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Port of Churchill

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Port of Churchill

The Port of Churchill is a privately owned port on Hudson Bay in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Routes from the port connect to the North Atlantic through the Hudson Strait. As of 2008, the port had four deep-sea berths capable of handling Panamax-size vessels for the loading and unloading of grain, b

ulk commodities, general cargo, and tanker vessels. The port is the northern terminus of the Hudson Bay Railway, which shares the same parent company (Arctic Gateway Group), and cargo connections are made with the Canadian National Railway system at HBR's southern terminus in The Pas. It is the only port of its size and scope in Canada that does not connect directly to the country's road system; all goods shipped overland to and from the port must travel by rail. The port was built by the Government of Canada and remained under federal government ownership until its sale in 1997 to the American company OmniTRAX for $10. In December 2015, OmniTRAX announced it was negotiating a sale of the port, and the associated Hudson Bay Railway, to a group of First Nations based in northern Manitoba. With no sale finalized by July 2016, OmniTRAX shut down the port and major railroad freight operations...

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