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Churchill is a subarctic port town in northern Manitoba, Canada, on the west shore of Hudson Bay, roughly 140 km (87 mi) from the Manitoba–Nunavut border. 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" and to the benefit of its burgeoning tourism industry.
The Port of Churchill is a privately-owned port on Hudson Bay in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.Routes from the port connect to the North Atlantic through the Hudson Strait.As of 2008, the port had four deep-sea berths capable of handling Panamax-size vessels for the loading and unloading of grain, bulk commodities, general cargo, and tanker vessels.
An archaeological site with evidence of three distinct cultures: a bison kill and butchering pound circa 800 AD, a Duck Bay culture occupation about 1100–1350, and the first excavated evidence in Canada of the Williams culture from about 1600 Brookside Cemetery: 1878 2023 Winnipeg
York Factory was a settlement and Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) factory (trading post) on the southwestern shore of Hudson Bay in northeastern Manitoba, Canada, at the mouth of the Hayes River, approximately 200 kilometres (120 miles) south-southeast of Churchill.
Manitoba's traditional music has strong roots in Métis and Aboriginal culture. Manitoba is a center for the old-time fiddling of the Métis people. [16] In the early 1990s Inuit Susan Aglukark, born in Churchill, emerged as a nationally successful adult contemporary singer. [17] Manitoba also has strong classical and popular music traditions.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Manitou had a population of 812 living in 363 of its 379 total private dwellings, a change of -3.3% from its 2016 population of 840. With a land area of 3.38 km 2 (1.31 sq mi), it had a population density of 240.2/km 2 (622.2/sq mi) in 2021.
Sturgeon Bay Provincial Park is a provincial park on the western shore of Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba, Canada. [2] [1] The park is considered to be a Class Ib protected area under the IUCN protected area management categories. [2] It is 144.9 km 2 (55.9 sq mi) in size. [1] [2]
Sheguiandah is an archaeological site and National Historic Site of Canada.It is located on the northwestern shore of Manitoulin Island in Manitoulin District, Ontario.The site has remains from 9000 years of occupation, from the Paleo-Indian period through the Archaic period until the Middle Woodland period.