Churchill is a town of about 900 full-time residents located in northern Manitoba on the shores of Hudson Bay. How far north, you ask? Roughly 1100 miles north of Winnipeg and about 600 miles below the Arctic Circle. That’s pretty damn far north. Believe it or not, tourism is a big deal in Churchill…
NEWS ITEM: “Trump Budget Zeros Out Amtrak Support.” Uh-oh . . . if we’re looking for an example of how the loss of passenger train service can impact a community, we just got one. VIA Rail Canada has announced the indefinite suspension of service from Gillam to Churchill in northern Manitoba. As in…
VIA Rail’s premier train is the Canadian, a four night trip from Toronto to Vancouver. It’s a great ride and should be on every train travel enthusiast’s bucket list. But VIA has several other great rides and one in particular, the Hudson Bay, belongs on the same list. It runs from Winnipeg almost due north…
VIA Rail Canada runs a train some 1100 miles due north from Winnipeg to the town of Churchill, on the shores of Hudson Bay. As the weather turns cold—along about the middle October—polar bears assemble in the general area of Churchill waiting for Hudson Bay to freeze over. The bears spend the winter out on…