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4worldlovers: Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the South Cooking Lake Community League

Cooking Lake Airport and the South Cooking Lake Community League are teaming up this year to bring you one of the biggest family events of the summer - there is something for everyone.


Activities include: pancake breakfast, parade, fly-in, car show & shine, food trucks, petting zoo, scavenger hunt, pilot refresher training, beer garden, country market, and much, much more. Some activities will take place at the airport and some will take place at the town site, but don't worry, we've got you covered - hay wagon shuttles will be running between the two sites throughout the day.

​Some activities require prior registration so we can plan accordingly. If you would like to participate in the Transport Canada approved biannual pilot refresher course or include your car in the car show, please hit the register button below to register.

The summer of 2022 marked the 85th anniversary of the inaugural airmail flight from Cooking Lake Airport to the Yukon. The flight left Cooking Lake at 0815 on July 5, 1937 and arrived at Dawson City at 1230 on July 7, 1937 to deliver its' cargo of mail and good wishes. The flight made stops at Bear Lake (Grande Prairie), Fort Nelson, Nelson Forks, Lower Post (Hudson Bay Outpost on Liard River), and Whitehorse on its way to Dawson City.

For the return trip the flight departed Dawson City at 0230 on July 8, 1937 with stops in Whitehorse, Lower Post, Fort Nelson, Charlie Lake (near Fort St. John) and arrived back at Cooking Lake at 2115 after a long day of flying.

The aircraft used for the flight was a Ford Trimotor on floats CF-BEP (one of only 3 ever built in a seaplane configuration) and operated by United Air Transport, owned by Grant McConachie. In 1939, CF-BEP was badly damaged in a runway mishap with a Hawker Hurricane at Vancouver. The only part of the aircraft that remains today is a "blow pot" which was used to warm the engine in the winter, and is on display in the Yukon Transportation Museum.

How did Cooking Lake become the biggest volunteer operated airport in Canada?

In 1995 the Alberta Government transferred ownership of the airport to the Edmonton Airport Authority with the condition that they operate it for at least 10 years.

In 2008, the Edmonton Airport Authority decided Cooking Lake Airport was no longer core to its strategy and began the devolution of the airport. Strathcona County unexpectedly decided not to exercise its right to take over the airport.

4worldlovers: Villeneuve Airport is a general aviation, recreational flying and training facility. Situated on 574 HA of land, with two runways, 29 hangers, and over 7000 annual aircraft movements in 2018. ZVL is the largest and busiest general aviation airport in the Edmonton Metro Region.

Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) airport of entry CANPASS program designation