Pawistik Lodge

Pawistik Lodge is a fishing lodge in Saskatchewan offering lodging, services and guides on Sturgeon River which has been in existence since the Hanson Lake Road (Saskatchewan Highway 106) was completed in 1965. The area had been widely traversed since the early days of the fur trade. The Sturgeon Weir River was the most extensively used route to carry trade goods and furs between the Saskatchewan and Churchill rivers. The Hudson Bay Company, from its headquarters on the bay of the same name, sent out its men to trade with the native population of what is now Manitoba, Saskatchewan, the Northwest Territories, and Alberta.

There were two forts located on the Sturgeon Weir, one north of Birch Rapids, and another near where the river continued its journey after emptying into Amisk Lake.

Pawistik Lodge is ideally located to explore the Sturgeon Weir, and guests of the lodge are treated to a wilderness experience, even though they can drive directly there. Two sets of rapids, Birch Rapids to the north, and Leaf Rapids to the south, effectively stop day trippers from accessing the river, which means the fishing and the wildlife get very little human pressure.

Location

Pawistik Lodge is located on the historic Sturgeon Weir River, just north of the 54th parallel, and approximately 50 kilometers from the border and mining city of Flin Flon, Manitoba .

The lodge sits on the Hanson Lake Road, which crosses the river at kilometer 271 of the road. The river widens at this spot, forming two lakes divided by a narrow spillway. On the north side is Gooding Lake, and to the south lies Maligne Lake.

External links

* [http://www.pawistiklodge.com/ Official site]