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Churchill (2006 Population 923) is a town on the shore of Hudson Bay in Manitoba, Canada, situated at the mouth of the Churchill River. The small community stands at an ecotone, the juncture of two ecoregions: the boreal forest to the south, and the Arctic tundra to the north. Sign welcoming visitors to Churchill, Manitoba File links The following pages link to this file: Churchill, Manitoba Categories: GFDL images ...
Sign welcoming visitors to Churchill, Manitoba File links The following pages link to this file: Churchill, Manitoba Categories: GFDL images ...
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Example of orthographic drawing from a US Patent (1913), showing two views of the same object. ...
Hudson Bay, Canada. ...
Motto: Gloriosus et Liber (Latin: Glorious and free) BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL YT NT NU Capital Winnipeg Largest city Winnipeg Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor John Harvard - Premier Gary Doer (NDP) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 14 - Senate seats 6 Confederation...
The Churchill River is a major river in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Canada. ...
An ecotone is a transition area between two adjacent ecological communities (ecosystems). ...
An ecoregion, sometimes called a bioregion, is a relatively large area of land or water that contains a geographically distinct assemblage of natural communities. ...
Taiga (SAMPA /taIg@/, from Russian тайга́) is a biome characterized by its coniferous forests. ...
In physical geography, tundra is an area where the tree growth is hindered by low temperatures and short growing seasons. ...
It is most famous for the many polar bears that move toward the shore from inland in the autumn, leading to the nickname "Polar Bear Capital of the World" that has helped its growing tourism industry. Binomial name Phipps, 1774 Polar bear range Synonyms Ursus eogroenlandicus Ursus groenlandicus Ursus jenaensis Ursus labradorensis Ursus marinus Ursus polaris Ursus spitzbergensis Ursus ungavensis Thalarctos maritimus The polar bear (Ursus maritimus), a bear native to the Arctic, is the apex predator within its range. ...
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Tourists on Oahu, Hawaii Tourism is travel for predominantly recreational or leisure purposes or the provision of services to support this leisure travel. ...
Canada's only main port on the Arctic Ocean, Churchill is linked to the rest of the country only by the Hudson Bay Railway. The Hudson Bay Railway operates two ex-Canadian National branch lines in northern Manitoba. ...
History
A variety of nomadic Arctic people lived and hunted in this region. The Thule people arrived around 1000 A.D. from further west, and later evolved into the present-day Inuit culture. The Dene people arrived around 500 from further north. Since before the time of European contact, the region around Churchill has been predominantly inhabited by the Chipewyan and Cree peoples. The Thule were the ancestors of all modern Canadian Inuit. ...
Europe in 1000 The year 1000 of the Gregorian Calendar was the last year of the 10th century as well as the last year of the first millennium. ...
For other uses, see Inuit (disambiguation). ...
The Dene are a group of First Nations that live in the Arctic regions of Canada. ...
Events Possible date for the Battle of Mons Badonicus: Romano-British and Celts defeat an Anglo-Saxon army that may have been led by the bretwalda Aelle of Sussex (approximate date; suggested dates range from 490 to 510) Note: This battle may have influenced the legend of King Arthur. ...
World map showing the location of Europe. ...
The Chipewyan are an aboriginal people in Canada. ...
For other uses, see Cree (disambiguation). ...
Europeans first arrived in the area in 1619 when a Danish expedition led by Jens Munk wintered where Churchill would later stand. Only 3 of 64 expedition members survived the winter and journeyed back to Denmark.[1] Events May 13 - Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is executed in The Hague after having been accused of treason. ...
Jens Munk (1579-1628) was a Danish-Norwegian navigator, born near Arendal, Norway. ...
The first permanent settlement was a log fort built at the mouth of the Churchill River in 1717 as a part of the extensive fur-trading network established by the Hudson's Bay Company — mostly to capitalize on the northern trade, out of the reach of York Factory. The town gains its name from John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, who was governor of the Hudson's Bay Company in the late 1600s and an ancestor of Winston Churchill. The company replaced it with Prince of Wales Fort, a large stone fort finished in 1741. The fort was taken without firing a shot by French warships and razed in 1782, and a new fort was built a short distance upriver. It dealt mainly with the Chipewyan peoples living north of the boreal forest. Due to its distance from the lands of heavy competition between the North-West Company and the Hudson's Bay Company, it maintained a relatively stable, if not extravagantly profitable, source of furs. // Events January 4 — The Netherlands, Britain & France sign Triple Alliance February 26-March 6 What is now the northeastern United States was paralyzed by a series of blizzards that buried the region. ...
The Hudsons Bay Company (HBC; Compagnie de la Baie dHudson in French) is the oldest commercial corporation in North America and is one of the oldest in the world. ...
