Trading Area
The marketing area extends northeast to Cumberland House, Red Earth, Shoal Lake about 163 km (101 miles), southeast to Hudson Bay 145 km (90 miles), Southwest approximately 97 km (60 miles) and northwest approximately 80 km (50 miles) and serves a population of approximately 60,000 people.
Annual retail sales are estimated in the market area at $226,600,000.
Rail Service
Train service to Nipawin, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and arrival time is 5:25 p.m. Departure time on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday is 7:30 a.m. C.P. Railways have in place a spur line of 883.9 meters (2,900 feet) north and west of Nipawin into an industrial site. For rate information dial toll free 1-800-704-4000.
Upon request if and when required:
- Train service from Prince Albert via C.N. Rail
- Maximum load 80 metric tonnes (177,000 lbs.)
- Train can handle high and wide loads – load capacity is 99 metric tonnes (220,000 lbs.) maximum.
Highways
Located on good blacktop highways (Highways 35 North-south; 55 East-west) with direct access to north, south, east and west trading areas. Presently served by a major truck one and daily bus service with several buses per day in each direction. Nipawin has daily truck service to and from Winnipeg.
Situated on the Northern Woods and Water Route, Canada's scenic route through the north linking the best in tourist attractions in Western Canada (Hwy 55).
Airport Service
The Nipawin Airport has two runways, the northeast/southwest paved runway is 902 meters (2,960 feet), the northwest/southeast runway is turf and is 914 meters (3,000) feet long. There is no land problem to extend either of these runways 91 meters (300 feet). Asphalt taxiway was put in place in 1981 to provide access to active runways. A non-directional beacon, 402 khz, is operational at the airport and has a radius of 90 kilometres (50 miles). Unicom frequency is 122.8.
The Town of Nipawin is responsible for general maintenance of the airport runways and taxiways. Private hangar owners pay rent to the Town and taxes to the Rural Municipality. Rent for hangars is $260.00 per year and rent for tie-downs is $190.00 per year, or $35.00 per month. Each tie down (about 20) is equipped with underground wiring. The Town pays the energy costs for tie-downs only.
As of September 1st, 2005, the weather station at the Nipawin Airport replaced its METAR system to AWOS (Automated Weather Observation System). Under the METAR system, special readings were taken hourly by a qualified individiual. The AWOS is able to provide more information than the previous system because the readings are made by a stand-alone for aviation use. The AWOS eliminates any restrictions previously placed on the airport from receiving distant altimeter readings from P.A., thus allowing pilots to approach the airport at a lower altitude.
Local charter service is available offering both single and twin engine aircraft from a newly upgraded municipal airport facility. Jet service is available from Saskatoon 274 kilometres (170 miles) by road and regional carriers from Prince Albert 141 kilometres (88 miles) by road. There are about one hundred fliers in the surrounding area and about twenty aircraft that are privately owned.
Telephone Service
SaskTel, a Saskatchewan crown corporation, operates the telephone system in the province. The system is up-to-date and offers service equal to that found anywhere in North America. Nipawin is part of the cellular telephone service network as well as the FleetNet 800 service network.
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