I neglected to post a link to Selwyn Lake Lodge's website:

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Float plane is about the only way to get there, unless - I suppose - you opted to "paddle in".  

They tell me the big caribou herd wanders right across the lake in Winter on its way back south... followed by numerous wolf packs.  The Lodge itself closes up in August.  They used to be open until September but since 9/11 business has softened.  Besides, August is typically stormy & therefore less popular, anyway.  There IS a caretaker & his spouse who "winter" at the Lodge (September - May, I guess), mainly to safeguard the place against caribou hunters who might be tempted to "break in" for shelter, etc..

The Dene Indian guides told me - in marginal English - that the good fishing returns "after the big waves of August, when with the first real snowfalls come."

You know, when you figure that this year's complete "ice-out" was mid-June AND that the Lodge closes in August, well... that's just not all that much of a tourist season.

Later,

Jimbo   8)