Thunder Bay. This year he would like to go to another lodge and prefers to fly direct from home. I would like advice regarding any lodges anyone might know of that have good northern and walleye fishing and also a runway. I appreciate the information and look forward to this again.

Thanks

[bigfoot99]

miminiska lodge on the albany river in northern ontario has great northern and walleye fishing plus brook trout.it is owned by the liddle family.also has a runway.i believe they fly there with pilotus jet.cant find phone number right now but i know they are listed on internet sites about lodges,outposts,etc.sounds like you do some interesting trips.i have been flying into wilderness for 35 years now and hope to do so for another 35.bigfoot99@msn.com

[PHOGEYE]

WWW.THUNDERBIRDLODGE.COM

[roddyw9]

I work for Minaki Lodge - we have access to a runway (3000') about 1/4 of a mile from our lodge.

roddyw9

[Minnow Man]

Hello Footdoc

You might consider Red Lake, (YRL) it has a 5000 ft paved runway & fuel is available.Canpass is available during the summer. Most camps in the area will pick you up and bring you to camp, or you can get an outfitter to fly your group into a remote lake. It's a great destination point.

[Fishfinder]

Arctic Lodges on Reindeer Lake in Northern Sask. has a 5000 ft runway that you can fly into. They fly in guests direct from Winnipeg Mb.
www.arcticlodges.com

[River_eye]

Any chance that you know the magnetic heading of the runway. ie. N-S = 360-180 and E-W = 090-270. It is listed as an abandoned aerodrome even though it may be good, so there is no listed information for it in the Canadian Airstrip directory.

If you guys are interested in using it, you should get it registered, or at least publish this info on the website, along with the traffic frequency (Same as pistol lake I would assume). Not too many pilots will want to fly into an airstrip listed as abandoned, with no information posted.

[Bobby]

The RCMP use Pilatus planes all over Canada. They land at several isolated communites (ie: God's Lake, Family Lake, Cross Lake, etc.)

With the fuel range and speed that the Pilatus has, I would suggest looking WAY up north, to lodges such as Neultin or Kasba.