Wapusk (Cree for ‘white bear’) is a national park east of Churchill MB on the shore of Hudson Bay. The park is a remote sub-arctic wilderness and access is difficult - there is no road for the last 12 km to the park. At end of season, the buggy tours used to move to Cape Churchill (inside the park), but lack of bears has cancelled it. If foxes are your thing, the area is crawling with them - I opened the door to the hotel one night and a big ol’ red fox went strolling on by.
There’s a lot of colour around the town of Churchill.
Just west of town (across the Churchill river) is Prince of Wales Fort which dates back to 1719. In 1782 it was manned by 39 men when 3 French warships arrived and so fort governor Samuel Hearne surrendered immediately - in 1783 it was given back. The fort is in the background across the mouth of the Churchill river - the shot was taken from Cape Merry Battery just outside Churchill.
