Deer Lake is a fly-in community. To travel to Deer Lake, Ontario, it is necessary to fly in a small airplane that is a modern day version of a bush airplane.
Three airports with small airplanes that may have scheduled flights to Deer Lake are:
In early December I made two attempts to fly from the St. Andrews airport to Deer Lake. On the first day the airplane made it to our first stop at a First Nations community in northern Manitoba before the pilot had to return to Winnipeg because of poor weather conditions. On our second attempt the following day the small airplane with the pilot, a few passengers, plenty of cargo and myself made it all the way to the Deer Lake airport.
Some of the small planes at St. Andrews Airport north of Winnipeg, Manitoba. This is not the big international airport on the west side of Winnipeg. St. Andrews is a small airport a short distance north of the city.
Notice the extra baggage compartment along the belly of the center airplane.
A small airplane with wheels for landing on a runway and skis for landing on a frozen lake. Notice how the airplane is tied down with anchors to prevent it from flipping over or blowing away on a windy day.
A true Canadian. He waves whenever he sees someone with a camera.
Aerial view of the farms of southern Manitoba somewhere north of Winnipeg in early December.
Aerial view of the ice and snow covered lakes and forest of northern Manitoba in early December.
Travelling farther to the northeast, here is another aerial view of the ice and snow covered lakes and forest of northern Manitoba in early December.
A chartered airplane that has just landed at the gravel runway in Deer Lake, Ontario, in early June. The airplane is taxiing toward the terminal building and parking lot.
A side view of the chartered airplane just before the pilot shuts off the engines.
The pilot greeting passengers as they board the airplane. The big door with steps is for loading passengers. The smaller door is where the pilot will load the baggage. The passengers have to carry their own baggage to and from the airplane as there are no services available at the Deer Lake airport.
The Deer Lake terminal building is nothing more than a plywood shack with no toilets or services inside. Most people would rather stand around outside the building unless the weather is really bad.
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