"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.