ELLIOT LAKE 50 YEAR CELEBRATION 1955 TO 2005
The town was carved out of the Canadian Shield in order to support the Uranium
requirements of the cold war era. The uranium here in this area is plentiful (I hear) but
the grade is not as good as in other areas. New mines in Saskatchewan and elsewhere
combined with other global factors rendered the mines up here (there were at least 11)
not economically viable. The last mine closed around 1994. Elliot Lake needed to be
re-invented. Because there were beautiful forests and hills and many many lakes in
this area; Elliot Lake started the Lake Shore Development Project. See the 3 important
links below I have provided for you to learn more about this growing community.
LINKS to check out....> (local area Web Sites)
Elliot Lake .com is the main web site I always use.
It has the classified ads and a real good COMMUNITY
FORUM. The people on the forum are very helpful.
You can join the forum and ask questions and
research for yourself. Anything significant that
happens in town is usually well discussed on that
forum.
link
http://www.elliotlake.com
ELLIOT LAKE RETIREMENT LIVING is the non profit
corporation that was set up to help get this small city back
on its feet after the mines closed. It offers tours and good
affordable houses and apartments.
link
http://www.retireelliotlake.com
THE LAKE FRONT DEVELOPMENT corporation is really
starting to pay dividends. Cottage lot development has
gone very well. I don't know that much about it but I have
seen some plans in the building inspectors office and
things look very promising indeed. I took a tour of one of
the waterfront houses. Very nice! More info--->
http://www.elliotlakewaterfront.com
Below: Randy Bauchman is "taking care of business". He appeared along with Rick Emmit at the July 1st
(CANADA DAY celebrations here in town. This was 2005 our 50 th anniversary.
RICK EMMET opened for Randy at the CANADA DAY CELEBRATION. SPECIAL INTEREST NOTE: THE BUILDING BEHIND
THE BANDSTAND IS NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION. It will be the new Doctors Building/MEDICAL CENTER. THE DOCTOR
SHORTAGE IS A BIT OF A CONCERN UP IN NORTHERN ONTARIO and in fact even in big cities in Ontario. Myself; within
a year of moving to Elliot Lake; both my wife and I found a Family Doctor.
I have added another page of pictures of Elliot Lake (including pics of the visiting bear) ..CLICK HERE TO GO THERE!
Link to the Elliot Lake ATV Club
You can visit the site and see the map(s) of the
trails around town.
THERE WERE AROUND 4,000 or so people at this Canada Day
celebration in the lower Mall - downtown Elliot Lake. July 1, 2005.
MARCH 4, 2008. UPDATE: PELE Mountain Corp is opening an office soon in one of the strip malls here
in town. IF..and it certainly is IF..there is to be a uranium mine..it will be in the current exploration area in
past the golf course. I will be trying to find a link and a map of this little area and I will post it here.
-- A new mine might be in the works in 2013 or so. It might employ about 200 people. By the sounds of
it..it would be a much smaller operation than what has been happening in this town previously.
Mining is a non renewable resource. Elliot Lake wants to remain diversified and will certainly not put all
its eggs in one basket. Seniors and retirees and cottage lot lovers will still remain the staple of this little
economy.
Black Bears do
occasionally wander in to
town to look for an easy
meal.

What I do is I freeze
anything in my freezer that
might attract bears.
Leftover meats and fish.
In the three years Ive
been here, I have never
had a bear break into my
garbage cans.

I live fairly close to the
bush and there are strips
of bush nearby.

So far, I have not heard of
any bear/human direct
encounters or close
encounters here in Elliot
Lake.
I gave up the idea of being a Fishing Guide
up here.
The insurance costs for me would be too
great. I can give you some tips on FISHING
through my web pages here.
CLICK HERE TO SEE MY PRESENTATION
ABOUT HOW TO CATCH FISH AROUND HERE
and some of the local well known areas
around town.

Note: the fishing is different around here
than Ottawa (where Im from or areas south).
I now feel I have the "knack" of catching
Lake Trout. Walleye fishing is particularly
good at Spanish and Serpent River near
Lake Huron.


Elliot Lake is about half way between Sault Ste Marie Ontario/Michigan and Sudbury.

It is about 22 kms north of the Transcanada Hiway (Hiway 17).

Elliot Lake started off as a Uranium mining town back in 1955. It went through several boom/bust cycles and now is primarily
a retirement and cottage/tourist town.

The good part about the Uranium up here is that it is not very concentrated. There are still tons of uranium around but it is
quite deep in the ground. When mining was going on here (up until about 1994; the yield of Uranium from a ton of rock was
about 2 pounds and often less. Some places in Northern Saskatchewan have up to 100 lbs per ton and maybe more. The
miners have to be well isolated from this type of high concentration.

That is why the Uranium mining efforts have switched to an area where the ore is much more concentrated (Northern
Saskatchewan). -- If you are interested in Elliot Lake as a possible place to live..I have researched the area pretty
thoroughly. I can answer the odd question by phone or email for free.


I enjoy living here and recommend it to anyone who enjoys life on the edge of the wilderness without roughing it too much.