Charlie Lundie from Churchill has won the 2011 Hudson Bay Quest…the first time a musher from this town has done so. Lundie crossed the finish line in Churchill at 6:06 pm, March 19th with a time of 30 hours and six minutes..just two minutes ahead of second place finisher Peter McClelland of Ely, Minnesota. This [...]
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Posts from ‘March, 2011’
Polar Bear Hockey and Winnipeg Bears
The Winnipeg Jets were a professional hockey team in the NHL from 1972 – 1996. The team was forced to relocate to Phoenix, Arizona that year due to the economic downturn though hockey in the great white North still thrives. While talk of a franchise returning to Winnipeg, possibly from Phoenix itself escalates, other forms [...]
Polar Bears spotted near Churchill
While all of the male, juvenile and non-denning female polar bears have long been hunting seals on the frozen Hudson bay, there are still polar bears around the Churchill area. Wapusk National Park is the primary polar bear denning area in North America. This expansive region adjacent to the Churchill Wildlife Management Area (CWMA) and [...]
Aurora arcs over Churchill
The largest natural Habitat group of the Winter season journeyed from Winnipeg to Churchill via VIA Rail, Canada’s Amtrak, with hopes of gazing skyward to view the Aurora Borealis. Guide Karen and her 15 hearty travelers from Texas, Florida, Maine, New York, Idaho, Mexico and even France found the gold they had hoped for at [...]