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FS2004 Scenery--Peawanuck (CYPO) and Winisk (CYWN), Ontario, Canada. Peawanuck is on the bank of the Winisk River, 23 miles upstream from where the river empties into the Hudson Bay just west of St James Bay. It has a population of around 240, and was established in 1986 when the original settlement (Winisk) at the mouth of the river was destroyed by a flood. The airport is on a bluff in a corner of the river at 171 feet ASL, with a gravel runway just over 3500 feet long and aligned 11-29. There is only basic runway lighting, with no ILS, VASI, or PAPI; there is also no apron lighting, or fuel. Service is provided by Air Creebec; the AI flight is from Timmins and there is also a Cessna from Moosonee. At Winisk, or where it used to be, there is another gravel runway which is over 6000 feet long. There is also a large hangar and to the north the remaining buildings and fuel tanks, etc. of a radar control site which was closed in 1965 after only seven years of use. There are no flights to Winisk and no AI is provided as flying there and finding another plane would be unusual. By Roger Wensley.