Cochenour Point · Red Lake, Ontario
A 1928 gold-rush log cabin on Red Lake
Bill and Ed Cochenour built this log cabin in 1928 on the point at Bruce Channel, the same years they were staking the claims that became the Cochenour Willans gold mine. Nearly a century later it still stands, cared for by the Fahlgren family.
The cabin
A landmark on Cochenour Point
The cabin sits on what we’ve always called the best spot on Red Lake: a granite point at Bruce Channel with a 270-degree view across to McKenzie Island. The screened front porch is about 20 feet from the shore, and the dock is just steps from the door.
For many summers John and Ute Fahlgren opened the cabin to visitors as a rental. Today it is a private family cabin and it is no longer rented, but we’re glad to share its story, and Red Lake’s.
The Cochenour brothers and the gold rush →
Around the cabin
Life on the point
Explore
Red Lake, then and now
History
The 1926 gold rush, the Cochenour brothers, and the mine that ran for 32 years just behind the cabin.
Read the history →Red Lake map
An interactive map of Red Lake with place names and towns, plus official depth contours and satellite views.
Open the map →Getting to Red Lake
A drive planner from Minneapolis, Winnipeg, Thunder Bay and more, with the route up Highway 105.
Plan the drive →Fishing near Red Lake?
Visit our family’s fly-in lodge on Sydney Lake
The same family that cares for Cochenour Cabin runs Sydney Lake Wilderness Lodge, about 40 miles southwest of Red Lake. There are no roads in. You fly 30 minutes by floatplane from downtown Kenora, and it’s the only lodge on Sydney and Kilburn Lakes.
- Walleye first, plus trophy northern pike and lake trout
- Private housekeeping cabins with your own boat, motor and gas
- The family has been on Sydney Lake since 1933
