 Polar Bear Capital of the World Churchill, Manitoba is called the "polar bear capital of the world". There are about 15,000 polar bears in northern Canada, and 1,200 or so of them pass by or through this town in the fall (September to November). The town is located where the Churchill River flows into the Hudson Bay, and the bears gather there, waiting for the ice to freeze so they can start hunting for seals - and get their first good meal in months!
If the jail gets full, pesky bears are trapped - then flown out of town by helicopter and released where they won't cause trouble.
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