The Arctic

[Colin Parkinson]

Further to the Railway, good progress

Record-Breaking Construction Progress for Hudson Bay Railway and Port of Churchill in 2024 — Arctic Gateway Group

RECORD-BREAKING CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS FOR HUDSON BAY RAILWAY AND PORT OF CHURCHILL IN 2024

www.arcticgateway.com

 

[daftandbarmy]

No, you can see the old ROW to Port Nelson and it goes all the way, this one is much further North and is only about 11.8km long. Might have been to access material from a quarry/borrow pit?

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I like how that photo makes the land look like a huge sponge... which it is, of course

 

[lenaitch]

No, you can see the old ROW to Port Nelson and it goes all the way, this one is much further North and is only about 11.8km long. Might have been to access material from a quarry/borrow pit?

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Got it. Yes, probably to a wayside pit. I can make out the remains of a small yard at the end. The Hudson's Bay Lowlands are dotted with eskers which are natrually occuring glacial deposits of sand and gravel.

 

[Czech_pivo]

Further to the Railway, good progress

Record-Breaking Construction Progress for Hudson Bay Railway and Port of Churchill in 2024 — Arctic Gateway Group

RECORD-BREAKING CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS FOR HUDSON BAY RAILWAY AND PORT OF CHURCHILL IN 2024

www.arcticgateway.com

Would be good to see the 2025 report and compare the numbers between the 2 yrs.

 

[The Bread Guy]

Nanisivik Naval Facility: From this (late October 2025, via RCN Pacific info-machine - also archived here) ...

.... to this (Globe & Mail this week)

More at Globe (archived) link.

More back story (with the usual Wikipedia caveats) here:

Nanisivik Naval Facility - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[daftandbarmy]

Nanisivik Naval Facility: From this (late October 2025, via RCN Pacific info-machine - also archived here) ...
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.... to this (Globe & Mail this week)
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More at Globe (archived) link.

More back story (with the usual Wikipedia caveats) here:

Nanisivik Naval Facility - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The former Premier sounds off....

I'm with him on the 'no more isolated outposts' thing...

 

[The Bread Guy]

The info-machine on winding down Nanisivik - or, in info-speak, "transitioning it out of operational use" (also archived here).

Department of National Defence to transition Nanisivik Naval Facility out of operational use - Canada.ca

The Department of National Defence (DND) has begun the process of transitioning the Nanisivik Naval Facility site out of operational use after changes in operational needs and facility viability.

www.canada.ca

 

[Humphrey Bogart]

Baffinland is $1B in debt, lacks liquidity to buy fuel for this season’s sealift

Newspaper of record for Nunavut, and the Nunavik territory of Quebec

nunatsiaq.com

Govt didn't approve the expansion after the Company spent $1.5 billion on it. Now said Company is $1 billion in debt and can't pay its creditors . It only contributes 25% of Nunavut's GDP.

Chinese are going to come in and buy this for pennies on the dollar!

 

[childs56]

Baffinland is $1B in debt, lacks liquidity to buy fuel for this season’s sealift

Newspaper of record for Nunavut, and the Nunavik territory of Quebec

nunatsiaq.com

Govt didn't approve the expansion after the Company spent $1.5 billion on it. Now said Company is $1 billion in debt and can't pay its creditors . It only contributes 25% of Nunavut's GDP.

Chinese are going to come in and buy this for pennies on the dollar!

Sound like a Transmountain pipeline deal to me.
Tentatively approved, waiting for final approval. Company spends the money to start project. Then bam sorry not approved, sorry.
How long until the government steps in to buy the infrastructure?

 

[YZT580]

Baffinland is $1B in debt, lacks liquidity to buy fuel for this season’s sealift

Newspaper of record for Nunavut, and the Nunavik territory of Quebec

nunatsiaq.com

Govt didn't approve the expansion after the Company spent $1.5 billion on it. Now said Company is $1 billion in debt and can't pay its creditors . It only contributes 25% of Nunavut's GDP.

Chinese are going to come in and buy this for pennies on the dollar!

1/90th of the HSR good for the economy of Nunavit but doesn't pass the indigenous test. Can see both sides of this sort of but I can also envision the same outcome for any developments involving first nations/Eby with the BC bunch. So tell me again why the pipeline people are going to jump at the chance to gamble a billion on a new development. I may be totally out of touch but if by investment councilor were to propose this to me I would be looking for a new councilor.