Island Lake, Manitoba

Island Lake
Unincorporated community
Aerial view of the community
Aerial view of the community
Island Lake is located in Manitoba
Island Lake
Island Lake
Location of Island Lake
Coordinates: 53°51′56″N 094°39′06″W / 53.86556°N 94.65167°W / 53.86556; -94.65167
CountryCanada
ProvinceManitoba
Area
 • Land1.99 km2 (0.77 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total91

Island Lake is a small community in northeast Manitoba, Canada. The community consists of an archipelago near the north shore of Island Lake which includes the following islands: Red Sucker Lake, Garden Hill, Wasagamack, St Theresa point .[2]

The community is located 297 km (185 mi) southeast of Thompson, Manitoba and 610 km (380 mi) northeast of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Other nearby communities on the lake are Garden Hill, St. Theresa Point, and Wasagamack. The community is served by the Island Lake Airport.

The community of Island Lake consists of several government and private agencies such as a Royal Canadian Mounted Police detachment,[3] a Manitoba Conservation office, Government of Manitoba (who operates the airport), Stevenson Island School (Frontier School Division), Bell MTS, Manitoba Hydro office, the North West Company, which operates the Northern Store, several small convenience stores and Island Lake Lodge, a fly fishing lodge on Stevenson Island.

Perimeter Aviation has daily service to Island Lake from Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport using Bombardier Dash 8 and Fairchild Swearingen Metroliners. They also have a Medevac Base on Stevenson Island serving the community 365 days a year.

  1. ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census, Statistics Canada – Validation Error".
  2. ^ https://www.gov.mb.ca/inr/publications/community_profiles/pubs/island-lake-2016.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  3. ^ Government of Canada, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (14 July 2015). "Island Lake detachment – Manitoba". rcmp-grc.gc.ca. Retrieved 18 August 2021.