Pukatawagan, Manitoba
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Pukatawagan is a town about 210 kilometres north of The Pas
; it can be reached by train from Lynn Lake by a branch of the Hudson Bay Railway
, a passenger service provided by Via Rail
. A winter road
after the lakes have frozen. The Airport
, located east of town, is used by Missinippi Airways.
The Pas, Manitoba
The Pas is a town in Manitoba, Canada, located in Division No. 21, Manitoba in the Northern Region, some 630 kilometres northwest of the provincial capital, Winnipeg, near the border of Saskatchewan. It is sometimes still called Paskoyac by locals as the first trading post was called Fort Paskoyac...
; it can be reached by train from Lynn Lake by a branch of the Hudson Bay Railway
Hudson Bay Railway
Hudson Bay Railway is a Canadian railway operating over of trackage in northern Manitoba.HBRY was formed in July 1997 to purchase former Canadian National Railway trackage running north from CN trackage at The Pas, MB on two branches, one to Flin Flon, MB and on to Lynn Lake, MB, the other to...
, a passenger service provided by Via Rail
VIA Rail
Via Rail Canada is an independent crown corporation offering intercity passenger rail services in Canada. It is headquartered near Montreal Central Station at 3 Place Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec....
. A winter road
Winter road
Winter roads are temporary highways carved out of snow and ice. They facilitate transportation to and from communities without permanent roads, and are commonly seen in isolated regions in Canada's north....
after the lakes have frozen. The Airport
Pukatawagan Airport
Pukatawagan Airport, , is located east of Pukatawagan, Manitoba, Canada.-Airlines:Missinippi Airways offers a daily service to The Pas/Grace Lake Airport . Charters and Medivac flights are also provided by Missinippi Airways....
, located east of town, is used by Missinippi Airways.