Editing Hudson Bay (section)

=== Port ===
{{Main|Port of Churchill}}
The biggest port in the Hudson bay is the city of Churchill, which lies on the river with the same name, Churchill River. The Port of Churchill is a privately owned [[port]] on Hudson Bay in [[Churchill, Manitoba]], Canada. Routes from the port connect to the [[Atlantic#North Atlantic|North Atlantic]] through the [[Hudson Strait]]. As of 2008, the port had four deep-sea berths capable of handling [[Panamax]]-size vessels for the loading and unloading of grain, bulk commodities, general cargo, and tanker vessels. The port is connected to the [[Hudson Bay Railway (1997)|Hudson Bay Railway]], which shares the same parent company, and cargo connections are made with the [[Canadian National Railway]] system at HBR's southern terminus in [[The Pas]]. It is the only port of its size and scope in Canada that does not connect directly to the country's road system; all goods shipped overland to and from the port must travel by rail.

The port was originally owned by the [[Government of Canada]] but was sold in 1997 to the American company [[OmniTRAX]] to run privately. In December 2015, OmniTRAX announced it was negotiating a sale of the port, and the associated Hudson Bay Railway, to a group of [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]] based in northern Manitoba.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/omnitrax-sells-churchill-first-nations-1.3371553|title=OmniTrax sells Port of Churchill, Hudson Bay rail line to First Nations group|date=19 December 2015|publisher=CBC News|access-date=28 January 2020}}</ref><ref name=portchur>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/business/2016/07/28/port-of-churchill-shut-down-after-being-refused-bailout-premier-suggests.html |title=Port of Churchill shut down after being refused bailout, premier suggests |newspaper=Toronto Star |date=28 July 2016 |access-date=28 January 2020}}</ref> With no sale finalized by July 2016, OmniTRAX shut down the port and the major railroad freight operations in August 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/abondoned-churchill/|title=How Ottawa abandoned Churchill, our only Arctic port|website=Maclean's|date=18 August 2016 |access-date=28 January 2020}}</ref> The railway continued to carry cargo to supply the town of Churchill itself until the line was damaged by flooding on 23 May 2017. The Port and the Hudson Bay Railway were sold to [[Arctic Gateway Group]]—a consortium of First Nations, local governments, and corporate investors—in 2018.<ref name=CBCKavanagh/> On 9 July 2019, ships resupplying Arctic communities began stopping at the port for additional cargo,<ref name=thomcit/> and the port began shipping grain again on 7 September 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.grainews.ca/daily/grain-leaves-churchill-for-first-time-in-four-years/|title=Grain leaves Churchill for first time in four years|website=Grainews|date=9 September 2019|access-date=28 January 2020}}</ref>