| Welcome to my Elliot Lake Pages (celebrated 50 year anniversary in 2005). Elliot Lake (The Jewel in the Wilderness) - see my page 3 for LINKS |
| This picture is from 1960! The population was over 22,500 back then when the Uranium Mining Industry was in its Hey Days. Now the population is listed at 13,500. The mines have all closed. Apparently there are more economically viable uranium supplies from western Canada and South America. I heard news the other day that the price of Uranium is at an all time high! |
| Here's a birds eye view of the town today. Lots of Lakes in the region and around town. This is a great place to be if you like the outdoors. Miles and Miles of ATV trails and snowmobile trails in this area. Some pretty good fishing especially if you go north of town or even west of town and go off the beaten path a bit. Even the easy to reach lakes right in town can be fun to fish. I have fished for small mouth bass in Dunlop Lake, Esten Lake and Depot Lake. There are good boat launch facilities on these lakes and they are minutes from town. You can catch your limit of bass in Dunlop within an hour easy. I have more info and ideas and lures in my fishing pages. click here to have a gander. |
| Above to the right pictured. This is Rooster Rock as shot from the north end of Quirke Lake..not far from the boat launch. This area is being planted with trees and re- forested. The Cottage Lot development project is well underway now on both Quirke Lake and nearby Dunlop Lake. Other lakes in the area are in the planning stages. McCarthy Lake and Pecors Lake among others. These areas were crown land but the city got special permission to develop them as private lots. This was part of the plan to rejuvenate THE CITY OF ELLIOT LAKE and surrounding areas after the mines all closed in the mid nineties. From what I hear, the project is more successful than people thought it would be! |
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| THIS IS THE LITTLE WHITE RIVER WHICH RUNS FROM NORTH OF ELLIOT LAKE DOWN TOWARDS LAKE HURON AND THE TOWN OF IRON BRIDGE. IT IS VERY PICTURESQUE. It has trout in it. There are some areas that are more productive than others. I don't know the River very well but I have some hunches where to go fishing on it. You can follow this river along its course; if you follow the "deer trail" road. I definitely plan to do some fly fishing in this river..but I just haven't gotten around to it yet. |
| BLACK BEARS..SUCH AS THE ONE IN THE CENTER OF THIS PICTURE; DO COME INTO TOWN FROM TIME TO TIME. THEY DON'T SEEM TO EVER BOTHER ANYONE! |
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| In this birds eye photo you can see Elliot Lake itself to the top. The Apartment buildings toward the north, near the lake are about 9 stories high. We have no skyscrappers in town. The oval track is near ELSS (Elliot Lake Secondary School). There are no real cottages or lake front houses on Elliot Lake itself. There is, however, a development underway for a Condominium complex down by Spine Beach area and near the lake shore. I think it may have over 100 units in the plan. I don't have a-lot of details, but I do see some evidence of work underway to widen one of the trails. |
| BELOW a bear successfully found a snack. He tore into my neighbours garbage! Later..he walked through my back yard. I could have got much closer to this bear..but I was reluctant because a) it isn't my property and b) I don't think bears like being disturbed when they are having a snack! |
| There are a few houses and/or camps along this picturesque Little White River area but only a few that I could count on one hand. For the most part, it is rugged and natural and peaceful with not too many humans or human dwelling places to be seen. It looks like a real nice place to fish for trout with a fly rod! |
| Below: recreational boating and fishing around Lake Lauzon on a nice sunny and calm day. Note the 4 x 4 posts in my boat. I was going in by boat to build a small outhouse on my lot. |
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| Little White River (North and West of Town) |
| February 1, 2007. Just a little update about the Uranium situation as concerns Elliot Lake. A mineral exploration company, PELE Mountain Resources is currently working on claims north of town here. Apparently there may be as much as 33 million pounds of uranium in this area still in the ground. |
| There is an article in the Elliot Lake Standard. Try the link http://www.elliotlakestandard.ca and look for the story dated Wed Jan 24, 2007. the Story Id is 374547. There is reference as well to rare earth discoveries of hard to find minerals such as lanthanum. |