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Pickle Lake

Pickle Lake
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subdivision_type2District
subdivision_name2Kenora
established_titleSettled
established_date1929
established_title2Incorporated
established_date2December 1980
leader_titleMayor
leader_nameJames Dalzell
leader_title1MP
leader_name1Eric Melillo (Kenora—Kiiwetinoong)
leader_title2MPP
leader_name2Sol Mamakwa (Kiiwetinoong)
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Pickle Lake is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, and is the most northerly community in the province that has year-round access by road. Located 530 km north of Thunder Bay, highway access is via Highway 599, the only access road to the town from the south. More northerly communities rely on winter roads for access and are cut off to land travel in the summer. Highway 599 meets the Northern Ontario Resource Trail, formerly Tertiary Highway 808, at Pickle Lake.

The Township of Pickle Lake has a population of 425 and its main industries are transportation (by air and land) and tourism. Pickle Lake Airport serves as the supply point to northern First Nations. It is an access point for animal watching, with many opportunities to view moose, woodland caribou, timber wolf, black bear, game birds, bald eagles, song birds, and migratory birds such as ducks and geese. It is also a popular fishing and hunting destination. The town is sometimes referred to as the gateway to Ontario's "Last Frontier" because of its remote location. Pickle Lake has its own detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police.

The community is located on the north-east shore of Pickle Lake, from which it takes its name.

History

Pickle Lake was founded as a local transportation centre for mining activities after gold was discovered nearby in 1928. From that time until 1995, more than 2.5 million ounces of gold were produced in the area. Copper was also mined near Pickle Lake in the 1970s. Exploration for gold and copper in the Pickle Lake area continues to this day.

Jack Hammell's Pickle Crow Gold Mines (1935–1961) produced 1,446,214 ounces of gold. Alex and Murdoch Mosher's Central Patricia Mine (1927–1951) produced 621,806 ounces.

Pickle Lake was incorporated as a township in 1980. It got its name from the shape of the lake which resembles a cucumber or pickle.

The township also includes the former townsites of Central Patricia and Pickle Crow. Both formerly independent settlements, Central Patricia now consists only of a few buildings located at the terminus of Highway 599 within the township, while Pickle Crow is a ghost town. After the Pickle Crow gold mine was shut down in 1966, the Ministry of Natural Resources set fire to the site as part of its program to clean up abandoned mines.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Pickle Lake had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 247.21 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

| 1976 |508 | 1981 |552 | 1986 |490 | 1991 |654 | 1996 |544 | 2001 |399 | 2006 |479 | 2011 |425 | 2016 |388 | 2021 |398

Climate

Pickle Lake has a humid continental climate that closely borders on a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfb/Dfc). Winters are cold and dry with a January high of -14.3 C and a low of -24.1 C. Snowfall averages 2.57 m with reliable cover from November to April. There are 17.3 nights where the temperature will drop below -30 C.

Summers are warm and wetter but short with a July high of 23.0 C and a low of 12.3 C. There are 4.8 days where the temperature will exceed 30.0 C. Precipitation tends to be higher during the summer months, with each month from June to August averaging 16 days with measurable precipitation.

The highest temperature ever recorded in Pickle Lake was 40.0 C on 19 June 1933. The coldest temperature ever recorded was -51.2 C on 8 February 1934.

|Jan record high C = 6.1 |Feb record high C = 9.6 |Mar record high C = 20.9 |Apr record high C = 29.0 |May record high C = 34.0 |Jun record high C = 40.0 |Jul record high C = 37.8 |Aug record high C = 36.7 |Sep record high C = 32.2 |Oct record high C = 26.7 |Nov record high C = 18.6 |Dec record high C = 7.0 |year record high C = 40.0 |Jan record low C = -46.7 |Feb record low C = -51.2 |Mar record low C = -41.7 |Apr record low C = -32.8 |May record low C = -17.8 |Jun record low C = -6.7 |Jul record low C = 0.0 |Aug record low C = -2.8 |Sep record low C = -9.4 |Oct record low C = -24.4 |Nov record low C = -38.8 |Dec record low C = -47.8 |year record low C = -51.2

Media

Pickle Lake municipal office and library

Pickle Lake's only local media service is the new CJTL-FM, which airs a mixed Christian radio and First Nations format. The region is otherwise served through rebroadcasters of services from larger cities such as Thunder Bay, Toronto and Winnipeg.

Radio

  • FM 96.5 – CJTL-FM, Christian radio/First Nations
  • FM 98.5 – CFDK-FM, (defunct)
  • FM 105.1 – CBQP-FM, CBC Radio One (relays CBQT-FM, Thunder Bay)

References

References

  1. {{SCref. (2021)
  2. (1995). "Gold in Ontario". The Boston Mills Press.
  3. [http://www.picklelake.ca/TownshipofPickleLake/BriefHistoryofPickleLake.aspx Brief History of Pickle Lake].
  4. {{SCref. (2001)
  5. Canada, Environment and Climate Change. (2011-02-09). "Canadian Climate Normals 1961-1990 Station Data - Climate - Environment and Climate Change Canada".
  6. [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/2008/db2008-106.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2008-106] {{Webarchive. link. (2025-02-19 .)
  7. [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1992/DB92-731.HTM Decision CRTC 92-731], ''CRTC'', October 16, 1992
  8. "2011 Pickle Lake census profile". Statistics Canada.
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