Port of Churchill Manitoba

[bomberjet]

20%? Mostly younger males. How embarrassing. I thought they were patriots of Canada and defending us from the traitor Trudeau? Now they want to be American? Because we know these are the same people who drove their shitty trucks to Ottawa a couple years ago.

[Stormer]

The nightmare for SK would be if we were forced to join the U.S. because Canada collapsed or Trump invaded or whatever, but in order to become a state we had to amalgamate with Manitoba, LOL.

[pspeid]

In my experience there's few people in Canada as similar in temperament and general world view to Trump/MAGA as people I've met in southern Saskatchewan and southern Alberta, so it doesn't really surprise me those areas where loyalty to Canada seems weakest. They seem to live in a bubble of fallacy and conspiracies, utterly convinced of their own version of reality while ardently ridiculing alternate views. I've had conversations that veered from talking about the most mundane topics you can imagine into sputtering outrage against Trudeau, the Liberals, the East and any other perceived grievance they've meditated on.

[James Bond Agent 007]

They should make Churchill look like this.

[Hecate]

All that is needed to make churchill boom is a road. It’s prime location for northern coastal tourism. From boat tours and cruises to resorts with outdoor heated pools and all that jazz. A road would dramatically reduce costs and make it an affordable international tourist destination.

[Hecate]

Originally Posted by James Bond Agent 007

They should make Churchill look like this.

Agreed. That would be awesome.

[Nite]

Originally Posted by Hecate

All that is needed to make churchill boom is a road. It’s prime location for northern coastal tourism. From boat tours and cruises to resorts with outdoor heated pools and all that jazz. A road would dramatically reduce costs and make it an affordable international tourist destination.

It has a train which is more cost effective form of transport than road transport.
I can't see prices falling with a road.

[Hecate]

Originally Posted by Nite

It has a train which is more cost effective form of transport than road transport.
I can't see prices falling with a road.

The average train ticket is three hundred bucks. Average flight… over a thousand. The time it takes the train to go the short distance is about 16 hours. A proper road would shorten that time by hours make transporting goods cheaper, helping make churchill a northern distribution hub to Nunavut and the nwt. Helping lower costs for those communities. Churchill could also be a northern healthcare hub for the territories too who often come to winnipeg for treatments. We could create an indigenous and Inuit health authority to help cater the centre to their peoples needs. It should be a larger centre for research and education. Churchill is nothing but opportunity for this province and this country and we are squandering it.

[James Bond Agent 007]

I was just reading this about the mineral deposits of the Canadian shield and basically it sounds like Canada could be the world's foremost mineral repository. Apparently there's even a ton of deposits that have just recently been discovered and have yet to be exploited. Maybe they could do something like have Churchill have a port for oil and LNG exports and Fort Nelson a port for mineral exports, or something like that.

[BlackDog204]

Originally Posted by Hecate

All that is needed to make churchill boom is a road. It’s prime location for northern coastal tourism. From boat tours and cruises to resorts with outdoor heated pools and all that jazz. A road would dramatically reduce costs and make it an affordable international tourist destination.

I've never understood why they failed to extend the road that ends past Gilliam to Churchill. Then again, they can always re-establish York Factory, which is much closer.

[bodaggin]

Originally Posted by BlackDog204

I've never understood why they failed to extend the road that ends past Gilliam to Churchill. Then again, they can always re-establish York Factory, which is much closer.

Ya man. The more we discuss through this, the more Port Nelson becomes the best option. Closer, further south, beside power, easier road build.

300km of road over permafrost to Churchill ain't easy.

I'm officially declaring myself: Team Port Nelson.

[bomberjet]

The train to Churchill sucks ass. Many more people would go to Churchill if you could drive a car there. Most people don't drive to Thompson right now because its a dump and there's nothing going on. If you could drive to see polar bears, whales, the tundra, etc. It would draw more people, like me. It would also provide Churchill with year round access to goods.

A road to the coast at Port Nelson would also be a tourist draw IMO. It is a beautiful landscape up there. The Nelson is a large river and the high river banks make for some stunning vistas.

Either option needs government support.

[bodaggin]

Biggest thing gov needs to do is promote, and make regulation lightning fast. I mean LIGHTNING fast.

Wab is literally in the same room as Smith right now, he could be selling this corridor for their pipelines. Clearly he isn't. That's bad. Albertan's think Manitobans are sub-human people. They don't understand the value of HudBay. So that needs to be marketed. To Smith. To AB companies. To AB people. Wab needs to take the lead and do that. We each have a role as citizens too, to bust the HudBay narrative mainstream.

When the private sector commits, capital is infused, the area booms. Minimal gov dollars needed.

Wab needs to put that smile to work and be a salesman. Sell MB to these orgs. Meet with their C-Suiters. Fly them around the area and show them the site. AI, pipelines, LNG, shippers, manufacturers. Convince them to build here and put MB on their maps.

[drew]

You can drive up to Thompson and then catch the train from there. Saves a lot of time and cost IIRC.

I just did the trip planner and it saves more than a day on the train each way, and depending on if you want a sleeper car, thousands of dollars.

[cllew]

Train time also depends on track bed quality. Omnitrax did the bare minimum required to keep the trains moving and there were many slow order sections from what I have read.

Hudson Bay Railway under the Arctic Gateway Group from their last news release has been doing a few KM of track maintenance each improving the train speeds.

In 2024 they improved the speeds on average by 10% reducing the travel time to Churchill by 3 hours from Thompson

[bomberjet]

The track upgrades will definitely help things. Previous days I tried to catch the train and it was unreliable so didnt end of going to Churchill. This was from Gillam where i was working at the time.

[Ozabald]

Originally Posted by Hecate

The average train ticket is three hundred bucks. Average flight… over a thousand. The time it takes the train to go the short distance is about 16 hours. A proper road would shorten that time by hours make transporting goods cheaper, helping make churchill a northern distribution hub to Nunavut and the nwt. Helping lower costs for those communities. Churchill could also be a northern healthcare hub for the territories too who often come to winnipeg for treatments. We could create an indigenous and Inuit health authority to help cater the centre to their peoples needs. It should be a larger centre for research and education. Churchill is nothing but opportunity for this province and this country and we are squandering it.

Edmonton already serves as the hub to the NWT for goods, healthcare, emergency evacuations, etc. The communities in the western part of Nunavut (ie: Rankin Inlet, etc.) may be a better fit for Churchill to support.

[bodaggin]

Originally Posted by cllew

In 2024 they improved the speeds on average by 10% reducing the travel time to Churchill by 3 hours from Thompson

If 3hr is 10%, that means Thompson to Churchill was 30hrs. That's HORRIBLE!

It's only 600km. So 20kph?

[drew]

Originally Posted by bodaggin

If 3hr is 10%, that means Thompson to Churchill was 30hrs. That's HORRIBLE!

It's only 600km. So 20kph?

The via website says the trip from Thompson to Churchill is 15 hours.

From Winnipeg to Churchill its 45 hours each way.

[bodaggin]

Boom!

Port Nelson attracts liquified natural gas developer
Published Feb 28, 2025

(Bit of a marketing article more than a fresh announcement. But good for awareness guys. Bravo. Moar of this! Port Nelson FTW).

https://winnipegsun.com/news/provincial/port-nelson-attracts-liquified-natural-gas-developer