Savant Lake is an unincorporated place and community in Unorganized Thunder Bay District

Thunder Bay District

Thunder Bay District is a district and census division in Northwestern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. The district seat is Thunder Bay....

 in northwestern

Northwestern Ontario

Northwestern Ontario is the region within the Canadian province of Ontario which lies north and west of Lake Superior, and west of Hudson Bay and James Bay. It includes most of subarctic Ontario. Its western boundary is the Canadian province of Manitoba, which disputed Ontario's claim to the...

 Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

, Canada

Canada

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.

Transportation

Savant Lake is on Ontario Highway 599, roughly halfway between Ignace

Ignace, Ontario

Ignace is a township in the Kenora District of Northwestern Ontario, Canada, located at Highway 17 and Secondary Highway 599, and on the Canadian Pacific Railway between Thunder Bay and Kenora. It is on the shore of Agimak Lake, and, as of 2006, the population of Ignace was 1,431.The town was...

 and Pickle Lake

Pickle Lake, Ontario

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 north of Thunder Bay, highway access is via Highway 599, the only access road to the town from the south. More northerly communities rely...

. The community is also connected to Sioux Lookout

Sioux Lookout, Ontario

Sioux Lookout is a town in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. It has a population of 5,336 and an elevation of 1280 ft / 390 m. Known locally as the "Hub of the North", it is serviced by the Sioux Lookout Airport, Highway 72, and the Sioux Lookout railway station...

 via Ontario Highway 516, and is the proposed northern terminus of an extension of Ontario Highway 811, if the extension is ever built.

Savant Lake is on the Canadian National Railway

Canadian National Railway

The Canadian National Railway Company is a Canadian Class I railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. CN's slogan is "North America's Railroad"....

 transcontinental

Transcontinental railroad

A transcontinental railroad is a contiguous network of railroad trackage that crosses a continental land mass with terminals at different oceans or continental borders. Such networks can be via the tracks of either a single railroad, or over those owned or controlled by multiple railway companies...

 main line

Main line (railway)

The Mainline or Main line of a railway is a track that is used for through trains or is the principal artery of the system from which branch lines, yards, sidings and spurs are connected....

, between Fowler

Fowler, Ontario

Fowler is a railway point and unincorporated place in Unorganized Kenora District in northwestern Ontario, Canada, just west of the border with Thunder Bay District....

 to the west and Staunton

Staunton, Ontario

Staunton is an unincorporated place and railway point in Unorganized Thunder Bay District in northwestern Ontario, Canada.It is on the Canadian National Railway transcontinental main line, between Savant Lake to the west and Flindt Landing to the east, has a passing track, and is passed but not...

 to the east. Savant Lake railway station

Savant Lake railway station

Savant Lake railway station is located in the community of Savant Lake in Thunder Bay District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. The station is on the Canadian National Railway transcontinental main line; it is used by Via Rail and served by transcontinental Canadian trains....

 is on the line and is served 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....

 transcontinental Canadian trains.

Savant Lake (Sturgeon Lake) Water Aerodrome

Savant Lake (Sturgeon Lake) Water Aerodrome

Savant Lake Water Aerodrome, , is located southeast of Savant Lake, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada.Located north-east at is the abandoned "Savant Lake Aerodrome" at an elevation of . The gravel stip is visible from the air and is still listed on the visual flight rules aeronautical...

is located 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km) southeast of the community.