Wapusk National Park (Manitoba)
The Polar Bear Nursery
One of the world's largest polar-bear denning areas on Hudson Bay.
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Why Wapusk National Park (Manitoba).
One of the largest polar-bear maternity-den areas.
See mothers and cubs emerge in spring.
Vast subarctic tundra and muskeg.
Birdlife, caribou, and remote wilderness.
A rare, specialized polar-bear experience.
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Wapusk — 'white bear' in Cree — protects one of the world's largest polar-bear denning areas on Hudson Bay, where mothers raise cubs before leading them to the sea. A specialized, guided wilderness near Churchill, deep in subarctic tundra.
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Wapusk National Park (Manitoba)
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Reviewed: 2026-06-06
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