Named like a "Lord of the Rings" character, this Canadian town in Manitoba is a lakefront escape serving up seafood, art, and ...

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If you liked this story, share it with other people. Indigenous residents of Churchill in Canada’s Manitoba province have coexisted with polar bears for thousands of years, emphasizing respect ...

Churchill’s Northern Lights Because of the far north and isolated location of Churchill, Manitoba, it has become known as a great spot to see the northern lights, also known as aurora borealis.

If you want to see polar bears, the best place to go is the Polar Bear Capital of the World, of course! This polar bear hotspot is located in Churchill, Manitoba, in Canada.

Churchill is known as the polar bear capital of the world. Every year, the Hudson Bay - on the western edge of which the town is perched - thaws, and forces the bears on shore.

There are about 600 polar bears in this Western Hudson Bay population, about half what it was 40 years ago, but that’s still close to one bear for every resident of Churchill.

A polar bear chills out near Churchill this fall. In terms of animal behaviour, it is worth noting polar bears are very rarely aggressive as an instinctual behaviour.

Visitors eager to see polar bears saved the town from shrinking out of existence when a military base closed in the 1970s, dropping the population from a few thousand to about 870.

A polar bear cub walks along rocks toward its mother on Aug. 7 near Churchill, Man. The bears bring millions of dollars into the economy by attracting visitors eager to see them.