The Winnipeg–Churchill train (formerly known as the Hudson Bay and, before that, Northern Spirits ) is a twice weekly passenger train operated by Via Rail between Winnipeg and Churchill, Manitoba . It is the only dry-land connection between Churchill and the rest of Canada .
8-689: Deer River may refer to a water body or a community: Canada [ edit ] Deer River (Manitoba) , a tributary of the Dog River United Kingdom [ edit ] River Deer , a tributary of the River Tamar in Cornwall United States [ edit ] Deer River (Michigan) , a stream in Iron County Deer River, Minnesota ,
16-897: A city and a stream in Itasca County Deer River (Mississippi River) , a river of Minnesota Deer River (New Hampshire) , a tributary of Ossipee Lake Deer River (Black River) , a tributary of the Black River (New York) An unincorporated community in Lewis County, New York , named after the stream Deer River (St. Regis River) , a tributary of the St. Regis River in New York Other [ edit ] Red Deer River Forked Deer River See also [ edit ] Deer (disambiguation) Deer Creek (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
24-634: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Deer River (Manitoba) The Deer River is a river in Census division 23 in Northern Manitoba , Canada . It is in the Hudson Bay drainage basin and is a right tributary of the Dog River . The Deer River begins at an unnamed lake, just 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) east of
32-694: The Churchill River and flows east, through the Deer Lakes, and continues east, reaching a maximum separation with the Churchill River of about 70 kilometres (43 mi). It then turns north, and is roughly paralleled for the rest of its course by the Hudson Bay Railway ; it passes closest to the railway points on the line (each with a flag stop railway station) of M'Clintock, Chesnaye and Lamprey . The river reaches its mouth at
40-509: The Dog River , just upstream of that river's mouth at the Churchill River. The Churchill River flows to Hudson Bay. Lamprey, Manitoba The service, which runs through Manitoba and Saskatchewan, travels on the Canadian National Railway line north to The Pas , where it transfers to the Hudson Bay Railway , passing through Wabowden, Manitoba , with a spur from Sipiwesk to Thompson , and Gillam on its way to
48-667: The Port of Churchill on Hudson Bay . The northbound train leaves Winnipeg at 12:05 on Tuesdays and Sundays and is scheduled to arrive in Churchill two days later at 09:00. The southbound service departs Churchill at 19:30 on Thursday and Saturday evenings and reaches Winnipeg at 16:45 two days later. An additional weekly service operates in each direction between The Pas (departure at 02:30 on Fridays) and Churchill (departure at 19:30 on Tuesdays). The trip takes approximately 45 hours each way. An unnamed mixed passenger train connecting with
56-621: The Winnipeg–Churchill train at The Pas previously served Lynn Lake , but this service was truncated to Pukatawagan in 2003 by the then track owners OmniTRAX citing a loss in freight traffic making the service unprofitable. Via still operates twice weekly service from The Pas to Pukatawagan on behalf of the Keewatin Railway which now owns the Sherridon Subdivision. Service between Gillam and Churchill
64-416: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Deer River . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Deer_River&oldid=851208036 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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