Ennadai Lake Aeradio

[oldtimer]

Back in the early "70's I did a couple of ad-hoc resupply trips to ENNADAi LAKE where there was I do believe a weather reporting station and an Aeradio station. Chiupka Airways supposedly bought their Canso primarily to service Ennadai Lake but by the time I arrived in Lynn Lake, the service was gone, the Canso was no longer there and the company was bought out and became CALM AIR. Does anyone remember this place and I wonder what ever happened to it.

[FurHat]

There is a hunting/fishing/wilderness lodge there now. I have never been but I know Skyward was operating charters there 15 years or so ago out of Thompson. Not sure who flies there now.

https://www.audleytravel.com/canada/acc ... ness-lodge

[jspitfire]

I believe Air Tindi has taken the DHC7 in there a few times in the last few years.

[Go Guns]

I went there once in the 206 with Skyward. Landed on an esker strip at the south end of the lake with a part for the lodge.

[tower controller]

I started in Aeradio in 81’ Ennadai Lake was closed then but I don’t think it had been closed long, I Worked with a couple guys who had been stationed there.

[DHC2eater]

I don’t believe the new lodge and the old w/x station are in the same location .... it is of course derilec

I can tellyou that the crawler tractor that was there was walked out Over the winter ice to A lake south east of Kasba.... it went through the ice on The trip out but that’s a whole other story.... it was recovered and built a strip at the lodge and is there to this day!!

Eater

[tower controller]

Here’s a link to an article on the origins of the station. http://www.rcsigs.ca/index.php/Ennadai_ ... _Y_station

[MAD DOGGY]

That weather station on the NE side of the lake was dismantled in the winter of 2015 and hauled out by cat train to Baker Lake.
I was in there a couple times with a Twin Otter out of Stony Rapids for crew changes and grocery runs. It was cold lol.

[ShakyJake]

In the late 60s I flew into Ennadai doing crew changes, medevacs, and supply runs for Chiupka Airways. Spent two nights there waiting out a bad snow storm. Had a great dart game going until the cook decided that we were making too much noise and won the game using his meat cleaver.
We had a fuel cash at the station which kept disappearing. Fred blamed the Lamb Air boys. Not sure about that, but maybe someone on the forum has information on that.