Ruperts Land, showing the location of York Factory York Factory was a historic settlement and longtime headquarters of the Hudsons Bay Company in North America, located on the southwestern shore of Hudson Bay in present-day northeastern Manitoba, Canada. ...
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722) was an English soldier and statesman whose career spanned the reigns of five monarchs throughout the late 17th and early 18th centuries. ...
The Hudsons Bay Company (HBC; Compagnie de la Baie dHudson in French) is the oldest commercial corporation in North America and is one of the oldest in the world. ...
Many inventions and institutions are created, including Hans Lippershey with the telescope (1608, used by Galileo the next year), the newspaper Avisa Relation oder Zeitung in Augsburg, and Cornelius Drebbel with the thermostat (1609). ...
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC (Can) (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. ...
The European history of this area starts with the discovery of Hudson Bay in 1610. ...
// Events April 10 - Austrian army attack troops of Frederick the Great at Mollwitz August 10 - Raja of Travancore defeats Dutch East India Company naval expedition at Battle of Colachel December 19 - Vitus Bering dies in his expedition east of Siberia December 25 - Anders Celsius develops his own thermometer scale Celsius...
1782 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
The North West Company was a fur trading business headquartered in the city of Montreal in British North America. ...
The Hudsons Bay Company (HBC; Compagnie de la Baie dHudson in French) is the oldest commercial corporation in North America and is one of the oldest in the world. ...
Between the years of decline in the fur trade and surfacing of western agricultural success, Churchill phased into and then back out of obsolescence. After decades of frustration over the monopoly and domination of the Canadian Pacific Railway and then the false promises of the Canadian Northern Railway, western governments banded together and fought for the creation of a major new northern shipping harbour on Hudson Bay, linked by rail from Winnipeg. Initially Port Nelson was selected for this purpose in 1912. After several years of effort and millions of dollars, this project was abandoned and Churchill was selected as alternative after World War One. Surveys by the Canadian Hydrographic Service ship CSS Acadia opened the way for safe navigation. However, construction and use of the railroad was extremely slow and the rail line itself did not come to Churchill until 1929. An eastbound CPR freight at Stoney Creek Bridge in Rogers Pass. ...
The Canadian Northern Railway (CNoR) is a historic Canadian railway. ...
Motto: Template:Unhide = Unum Cum Virtute Multorum (One With the Strength of Many) Location City Information Established: 1738 (Fort Rouge), 1873 (City of Winnipeg) Area: 465. ...
Port Nelson in 1917. ...
Crest of HMCS Acadia HMCS Acadia is the commissioned unit name in Royal Canadian Navy service for the CSS Acadia, a hydrographic surveying ship of the Hydrographic Survey of Canada and its successor the Canadian Hydrographic Service. ...
Year 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Once the link from farm to port was completed commercial shipping took many years to pick-up. In 1932 John Walter Grant MacEwan was the first person to cross through Churchill customs as a passenger. This was purely due to his determination in taking the Hudson Bay route home from Britain — otherwise, a passenger would return via the Saint Lawrence. Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1932 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Grant MacEwan Dr. John Walter Grant MacEwan, known as Grant MacEwan, (August 12, 1902–June 15, 2000) was a farmer, Professor at the University of Saskatchewan, Dean of Agriculture at the University of Manitoba, Mayor of Calgary and both a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) and Lieutenant Governor of...
TheSaint Lawrence River (In French: fleuve Saint-Laurent) is a large west-to-east flowing river in the middle latitudes of North America, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. ...
This area was also the site of the Churchill Rocket Research Range, part of Canadian-American atmospheric research. Its first rocket was launched in 1956, and it continued to host launches for research and commercial satellites until closing in 1984. The site of the former rocket range now hosts the Churchill Northern Studies Centre, a facility for Arctic research. See Fort Churchill for the main article on this subject. Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar). ...
Fort Churchill is a rocket launching complex located in Churchill, Manitoba at , . The site has been used on and off since the mid-1950s for sub-orbital launches of various sounding rockets during several major studies, but is currently unused. ...
Polar bears entertain tourists just outside of Churchill Polar bears and Tundra Buggies just outside of Churchill, Manitoba File links The following pages link to this file: Churchill, Manitoba Categories: GFDL images ...
Polar bears and Tundra Buggies just outside of Churchill, Manitoba File links The following pages link to this file: Churchill, Manitoba Categories: GFDL images ...
Industry Churchill is a popular spot for ecotourism, as well as for Arctic research. Tourists can safely view polar bears from specially modified buses known as tundra buggies. Use of the buggies helps sustain local tourism, but can also cause damage to local ecology. October and early November are the most popular times to see the bears, which wait around the outskirts of the town until the water freezes on Hudson Bay so that they can return to hunt their primary food source, seals. Churchill is also a reliable place to watch Beluga whales during the summer months. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 422 pixelsFull resolution (3862 × 2035 pixel, file size: 5 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Polar bears are engaged in play fight in Churchill. ...
Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 422 pixelsFull resolution (3862 × 2035 pixel, file size: 5 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Polar bears are engaged in play fight in Churchill. ...
Ecotourism means ecological tourism, where ecological has both environmental and social connotations. ...
The red line indicates the 10°C isotherm in July, commonly used to define the Arctic region border Satellite image of the Arctic surface The Arctic is the region around the Earths North Pole, opposite the Antarctic region around the South Pole. ...
Hudson Bay, Canada. ...
This article refers to the whale, beluga. ...
The sea freezes first near Churchill because of the large volume of fresh water delivered by the nearby Churchill and Seal Rivers and because the predominant northeast wind causes ice to pile up along the shore just north of Churchill. For this reason, the port is iced in for much of the year but it is useful for shipping grain and other bulk cargoes because shipping by rail costs several times as much, per ton, as shipping by sea. Another hindrance to Churchill becoming a main shipping port is the prominence of Canadian southern-bound trade with the United States.
Transportation The town is the northern terminus of the Hudson Bay Railway Leased by OmniTRAX. It is a useful link in the export of Canadian grain to European markets, with rail-sea connections made at Churchill. The port of Churchill, also owned by OmniTRAX and run by the General Manager, Lyle Fetterly. It is Canada's principal seaport on the Arctic Ocean. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (5232x3312, 413 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Churchill, Manitoba Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (5232x3312, 413 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Churchill, Manitoba Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to...
The Hudson Bay Railway operates two ex-Canadian National branch lines in northern Manitoba. ...
OmniTRAX of Denver, Colorado, United States, an affiliate of The Broe Companies, Inc, is a North American transportation services company. ...
Seaport, a painting by Claude Lorrain, 1638 The Port of Wellington at night. ...
Churchill is the main Arctic Ocean seaport in North America with a rail connection to the south. Lesser ports Moosonee, Ontario and Hay River, Northwest Territories also provide a rail link to the Arctic Ocean. Hay River is a riverport. Cargo shipped north from Hay River travels by barge. There are no roads from Churchill leading to the rest of Canada. There is an airport east of town with daily flights to Winnipeg, and the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut. Moosonee, Ontario, Canada, is the railhead on James Bay of the Ontario Northland Railway where goods are transferred to barges and aircraft for transport to more northerly communities. ...
Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman - Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 106 - Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area [1] Ranked...
Hay River on Great Slave Lake Hay River connection to the Arctic Ocean Hay River is a community on the south shore of Great Slave Lake, in the Northwest Territories, Canada. ...
For other geographical names that include Northwest, see Northwest. ...
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Kivalliq Region of Nunavut Kivalliq Region (Inuktitut: á‘ᕙᓪᓕᖅ) is an administrative region of Nunavut. ...
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Local media
Radio CHFC 1230 AM - CBC Radio One Churchill has its own radio show every Wednesday night on CBC Radio One. Shot For Shot Wednesday is hosted by Churchill native Joseph Stover and Newfoundland native Sonny Ennis. Listeners enjoy a mixture of comic relief and great music. Also every morning from 8:15-8:30, David Caskey hosts the local morning announcement program. CBC Radio One is the English language news and information radio network of the publicly-owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. ...
Television CBWT is a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation television station in Winnipeg, Manitoba. ...
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), a Canadian crown corporation, is the country’s national public radio and television broadcaster. ...
Newspapers Churchill has one newspaper called The Hudson Bay Post. It is a monthly published newspaper.
Famous people from Churchill, Manitoba Susan Aglukark (Inuktitut syllabics: ᓲᓴᓠáŠá’¡á“˜á’ƒá‘²á–…), born January 27, 1967, is a Canadian singer-songwriter whose blend of Inuit folk music traditions with pop songwriting has made her a major recording star in Canada. ...
Jordin Kudluk Tootoo (Inuktitut syllabics: ᔪáŠá‘•á“ á‘á‘; born February 2, 1983 in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada) is a professional ice hockey player. ...
NHL can also be an abbreviation for National Historic Landmark or Non-Hodgkins lymphoma. ...
Further reading - MacEwan, Grant. The Battle for the Bay (Prairie Books, 1975). ISBN 0-919306-51-9
- Eliasson, Kelsey. Polar Bears of Churchill (Munck's Cafe, 2005). ISBN 0-9780757-0-6
Grant MacEwan Dr. John Walter Grant MacEwan, known as Grant MacEwan, (August 12, 1902–June 15, 2000) was a farmer, Professor at the University of Saskatchewan, Dean of Agriculture at the University of Manitoba, Mayor of Calgary and both a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) and Lieutenant Governor of...
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