Savant Lake

The town was founded when the National Transcontinental Railway was built in the early 1900s. It was originally named Bucke, after a civil engineer in charge of building the railroad. In 1928, after it was found that there already was another town of the same name in Ontario (Bucke Township, now amalgamated in Temiskaming Shores), it was renamed after the name of the lake north of the town, Lake Savant. In 1901, gold was discovered on Lake Savant. Therefore, in 1905, the Saint Anthony Goldmine located south of the town opened. It serviced the town until it was closed in 1941. In 1913, CN Savant Lake railroad station was built. Until 1959, the main form of transportation was dog teams until Highway 599 was completed. In 1973, Hydro (electricity) was brought in. ==Transportation==

Savant Lake is on Highway 599, roughly halfway between Ignace and Pickle Lake. The community is also connected to Sioux Lookout via Highway 516, and is the proposed northern terminus of an extension of Highway 811, if the extension is ever built. Savant Lake is on the Canadian National Railway transcontinental main line, between Fowler to the west and the Staunton railway flag stop to the east. Savant Lake railway station is on the line and is served by Via Rail transcontinental Canadian trains. Savant Lake (Sturgeon Lake) Water Aerodrome is located southeast of the community. ==Local media==

Television • CBWDT-03 (channel 8) (CBC) • CICA-63 (channel 10) (TVO) ==See also==