Fairbanks
----- Original Message ----- From: "Deborah Duran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 10:59 PM Subject: RE: [VFB] RE: Polar Bear Capital > I couldn't remember the name of the town.... The name doesn't sound > familiar but you might be right. They had a lot of polar bears! > Thanks Neville! > Deb > > www.uftri.org > www.linesend.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Neville Gosling > Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 10:50 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [VFB] RE: Polar Bear Capital > > Deb: > > I think you may be referring to Churchill Manitoba. It is the polar bear > capital of Canada if not the world. > > Churchill is a town on the shore of Hudson Bay in Manitoba, Canada, situated > at 58°43′30″N, 94°07′00″W. The small community stands at the juncture > of two eco regions: the boreal forest to the south, and the Arctic tundra to > the north. It had a population of 963 in the 2001 Census. > > It is most famous 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" that has helped its growing tourism industry. > > Canada's only main port on the Arctic Sea, Churchill is linked to the rest > of the country only by the Hudson Bay Railway. > > Great hair for steelhead flies! > > Neville > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Deborah Duran > Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 7:36 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [VFB] Re: Coyotes in Rhode Island ???? > > Wow! Where does your daughter live? That story reminds me of the town in > Alaska that has big problems with Polar bears. They can't even send their > kids out trick or treating without a police escort. They have a Polar bear > jail for problem bears where they can lock them up until the water freezes > over again and then they release them so they will return to the ice. > Talk about some grumpy bears. I think I'd have to take a pass on that fly > tying material. > Regards, > Deb > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/428 - Release Date: 8/25/2006 > >
