Aurora Borealis Intense Tonight
Multitudes of people travel to Churchill each year to try and glimpse the magical aurora borealis in the arctic sky. Weather often determines viewing success for these travelers and for that reason deep Winter is the optimal time to see the phenomenon. Cloudy skies in...
Beluga’s Concentrated in Churchill River
Following a 48 hour train -ride from Winnipeg, Natural Habitat guide Sue Zajac and her 15 travellers pulled into the Churchill train depot to find beautiful 80F temperatures and clear skies. Quite the change from the group's side-trip off the train to the...
Churchill Summer Off and Running
Summer in Churchill has officially begun as a group of travelers from Natural Habitat Adventures led by Guide Sue Zajac waded into the Hudson Bay off the beach behind the town complex just in the shadows of the giant stone inukshuk. The "water is warm" reports Sue as...
Bonnie’s Churchill Report
June in Churchill is for the birds.....and bird watchers of course. Wildlife guide and ornithologist Bonnie Chartier wrote the book on the birds of Churchill..seriously...she really did. The Birds of Churchill, currently out of print, was a collective of Bonnie's...
End of The Hudson Bay Line?
As the canadian government contemplates the future of the canadian Wheat Board (CWB) and thus the future of the port of Churchill, another icon of the Northern frontier is at risk as well. In earlier reports I reported the attempts of the conservative goverment to...
Churchill Infrastructure at Serious Risk
Churchill could possibly lose its' economic bread and butter soon. The Canadian federal government seemingly is deciding to eliminate the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) as the restrictive structural decision making body for the Canadian wheat farmers. The current monopoly...
Spring Is For Breakups…Ice That Is.
Spring fever in the North brings renewed hope, happiness, and ...um breakups! With the temperatures climbing above the freezing mark, many Northern regions experience the breakup phenomena. This usually occurs in a major river system but can also relate to a larger...
Churchill Snow and Photographers
The recent snow storm in Churchill has subsided and left a wintery veil over the imminent Spring weather seeping into the region. The snow storm was a reminder that Winter will not leave without a fight this June. Calm Air flights were delayed many hours (unusual?) as...
A Bucket of Water
On may 21st a group of Anishnawbe women, and men came through Churchill to fill a sacred bucket with water from the Hudson bay. The bucket was filled on the beach across from "Miss Piggy", the infamous airplane wreck nestled into the granitoid rocks and willows up the...
A Look Back at New Mexico
It's been a couple of weeks now since I returned home to Colorado from a trip South to Albuquerque New Mexico with Dene elder Caroline Bjorklund from Churchill, MB. The trip was inspiring to me and a lifelong dream fulfilled for Caroline. The highlight and...
The Town of Churchill
The Town of Churchill