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Key facts
- Country
- Canada
- Province
- Manitoba
- Region
- Northern
- Type
- Town Council
- Mayor
- Michael Spence
- Mp
- Rebecca Chartrand
- Mla
- Eric Redhead
- Land
- 50.83 km (19.63 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 0 m (0 ft)
- Highest elevation
- 29 m (94 ft)
- Lowest elevation
- 0 m (0 ft)
- Density
- 17.1/km (44/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC−06:00 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−05:00 (CDT)
- Postal code
- R0B 0E0
- Area codes
- 204, 431
- Website
- churchill .ca
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Encyclopedic overview
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 was named after John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough and governor of the Hudson's Bay Company from 1685 to 1691. It is well known 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.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Churchill” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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