Deer Lake, Ontario is a small community in Northern Ontario, located north of Poplar Hill, Ontario. It is connected to Poplar Hill, and Pikangikum, Ontario by winter/ice roads. Northern Ontario is the part of the province of Ontario, Canada, which lies north of Lake Huron, Georgian Bay, the French River and Lake Nipissing. ... Pikangikum is an Oji-Cree reserve in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the Kenora District approximately 100 kilometres north of Red Lake. ... Winter roads are temporary highways carved out of snow and ice. ... Ice Road in northern British Columbia, Canada Ice roads are temporary highways formed by using frozen rivers and lake surfaces. ...