Bearskin Lake

LOCATION

The community of Bearskin Lake is located four hundred and twenty-five (425) kilometres north of Sioux Lookout. This isolated remote Northwestern Ontario community is accessible only by air or ice road. During the coldest months the road extends from Windigo Lake north through Muskrat Dam. The community is located on Lake Michikan. Three settlements make up the Bearskin Lake First Nation. The main village is situated on the west shore of the lake and all three communities are tied to one another by all weather gravel roads.

POPULATION

There are seven hundred (700) registered Band Members. The estimated population growth rate for the community is 4%.