7 Wonders of Manitoba Episode 7: Churchill

✨ 7 Wonders of Manitoba Episode 7: Churchill ✨
While the shorelines of the Churchill River Estuary and Hudson Bay are always a sight to behold, the timing of your visit will determine what type of wonders you will see - polar bears, beluga whales, northern lights - or all of the above.
📍 Churchill is located on Treaty 5 territory.
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As we all stay home and stay safe, we wanted to share an incredible documentary series that features seven of Manitoba's most outstanding sites.
Each site was selected for its unique natural features, geological history or the wildlife that inhabits it. The series made us feel at ease and inspired for the year to come - we hope it does for you too!
Please continue to follow all government guidelines.

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  • @darodrigues4473
    @darodrigues44732 жыл бұрын

    I am originally from Brazil, lived in Winnipeg for a year and went on a trip to Churchill to see the Auroras. Unique experience! As a bonus, the extreme temperatures, the flagged-shaped trees, etc.. are just amazing. You clearly see how life tries to strive in such conditions. The entire experience brought a feeling of connection to nature that words can't describe well, one must simply experience it! Go visit Churchill

  • @cullyx2913

    @cullyx2913

    Жыл бұрын

    👍 ❤

  • @MehmudButt

    @MehmudButt

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi Da! can u share more about Auroras,Do one need to hire and tour oprators to see them and what is the best month to see Auroras?

  • @darodrigues4473

    @darodrigues4473

    Жыл бұрын

    @@MehmudButt when I was there in 2014 I talked to the hotel people, which talked to the people who organizes the trip. Everything is done fairly local, they got some sort of modified buses that will go outside the city where there is less light pollution. Best months are in winter because you have the least amount of sun light, yet brace yourself for temperatures as low as -40°C outside. People there are amazing and will make everything possible for your stay to be great. Other things you can do in Churchill is dogsled, there are museums, etc..lastly, if you want to see polar bears you should go in summer time though.

  • @carmenbrown3437

    @carmenbrown3437

    10 ай бұрын

    Now you know why Winnipeggers are so grumpy. The cold weather.

  • @Wildheartbeats

    @Wildheartbeats

    8 ай бұрын

    Was it difficult to book a cottage/ hotel? How much in advance did you have to reserve it and any recommendations+ tips? I'm planning this with me senior parents.

  • @davidflather1707
    @davidflather17073 жыл бұрын

    This video series was fantastic. Please make more videos like these. 👍

  • @arthurdlowry6025
    @arthurdlowry60253 жыл бұрын

    Churchill is a Manitoba MUST SEE! We were able to go by train from Thompson. We went in the last spring and were in Zodiacs with the Beluga whales. The zodiacs had underwater microphones so we were able to hear the Belugas. We spent the rest of the day exploring the community and eating. An event we will never forget.

  • @vladimirproshops

    @vladimirproshops

    8 ай бұрын

    Where did you guys park your cars

  • @jgibbles

    @jgibbles

    6 ай бұрын

    They took a train@@vladimirproshops

  • @juliavincent7433
    @juliavincent74333 жыл бұрын

    I spent the first 10 years of my life here. I've been back once and would go again

  • @carius007

    @carius007

    3 жыл бұрын

    Same, born there, family stayed until I was 6 and have been back twice. Very unique place. 👍

  • @billiam6071

    @billiam6071

    3 жыл бұрын

    Did u see polar bears

  • @evelynjanzen6610
    @evelynjanzen66103 жыл бұрын

    Would love to go back to this fantastic community.

  • @shirleydawn03
    @shirleydawn033 жыл бұрын

    The gift of a lifetime to live here. This place is stunning and inspiring

  • @debabrata98
    @debabrata983 жыл бұрын

    So much to see at Churchill, hope will visit this place after pandemic

  • @Weefee829
    @Weefee829 Жыл бұрын

    I use to live in Churchill for work. Amazing place to visit and see. So much history

  • @claravaz7817
    @claravaz78173 жыл бұрын

    Im writing a story where the town is based off Churchill. Fictional town in Northern Manitoba. My God is it beautiful up there.

  • @daniellysohirka4258

    @daniellysohirka4258

    Жыл бұрын

    Look up Flin Flon, Manitoba. It's named after a fictional story book charactor. That's where I live. The book is named " The Sunless City".

  • @cool5843

    @cool5843

    2 ай бұрын

    I want to read the story.

  • @jasonsearcy7388
    @jasonsearcy73883 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely loved this series of videos and I now have a few more places to put on my bucket list! Thank you. Please make more videos like this highlighting amazing places to visit in Manitoba!

  • @aldisgislason9017
    @aldisgislason90176 ай бұрын

    So beautiful! The Northern Lights is a sight to behold!

  • @serjkeshish7
    @serjkeshish73 жыл бұрын

    Wow beautiful wow

  • @pamwilliams1236
    @pamwilliams12363 жыл бұрын

    Great look at Churchill, can't wait to reschedule a cancelled trip to see it all!

  • @daveross3892
    @daveross38923 жыл бұрын

    I took the train to Churchill many years ago and was surprised to see a huge line of people waiting for the Liquor store to open. Yes really nice place.

