Rockwood Manitoba, OT

[Rodney Bullock]

I was looking at the Olympic last night and they did a special on Manitoba. They were saying that the polar bears come over the frozen water and kind of have a vacation. They showed alot of your area. The talked about a town called "Churchhill" are you close to that city? I am very interested in your Province. I am very interested in Canada period because of the link my family has with the country. Would you share some of this with us Fred:)thanks.

[55 Fargo]

I was looking at the Olympic last night and they did a special on Manitoba. They were saying that the polar bears come over the frozen water and kind of have a vacation. They showed alot of your area. The talked about a town called "Churchhill" are you close to that city? I am very interested in your Province. I am very interested in Canada period because of the link my family has with the country. Would you share some of this with us Fred:)thanks.

Hi Rodney, Churchill is 850 mile to the north of where I sit now, in the sub-arctic region of this province, thank God for that. Winnipeg and area is in the very southern part of the province, in the temperate zone, much like Minneapolis, Chicago, summer is hot here, but winters can be nasty at times, this winter wasn't too bad, not as much snow,wind, or extreme temps like -20 to -40 farentheit temps.

Now Pat S is going to chime in and talk about his 1972 experience here,LOL, but Calagary enjoys Chinooks( warm pacific air) and milder temps in winter, but we have much warmer, longer summer than Calgary.

I will post some pics of my home town Winnipeg Manitoba.

PS our former Premier(Governor), is now the Canadian Ambassador in Washington DC, drop in and say hi to him his Name Is Gary Doer

Edited February 16, 2010 by Rockwood

[55 Fargo]

Here you go Rodney, a website that deatails tundra buggy tours of Churchill and it's Polar Bears, they even have a Polar Bear Jail, for wayward Bears.

You cannot driveall the way to Chruchill, the furthest north you can drice is about Thompson, then the rest by train or you can fly in from Winnipeg Or Thompson.

Here is a link for you http://www.tundrabuggy.com/

[Rodney Bullock]

Fred, thank you. very interesting stuff. That buggy is out of this world. could there be a 440 powering that thing:)

[55 Fargo]

Fred, thank you. very interesting stuff. That buggy is out of this world. could there be a 440 powering that thing:)

Rodney this day and age, no doubt would be Detroit or Cummings powered, years back a Chrysler flat head 6 with all it's low rpm torque.......Fred