Lynn Lake
A Remote Former Nickel And Gold Mining Town In Northern Manitoba, On A Northern Lake, A Base For Fly In Fishing Lodges, Canoe Trips On Northern Rivers And A Long Boreal Drive. The End Of The Road In The North West Of The Province · Lynn Lake, Manitoba
Lynn Lake is a small mining town of about 600 people at the end of Highway 391 in the far north-west of Manitoba, roughly 320 km north-west of Thompson across boreal forest and muskeg. Prospectors found nickel and copper here in the 1940s, and the town grew in the early 1950s around the Sherritt Gordon mine and a gold mine, with a branch railway from the south that has since closed (confirm). Many of its first buildings were moved north from Sherridon, an earlier mining town, by truck and on skids. The mines have closed and reopened over the decades, and today Lynn Lake is better known as the base for fly-in fishing lodges, canoe trips and hunting camps on the lakes and rivers of the north. Cree and Dene communities such as Marcel Colomb First Nation have long used these waters. The road ends here, so plan fuel, food and a bed before you set out, and check the weather and the road report on the day.
Lynn Lake, a mining town of about 600 people at the end of Highway 391 in the far north-west of Manitoba, about 320 km north-west of Thompson; coordinates approximate, Lynn Lake, Manitoba, Canada
The town never closes, but visitor services keep small-town hours: shops and the cafe roughly 9 to 6 on weekdays, shorter on Saturdays and often closed on Sundays - confirm by phone. Fly-in fishing lodges operate in the open-water season, roughly late May to early September, with booked arrival days and float planes leaving the town airport at set hours (confirm). Hunting camps run in fall. The road north is open all year but is long, and winter roads to remote communities open only in the coldest weeks. Lake viewpoints can be visited at any hour.