  • @curtismoar6937
    @curtismoar6937 Жыл бұрын

    Goosebumps

  • @MrShumailJaved
    @MrShumailJaved3 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful documentary 👏

  • @7777shayna
    @7777shayna2 жыл бұрын

    This was just simple amazing… thank you.

  • @smcdonald1677
    @smcdonald16773 жыл бұрын

    This series is fantastic, thx you I had no Idea Manitoba was so beautiful

  • @alandyer910
    @alandyer9103 жыл бұрын

    I believe Aurora season is now the second biggest for tourist draw (at least before COVID) after Bear season. So contrary to the rather bleak picture the video presents, lots of people do choose to visit in the dead of winter! Or will again we hope, once travel opens up.

  • @NicolesProductions

    @NicolesProductions

    2 жыл бұрын

    I figured that people head up there, regardless.

  • @tristanhrominchuk8126
    @tristanhrominchuk81262 жыл бұрын

    Had the blessing of visiting Churchill, in fact, I worked here. Must see !

  • @tulasikrishna5371
    @tulasikrishna53713 жыл бұрын

    Must watch video.

  • @berthamuswagon1802
    @berthamuswagon18023 жыл бұрын

    Home for over 30 years..❤

  • @bradgearly
    @bradgearly3 жыл бұрын

    I'm a big polar bear fanatic.

  • @cullyx2913
    @cullyx2913 Жыл бұрын

    Excellent content

  • @michaelfisher6354
    @michaelfisher63543 жыл бұрын

    Interesting video series and I have visited Churchill a number of times and stayed out at the Rocket Range (Studies Centre). Minor suggestion - keep the music volume a bit lower so we can hear the excellent narrator.....

  • @johnburke1317
    @johnburke13172 жыл бұрын

    Very nice video

  • @warren52nz
    @warren52nz Жыл бұрын

    I lived there as an early teen teen from 1964-1967. Very nostalgic and as spectacular as it sounds. They didn't even mention the American presence. They had a rocket range nearby which was to "explore the aurora" but secretly they were watching out for nukes headed towards them from Russia and we found out later they also developed the technology for chaff, the aluminum chips fighter jets throw out behind them to confuse incoming, radar guided missiles. Nearby Fort Churchill also had the longest runway in North America so big bombers could land and take off from there. It was all hush hush.

  • @jacobmalin1338

    @jacobmalin1338

    Жыл бұрын

    I visited churchill last year since I used to work in Thompson and i wasnt expecting much from churchill since it was off season for bears and belugas and discovered how much history churchill has... especially how strategic churchill was for the dew line and all the studies on rocketery and communication that was done there.. too bad churchill has been abandonned since the 80s-90s. Althiught not too glorious in canadas history, seeing the ruins of the dene village was also neat...

  • @justvickthorne1912
    @justvickthorne1912 Жыл бұрын

    I lived in Fort Churchill in 1970 till 1971 May...went to Hearne Hall grade 8 there...my Mom was a Foster Mother...

  • @JoseMartins-nr3jv
    @JoseMartins-nr3jv2 ай бұрын

    Canada Manitoba Churchill 🇨🇦 And United Kingdom The isle of Man Peel 🇬🇧

  • @chuuaku2386
    @chuuaku23863 жыл бұрын

    Shoutout to anyone in Ms. Salisbury's class

  • @HardRockMiner
    @HardRockMiner3 жыл бұрын

    The top wonder is that anybody lives there at all.

  • @RD_204
    @RD_2043 жыл бұрын

    I wish it wasn't so expensive to go to Churchill.

  • @nomanejane5766
    @nomanejane5766 Жыл бұрын

    🖤

  • @MehmudButt
    @MehmudButt Жыл бұрын

    LOvely Video

  • @ollieromanow6818
    @ollieromanow6818 Жыл бұрын

    Lived in Churchill for 23 most enjoyable years and still miss the place

  • @AnnoyedAlligator-vf4be

    @AnnoyedAlligator-vf4be

    3 ай бұрын

    What years did you live there?

  • @ollieromanow6818

    @ollieromanow6818

    2 ай бұрын

    From March 1956 till Sept 1979

  • @TheDriller571
    @TheDriller5715 ай бұрын

    When the Northern Lights get lower they give off a sound from their energy that is created. The Older People used to say that if you whistled at them they would come down and chase you. A lot of the Indigenous people believed this and were scared of the Northern Lights.

  • @rogerkreil3314
    @rogerkreil3314 Жыл бұрын

    It might be nice to swim in now! 😀

  • @AnnoyedAlligator-vf4be
    @AnnoyedAlligator-vf4be3 ай бұрын

    I lived in ft Churchill and churçhillfrom march24 to april26 I'm now almost 60 I want to show my wife and adult soñ an daughter wherein was made a Sather

  • @khunopie9159
    @khunopie91593 жыл бұрын

    Now I know why it is called ManiSNOWba

  • @carmenbrown3437
    @carmenbrown343710 ай бұрын

    I saw only a fraction of THE NORTHERN LIGHTS from my backyard in Winnipeg in 1979. That was the last time.

