Re: Canadian geography

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Date sent:      	Sat, 06 Jan 2001 11:15:34 -0800
From:           	Eugene Coyle <eugenecoyle@xxxxxxx>
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Subject:        	[PEN-L:6678] Canadian geography

> A question about Canadian geography and commerce.
>
> Is grain still shipped via Hudson Bay to Europe?

Yes.  After the privatization of the CNR which ran the Hudson Bay
Railway sold it to an American railway company which also took
over the elevators and the port at Churchill.  I don't know how much
grain is being shipped from there now though it is easy to find out.
>
> Is grain delivered to Hudson Bay by train?    To what port?
>
Yes, by train, to the port of Churchill at the mouth of the Churchill
River.

> Is it possible to drive to Churchill in Manitoba?

No.  Train or plane is the only way in or by boat in the very limited
shipping season.  If I remember rightly, it is only open around 2
months or 10 weeks of the year. Ken Hanly might know a little
more details.
>
>
> Gene Coyle
>
Paul
Paul Phillips,
Economics,
University of Manitoba

ps.  Tourism (Polar Bears in winter, Beluga whales in summer) is
becoming a bigger industry in Churchill now and is serviced by the
railway.