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There are no roads to Churchill (map), but the town of 1,000 is well served by a railway built in the 1920s to link prairie wheat fields with Hudson Bay, a former military airport and a booming seaport. The lack of road access doesn't stop visitors, however, and the town's population often doubles during bear season.

Churchill is the northernmost stop on the Hudson Bay Railway line, constructed over permafrost and muskeg and completed in 1929. The 1,700-kilometre, two-night train ride from Winnipeg is the first indication for many southern visitors of the remoteness of their destination.

The airport was built in 1942 as part of a military base and as a result, it can handle even the largest jets. Two airlines serve the town, linking it easily to Winnipeg and points beyond. The Port of Churchill, however, does not handle passenger traffic, but is the hub for shipments of fuel and consumer goods to central Nunavut.

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