Red Lake is a municipality with town status in the Canadian province of Ontario, located 535 km (332 mi) northwest of Thunder Bay and less than 100 km (62 mi) from the Manitoba border. The municipality consists of six small communities—Balmertown, Cochenour, Madsen, McKenzie Island, Red Lake and Starratt-Olsen—and had a population of 4,107 people in the Canada 2016 Census.
Red Lake, Ontario
Red Lake downtown 1936. From left: Red Lake Cafe & Meat Market (almost hidden at extreme left, later Buffalo Bakery and Lakeview Bakery & Cafe – still in existence 2016), Mason-Goodison Block, McCuaig's Hotel and Red Lake Supply Store (and Red Lake Hotel in background)
Aerial view of Red Lake 1936. Log boom full of saw logs at McDougall's Sawmill is visible at bottom right.
Town Hall
The Noorduyn Norseman, also known as the C-64 Norseman, is a Canadian single-engine bush plane designed to operate from unimproved surfaces. Distinctive stubby landing gear protrusions from the lower fuselage make it easily recognizable.
Noorduyn Norseman
Noorduyn Norseman "CF–BSB" still operating in 2006, Edmund Lakes Lodge, Manitoba
"Spirit of the Kenai", landing on Kenai Lake, in Alaska, August 2003
A USAAF 3rd Air Commando Group UC-64A in the Philippines, 1945