The Ontario bush-plane trail
Floatplanes at work in 2013
By Jan Koppen
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My good friend Michael Prophet had visited Ontario's bush-plane operators in 2009 and described this bush-plane trail in detail on his superb internet site. In June this year, together with fellow aviation enthusiast Mr. Servaas Verbrugge, who is also a dedicated supporter of the round-engines and floatplane operations, I decided to follow Michael's footsteps to see these beautiful floatplanes at work.
We planned to do more or less the same tour as Michael did, and so our itinerary included such places as Kenora, Vermillion Bay, Nestor Falls, Minaki, Red Lake, Ear Falls, Sioux Lookout, and Ignace. We visited the following places and operators: "Press on the links in the menu." Kenora Kenora Air Service River Air Kuby’s Maintenance De Havilland DHC-2 Minaki River Air Minaki maintenance Nestor Falls Northwest Flying Inc. Nestor Falls Fly-In Outposts Fort Frances Rusty Myers Northern Wilderness Outfitters Dryden Vermilion Bay Wilderness Air Escapes Ear Falls Kay Air Excellent Adventures Showalter’s Red Lake Chimo Air Green Airways Viking Outposts Seaplane maintenance Lac Seul Airways Sportman’s lodge Cochenour seaplane base Red Lake airport Sioux Lookout Slate Airways Knobb’s & Bamaji Air Northern Airborne Maintenance Red Hawk maintenance Allen Airways Ignace Ignace Airways Northland Air Service Selkirk Riverside Aircraft Maintenance Gimli Western Aviation Museum Heritage Park Winnipeg Airport I would like to thank Mr. Ruud Leeuw, Micheal S. Prophet and many other bush plane enthusiasts for their editorial consultancy in preparing this lengthy trip report. 
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