"Icebound" wrote in message
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"JJS" jschneider@remove socks cebridge.net wrote in message
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"Icebound" wrote in message
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A lot of the small commercial operations and most of the private
operation in the area is probably done on floats. This is not
just an area of "very few emergency landing sites", it is also
"very few settlements or habitation", especially north of Kenora.

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The trip was planned by other people many months ago. .......
Rather than drive the 1381 miles which I've been told takes about
24 hours, I'd much prefer to fly for 10 or 12, and think it would
be quite an adventure.

You might want to take the survival-equipment regulations seriously:

http://www.tc.gc.ca/CivilAviation/Re...602.htm#602_61

especially for the 80 nautical miles north of Kenora to Red Lake.

It is *only* 80 miles but you will have to be prepared to be
intimidated (on wheels) if you haven't flown over
sparsely-settled-continuous-forest-and-water areas before. Even so,
although surface settlements are sparse, there ought to be quite a
bit of traffic (float traffic) along that route, especially in the
immediate vicinity of Kenora and Red Lake.

And the YRL VOR and RL ndb should help you find the place, if you
are so equipped :-)

You mentioned that you have the "charts". Do you also have the
Aerodrome Facilities information (Canadian Flight Supplement)
http://makeashorterlink.com/?Q1312341B
You would want the pages for Red Lake, of course, and probably
Kenora. Maybe a few others "near" the route, Ear Lake, Vermillion
Bay, etc.

Don't forget that in Canada you *must* file a flight plan with FSS
(or a flight itinerary with a responsible person who will contact
FSS), even for Day VFR.

I had not ordered the Aerodrome Facilities information yet. I will
do so, ASAP. I'll take the survival regs seriously as well. Thanks
again.



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