Churchill River

Churchill River, of Canada, rises between the north branch of the Saskatchewan and the Athabasca, under 55° N. lat., and flows generally NE. through a series of lakes, first as the Beaver, then as the Missinnippi, and finally as the Churchill or English River, to Hudson Bay, which it enters near Fort Churchill, after a course of nearly 1000 miles. There is plenty of traffic during summer by canoes, which are conveyed by land portage past the largest of the stream's many rapids. The natural advantages of Churchill harbour have caused it to be regarded as a possible terminus for the railway from Winnipeg, and the starting-point of the direct sea route to England by Hudson Bay and Hudson Strait.