Historic Sites of Manitoba: Abandoned Manitoba Summer Edition - Churchill
Here are ten historic sites to see when visiting Churchill. Click on the photos for more information about each site.
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Prince of Wales Fort
This stone fortress at the mouth of the Churchill River was built over 40 years, from 1731 to 1771.
Miss Piggy
This Curtiss C-46 “Commando” twin-prop cargo aircraft crashed at 9:30 AM on 13 November 1979 as it attempted to return to the Churchill airport shortly after takeoff.
MV Ithaca
This shipwreck sits just outside Bird Cove, 12 miles east of Churchill, high and dry when the tide is low and completely surrounded by water at high tide.
Dene Village
A village about two miles southeast of Churchill was established around 1967 by the Department of Indian Affairs for the Fort Churchill Indian Band, known today as the Sayisi Dene First Nation.
Churchill Rocket Range
Built between 1956 and 1957, this site hosted an active rocket-launching program for 25 years.
Wildlife Research Centre
In 1980, this large building hosted a notorious experiment in which two polar bears died.
HMCS Churchill
A T-shaped, metal-clad, two-storey building, about two miles southeast of Churchill, is a Cold War surveillance station established in late 1950 by the Royal Canadian Navy.
Churchill Grain Terminal
When this elevator was completed in 1932, the 2,500,000-bushel elevator was the second-largest of its kind in the world.
Port Staff House
This three-storey, concrete block building on a hill overlooking the grain terminal was used originally to accommodate management staff of the port and elevator.
Golf Balls
This building housed a radar station in 1960s.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Abandoned Manitoba
Sources:
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 14 July 2018
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