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Winisk 90

Summary

Winisk 90 is a First Nation reserve and ghost town in the Kenora District in Northern Ontario, situated along the Winisk River. It was destroyed in the 1986 Winisk Flood. After the flood, the residents of the Weenusk First Nation were forced to re-locate to Peawanuck, 30 km inland.

Winisk 90
Indian reserve
Winisk Indian Reserve No. 90
Winisk 90 is located in Ontario
Winisk 90
Winisk 90
Coordinates: 55°16′N 85°11′W / 55.267°N 85.183°W / 55.267; -85.183
Country Canada
Province Ontario
DistrictKenora
First NationWeenusk
Area
 • Land53.10 km2 (20.50 sq mi)

Winisk was home to Royal Canadian Air Force Station Winisk, a Mid-Canada Line radar control station from 1958 to 1965.

Winisk Airport edit

Winisk Airport
Summary
Airport typeMilitary 1958-1965 / Civilian 1965-1986
OwnerGovernment of Canada
Government of Ontario
OperatorRoyal Canadian Air Force 1957-1965
LocationWinisk, Ontario
Opened1958
Closed1986
Passenger services ceasedaround 1986
Built1957-1958
In useRoyal Canadian Air Force 1958-1965
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
6,000 1,829 gravel

The town was served by Winisk Airport (YWN) via a 6,000 feet plus gravel runway which can still be seen in aerial photos on the east bank of Winisk River across from the abandoned townsite. It was built by the RCAF to serve RCAF Station Winisk in 1957-1958. Transair was initially contracted to provide transportation during the construction of the Distant Early Warning Line and in 1964 it began was operating scheduled weekly roundtrip passenger flights with Douglas DC-4 propliners on a Montreal - Ottawa - Winisk - Churchill, Manitoba routing.[2] The RCAF left in 1965 but the airport remained until the town relocated in 1986 and replaced by Peawanuck Airport. Austin Airways connected Winisk with other northern communities until the airport closed in 1986.

Airlines / Destinations edit

AirlinesDestinations
Transair Montreal - Ottawa - Winisk - Churchill, Manitoba[2]
Austin Airways Winisk - Timmins - Fort Albany - Moosonee - Attawapiskat - Kashechewan Airport - Fort Severn

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Airport YWN | Winisk Airport".
  2. ^ a b Services - Fares
  • Hubbert, Mildred Young (1997). Winisk: On the Shore of Hudson Bay. Dundurn Press. ISBN 1-896219-35-7.
  • Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada profile