Destinations

Destinations

 

North Star Air provides reliable scheduled passenger service connecting 12 Northern Indigenous communities with Sioux Lookout and Thunder Bay—linking people, families, and essential services across some of Canada's most remote regions. More than a route map, these flights represent a vital connection between communities and opportunity, ensuring access to healthcare, education, and the everyday essentials that keep the North moving.

 

 

 

Bearskin Lake

Bearskin Lake First Nation is an Oji-Cree First Nation community located on the shores of Michikan Lake, approximately 425 km north of Sioux Lookout in the region of northwestern Ontario. The community is accessible by float planes in summer, while ski planes are preferred in winter. Year-round access is ensured through wheeled aircraft via the Bearskin Lake First Nation Airport. Additionally, annual winter roads facilitate the major transportation needs of the community.

Cat Lake

Cat Lake First Nation is an Ojibway First Nation community, officially founded in June 1970. Located approximately 180 km north of Sioux Lookout, the reserve is accessible by air year-round. In the winter, a seasonal road from Pickle Lake opens up, providing access to the community

Deer Lake

The Deer Lake First Nation is a small Oji-Cree community that holds 1653.6 hectares of land located approximately 180 kilometers North of Red Lake, Ontario. It has an on-reserve population of approximately 1,100 and a total membership of approximately 1,200. It is accessible year-round by air and by ice road.

Eabametoong/Fort Hope

Eabametoong First Nation is located on the north shore of Eabamet Lake in North-western Ontario. Eabamet Lake drains into the Albany River via the Eabamet Narrows, and each spring during the runoff, the water at the narrows reverses flow back into Eabamet Lake for a short period of time. Hence, the traditional name of “Eabametoong”, which means “ the reversing of the water place.

Neskataga/Lansdowne House

Neskantaga First Nation is an Ojibwe community located 436 kilometers northeast of Thunder Bay, Ontario, and 180 kilometers northeast of Pickle Lake, Ontario. Travel to and from the community is possible by way of air travel, winter road, and, for the more adventurous, boat and paddle. The population of Neskantaga First Nation is about 400 people, of whom 300 people live on the reserve.

Ogoki Post/Marten Falls

Marten Falls First Nation is an Anishinaabe First Nation reserve located in northern Ontario. The First Nation occupies communities on both sides of the Albany River in Northern Ontario, including Ogoki Post (Ojibwe: Ogookiing) in the Cochrane District and Marten Falls in the Kenora District. As of December 2013, the First Nation had a total registered population of 728 people, of which their on-reserve population was 328 people.

Muskrat Dam

Muskrat Dam is an Oji-Cree First Nation in Northern Ontario, located on Muskrat Dam Lake in the Kenora District. Muskrat Dam has a small population that maintains strong cultural and ancestral ties to the land, continuing traditions of fishing, hunting, trapping, and local forestry.

North Spirit Lake

North Spirit Lake First Nation is a small Oji-Cree First Nation reserve in Northern Ontario, located north of Red Lake, Ontario. It is connected to Sandy Lake First Nation and Deer Lake First Nation by winter/ice roads. It is part of the Keewaytinook Okimakanak Council and the Nishnawbe Aski Nation.

Poplar Hill

Poplar Hill First Nation is an Anishinaabe (Ojibway) First Nation band government, approximately 120 km north of Red Lake near the Ontario-Manitoba border. The First Nation is accessible by air and winter road. In May 2016, the First Nation had a registered population of 473 people.

Weagamow/North Caribou Lake/Round Lake

North Caribou Lake First Nation is an Oji-Cree First Nation community situated approximately 320 km north of Sioux Lookout. Though the First Nation's official name registered with the Indigenous Services Canada is North Caribou Lake First Nation, the community is located on the shores of Weagamow Lake, thus also known as "Weagamow First Nation" or by the literal translation of the Oji-Cree word Wiyaagamaa—"Round Lake”. The community is accessible by air year-round.

Sachigo Lake

Sachigo Lake First Nation is an Oji-Cree First Nation community located approximately 425 km north of Sioux Lookout, region of northwestern Ontario. The community lies within the Sachigo Lake 1 Indian Reserve, its primary reserve. In addition, the First Nation proudly oversees Sachigo Lake 2 and Sachigo Lake 3 Indian reserves as an integral part of their reserve lands. Accessible through the Sachigo Lake Airport, the community has winter road access to the south, connecting to the all-weather Northern Ontario Resource Trail via Muskrat Dam Lake First Nation.

Webequie

Webequie is a growing Ojibway community located on the Northern peninsula of Eastwood Island on Winisk Lake, 540km north of Thunder Bay.  The 850+ community members originate from all over Northwestern Ontario and enjoy a life that embraces traditional cultural practices.

Surrounded by the Winisk River Provincial Park, Webequie provides tourists a pristine natural landscape with some of the best fishing and hunting in Northern Ontario.