Welcome to the Official Norseman Floatplane Festival Website!

We hope you enjoyed the 2009 Norseman Festival ~ See you next year!

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The Norseman Floatplane Festival is the time each year when Red Lake welcomes visitors from around the world to help the community celebrate Canada’siconic bush plane. There’s lots of fun for any aviation lover - and lots of entertainment, activities and experiences for the whole family. Join us!

The Noorduyn Norseman is the focal point, of course. It’s a tough, single engine, high winged piece of Canadian history that you can still see, hear, touch and ride in. Since the first model took off in Cartierville, Quebec in 1935 it has been gathering fans from around the world. Get up close and comfortable with one during the festival - and see a lot of Canada’s other famous bush planes at the same time.

If you have any adventure in your soul, you’ll enjoy Red Lake. It’s a cluster of gold mining towns created on and near the shores of a long lake whose name springs from the oral history of its original First Nation inhabitants. They and successive groups of European immigrants have contributed to making this an interesting modern community with a colourful history. You won’t learn about it all in a weekend, or a week - but you should have fun trying.

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Robert H. Noorduyn, Honourary Chairman of the Norseman Festival, and son of Noorduyn Norseman designer R.B.C. Noorduyn, passed away last year on August 28, 2008. He will be remembered in this year’s Festival. (see below)

Bob was born November 17, 1922 in New York and spent his childhood in Montreal and Vermont before marrying Geraldine Barber and raising a family.
(read more)

Robert H. Noorduyn at 95-years-old at Norseman Festival - Photo by Colleen Robinson

Robert H. Noorduyn

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The Mighty Norseman
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The hardy NORSEMAN coughs, shudders and prepares to break free of the gray wooden dock that holds it. And another day of adventure begins in a northern Canadian town. (read more)

Events Calendar - keep up to date
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THANK YOU EACH AND ALL!!!

THE NORSEMAN FESTIVAL COMMITTEE
Expresses it’s Sincere Gratitude To:
It’s Corporate Sponsors  ~  It’s Cash, Material & Advertising Supporters 
It’s Presentation & Participation Partners
Its Many, Many Volunteers
& Its Aviation Partners
The part they each played was instrumental in making the 2009 Norseman Festival Another Great Success

SEE YOU AT THE 2010 NORSEMAN FESTIVAL   JULY 23 - 25

LIST OF VOLUNTEERS

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The Norseman Festival Store
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