  • @justvickthorne1912
    @justvickthorne1912 Жыл бұрын

    Would love to see drone footage of the Fort Churchill, we were in I row when J and K row of pmqs was starting to be closed...used to shop at the Commisary and go by bus to Town to shop at the Hudson Bay Store...

  • @XxxXxx-fm3wo
    @XxxXxx-fm3wo Жыл бұрын

    I likely never go...I been as far north to Lynn Lake, Manitoba.

  • @lmball
    @lmball Жыл бұрын

    Remind me of 21 yrs ago I was there for the Polar Bear, just unfortunately nothing can be seen but a few kilometres away……….

  • @franzkracher3189
    @franzkracher31893 жыл бұрын

    Nice film. Just wondering why they not mentioned the star fort nearby the town. Probably because nobody knows who built it........

  • @rogerkreil3314
    @rogerkreil3314 Жыл бұрын

    Minus 60 Celsius eh? I was in Yellowknife back in 2018 for a couple nights. It was in August. My taxi driver told me that it only gets down to minus 50 Celsius there. But for longer than it does in Red Deer, Alberta.

  • @FriendlyFlier
    @FriendlyFlier3 жыл бұрын

    Looks amazing but how long would you need to stay to see the borealis?

  • @h.calvert3165

    @h.calvert3165

    Жыл бұрын

    During the winter, it's on every night! Lived there for three years. 😲

  • @carmenbrown3437

    @carmenbrown3437

    10 ай бұрын

    Every day?

  • @castleconstantinopel116
    @castleconstantinopel1163 жыл бұрын

    Dream live in manitoba canada from indonesia

  • @carmenbrown3437

    @carmenbrown3437

    10 ай бұрын

    You need to experience -30 weather. Welcome to Manitoba. Cold. Colder than a Witches mouth. Colder than a witches heart. It's very cold.

  • @tguderyan33
    @tguderyan33 Жыл бұрын

    Wow, this video is spectacular. Can someone let me know what months specifically to view the Aurora lights, polar bears and beluga whales? I believe the whales are July - August?

  • @TravelManitoba

    @TravelManitoba

    Жыл бұрын

    July - August = Beluga whale season, and polar bears can be viewed but from further away usually lounging on the shorelines! October - November = Polar bear season February - March = Aurora season, but the northern lights can definitely be viewed year-round as long as the conditions are right!

  • @tguderyan33

    @tguderyan33

    Жыл бұрын

    @@TravelManitoba thank you so much! Is it true that we can only fly or take a train to Churchill or are we able to drive? We are from Alberta.

  • @TravelManitoba

    @TravelManitoba

    Жыл бұрын

    @@tguderyan33 Happy to help. Indeed it's true that there are no roads to Churchill!! You can either take the train from Winnipeg or drive to a northern community such as Thompson and take the train from there, for a shorter trip. The other option is to fly.

  • @peterpietrzak1253
    @peterpietrzak1253 Жыл бұрын

    They do ever get really cold up there in churchill?

  • @nolan4338
    @nolan43383 жыл бұрын

    If your main source of income in your city is polar bear sightings then I think thats a hint lol.

  • @terryuklaagak9645
    @terryuklaagak96452 жыл бұрын

    That dog in the beginning, her name is laika GD malamute

  • @ZimbaZumba
    @ZimbaZumba2 жыл бұрын

    What are the other 6 sites? I would visit Manitoba after watching this if I knew what the other 6 are. I can not find them.

  • @taramamchuk6639

    @taramamchuk6639

    2 жыл бұрын

    Look up "7 Wonders of Manitoba" and the other Travel Manitoba videos should come up.

  • @ZimbaZumba

    @ZimbaZumba

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@taramamchuk6639 Thank you, I did eventually find them (perhaps I should be less lazy :-) ). Manitoba is on our list for visiting this summer and fall. It is a wonderful province.

  • @Alaninbroomfield
    @Alaninbroomfield Жыл бұрын

    Is there a bar?

  • @JahBreed
    @JahBreed3 жыл бұрын

    Oh, Churchill! You mean the most major of the communities not considered important enough to be granted access to infrastructure by the Province of Manitoba? Another example of how Manitoba enjoys the benefits of Federal transfer payments without actually following its most important contingencies.....access to a guaranteed livelihood. If you are cut off from the rest of Canada but remain in isolated area's to maintain Canada's claim to the land, you are being denied your right to ease toward gaining and maintaining a livelihood which is one of our primary rights. Being offered the opportunity to move from your home to escape a lack of access is technically an illegal proposition for our Provincial Government to insist. Look it up. If our majority wants this quality of life then Manitoba should succede from Canada and pay people like me a settlement to cover departure back to our country of origin. Canada.

  • @johnysky6066
    @johnysky60663 жыл бұрын

    I prefer to stay in Southern California

  • @michaelfisher6354

    @michaelfisher6354

    3 жыл бұрын

    We prefer that too.

  • @maluorno

    @maluorno

    3 жыл бұрын

    be a man! Experience life in a freezer for a few days like your ancestors

  • @Turtlefarm
    @Turtlefarm5 ай бұрын

    I feel bad for the crows and ravens up there…