Leg 228, Rankin Inlet, Nunavut to Wawa, Ontario, Canada
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Heading South, getting close to where I started my route. However it’s far from over, there is still the entire Americas to explore. First, south along Hudson Bay.
04-06 Rankin Inlet CYRT 5:03 PM 251nm next
04-06 Churchill CYYQ 6:24 PM 162nm next
04-06 Kaskattama Airstrip CYRN 7:16 PM 101nm next
04-06 Ft Severn CYER 7:51 PM 98nm next
04-06 Peawanuck CYPO 8:29 PM 229nm next
04-06 Sanikiluaq CYSK 9:45 PM 164nm next Bad stuttering, memory increasing, too many stars…
04-06 Chisasibi CSU2 10:58 PM 2-5 fps, heavy stuttering, 28GB RAM in use (up from 16)
04-07 Chisasibi CSU2 7:02 AM
04-07 Matagami Airport CYMB 7:05 AM
04-07 Wemindji CYNC 7:22 AM
04-07 Waskaganish CYKQ 7:55 AM Landed on the beach road first, oops
04-07 Moosonee CYMO 8:21 AM
04-07 Fort Albany CYFA 8:48 AM
04-07 Kashechewan CZKE 8:52 AM
04-07 Carey Lake CNX3 9:51 AM
04-07 Hornepayne Mun CYHN 10:06 AM
04-07 Wawa CYXZ 10:34 AM
Flight time 9:27 15 stops
Departing from Rankin Inlet over the icy waters of Keewatin Region
Heading south over Hudon Bay, passing an unnamed island
Prince of Wales fort in Fort Churchill, Manitoba
Prince of Wales Fort and Cape Merry
Churchill Airport
Miss Piggy Plane Wreck right at the bottom middle of the previous screenshot
Kaskattama Approach
Looking for the Kaskattama Airstrip
Found it, quick S turn to line up
Kaskattama Airstrip
Serving Kaskattama Safari Adventures Lodge
Nearing Fort Severn
Fort Severn Airport along Beaver River
Fort Severn First Nation, the most northern community in Ontario, population 401
Back in my home province, yet still 1,500 km from home, nearly 5 times the length of The Netherlands
Flying over Kenora, Ontario
One day they’ll fix the windshield defrost, still in/op
Winisk River
Peawanuck Airport
Peawanuck, an isolated Cree community along the Winisk River, population 237
Flying over Polar Bear Provincial Park
54.7 degrees North, about the same latitude as Belfast, Northern Ireland
Flying further south over Hudson Bay to Sanikiluaq
Sanikiluaq Airport, landing against a 30 knot crosswind
The landing light needs to be on a swivel for this!
Luckily it was as much headwind as crosswind, not as bad as it looks
Sanikiluaq, an Inuit community located on the north coast of Flaherty Island, population 882
They have Google street view, or rather snowmobile view
Last stop for the night, Chisasibi
Chissasibi is a village on the eastern shore of James Bay, Northern Quebec
After a good night’s sleep, continuing on the morning, departure from Chissasibi
Matagami population 1526
Wemindji, a small Cree community on the east coast of James Bay at the mouth of the Maquatua River
So nice they pile the snow up on the runway to make it stand out!
Pontax river at Baie-James
Waskaganish on the Rupert River
I was flying low, thought that strip in front was the airport, oops
It’s starting to look like home
Moosonee on the Moose River, northern Ontario
It’s Ontario’s only saltwater port, 19km from James Bay
Kashechewan First Nation on the northern shore of the Albany River
Along the Albany river
Towards Carey Lake
Unorganized North Cochrane District
Carey Lake along the Trans Canada Highway
The Trans Canada Highway travels through all 10 provinces, 7,821 km long, from the Pacific Ocean, Victoria (Vancouver Island, British Columbia) to the Atlantic Ocean, St. John’s (Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador)
Hornepayne Muncicipal Airport
Hornepayne was established in 1915 as Fitzback when the Canadian Northern Railway’s transcontinental line was built through the area.
Algoma, Unorganized, North Part
Ontario’s more than 250,000 lakes contain about one-fifth of the world’s fresh water
Final stop this leg, Wawa, formerly known as the township of Michipicoten, on Wawa Lake
Home to The Wawa Goose, no lack of those around here.
There are about 7 million Canada Geese in North America after nearly going extinct in the 60s.
Further south tomorrow along Lake Superior and Lake Michigan.