Chuchill Manitoba: Grain Elevator

Poised at the mouth of the Churchill River in northern Manitoba are Churchill and this huge grain elevator.

In the foreground one can also see the backs of beluga whales, living in the mouth of the river by the thousands, feeding and raising calves.

A rail line that originates in Winnipeg and winds out into Saskatchewan brings grains from interior midwestern Canada to this northern subarctic port, from which they are shipped to Europe.

When the train line was severely damaged three years ago, it looked for a while as though it would not be rebuilt. This would have been disastrous for Churchill and the people who live there as well as for the hundreds of farmers who grow and ship grain.

Ultimately cooler heads prevailed.