Fast Facts Sioux Lookout is located halfway between Winnipeg, Manitoba and Thunder Bay, Ontario with a population of approximately 5,600 people. Sioux Lookout (and the surrounding area) spans approximately 536 square kilometres, about a third of which is water. It is nestled between Pelican Lake, Abram Lake and Lac Seul. Sioux Lookout is accessible by: road (Highway 72) 65 km north of the Trans-Canada Highway; the CN Rail mainline (VIA rail passenger service); and by air at Sioux Lookout Airport. Sioux Lookout is referred to as the “Hub of the North,” connecting 29 northern communities to various essential services including health care and education. Sioux Lookout is home to booming tourism, education and healthcare industries: • Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre boasts 450 employees • Tikinagan Child and Family Services employs 380 • Keewatin-Patricia District School Board employs 235 • Northern Nishnawbe Education Council employs 110 Sioux Lookout is the second busiest airport in Northwestern Ontario with 10 airlines and 40 destinations. Sioux Lookout is also home to countless fishing lodges and tourist outfitters, many of which offer fly-in fishing tours to remote lakes and pristine wilderness destinations.
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