Sarah Noonan

Owner & General Manager of La Place Rendez-Vous

Sarah Noonan is the third-generation owner of La Place Rendez-Vous in Fort Frances, Ontario. A nominee for the 31st Annual RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Award, she is a University of Minnesota Duluth graduate. Sarah received a degree in Exercise Science while playing soccer for UMD, and then she continued her path to Lakehead U, earning her teaching degree. Sarah taught for nearly ten years as a high school phys-ed teacher before transitioning to the family business in 2017.

Sarah loves being a small business owner and challenges herself to improve the business through great staff and guest experiences, improving systems, applying best practices and renovating to continue being a modern full-service hotel.

Working and living on beautiful Rainy Lake, Sarah has her husband Chris and three amazing kiddos, Carmen, Theo, and Stella, by her side.