Take VIA Rail North to an Experience of a Lifetime.
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Take VIA Rail North to an Experience of a Lifetime.

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…

This Train Ride Belongs on Your List.
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This Train Ride Belongs on Your List.

Six years ago, I took VIA Rail’s wonderful trans-continental train, The Canadian, and got off in Winnipeg. Two days later—it was about the third week of October—I boarded Train 693, the Hudson Bay, for the two-night, 1100-mile ride north to the little town of Churchill.     The train ride—here we are in the town…