Sioux Lookout
The Hub For The Far North First Nations Of Ontario, A Lake And Railway Town On Pelican Lake With A Museum, A Large Floatplane Base, Fishing And Canoe Outfitters. A Busy Air Service Town And A Gateway To Northern Ontario Wilderness · Sioux Lookout, Ontario
Sioux Lookout is a town of roughly 5,000 people on Pelican Lake in north-western Ontario, on Highway 72 about 60 to 70 km north of the Trans-Canada Highway at Hudson (confirm). The Ojibwe people have lived around Lac Seul and the Pelican lakes for thousands of years, and the town name is said to come from a lookout hill used in earlier times (confirm the story). The community grew after the Canadian National Railway arrived in the early 1900s and became a busy rail junction. Today it is the hub of air services to the Far North and the main service centre for dozens of fly-in First Nations, with a regional hospital, an airport and one of the busiest floatplane bases in the province. A museum tells the local story, Pelican Lake offers beaches and fishing, and canoe outfitters set out for the Lac Seul and northern river country. Visitors find a lively working town, with northern art, shops and a mix of languages on the street.
Sioux Lookout, a town of about 5,000 people on Pelican Lake in north-western Ontario, on Highway 72 about 60 km north of the Trans-Canada Highway, the hub of the Hudson air-service region; coordinates approximate, Sioux Lookout, Ontario, Canada
The town and its waterfront are open all year, and the beaches, the lake views and the floatplane base fence can be seen at any hour at no cost. The local museum keeps seasonal hours, often daily or on most days from about June to early September and fewer days in the colder months (confirm by phone). Shops, restaurants, fuel stations and the airport keep ordinary town hours, with the busiest air traffic early in the day. Summer light lasts past 10 pm in June, and winter days are short and cold. Outfitters and lodges take bookings by phone and may close in the cold months.