Looking for some ports on Hudson Bay in USA.

lillemike · Last edited by lillemike on Wed Jun 03, 2009 1:58 pm; edited 1 time in total

Looking for some ports in Hudson Bay in Canada.
Where can i find ports on hudson bay?

Sparky · Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 9:02 pm Post subject:

As far as I know there is no US shoreline to the Hudson Bay, this piece of water belongs totally to Canada.

Wikipedia reads:
"The Hudson Bay is navigable, but of minor importance" ... "The only Arctic, deep water port in Canada is located at Churchill, Manitoba".

Churchill has a population of about 930 Shocked

Regards Sparky

lillemike · Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 1:55 pm Post subject: Churchill port

I belive someone had made the port of Churchill in Canada.But i cant find it any longer.
Can some one make a port in murmansk,russia??

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MurmanskHarbour.jpg

Sparky · Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 3:09 pm Post subject:

I made Murmansk and it is sleeping in my file storage for better times.
With the current poc version you cannot reach ports north of a certain latitude (don't remember the exact figure), but certainly Murmansk is too far north.
There was a discussion about this matter long time ago in this forum. Try searching ....

Regards Sparky

just checked my files:
There is another reason why I stopped trying to put this port into the game. Murmansk was military area up to 1991, prohibited zone for foreign trader.

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lillemike · Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 7:34 pm Post subject:

Pipit · Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 6:55 pm Post subject:

Regarding Churchill, it is a seasonal port (mid-June to early November) with it being iced over the rest of the year. It is really an export only port with only wheat being internationally shipped from it. The port does serve as an important supply port for communities in northern Canada. It has a capacity for 4 decent sized bulk cargo ships to load wheat and one more for offloading cargo (maybe once or twice a year someone orders fertilizer through the port).

I spent several months working at the port in Churchill loading cargo barges for shipping mining and other supplies up north.

Honestly speaking, unless you really wish to bend reality, it is not really a viable port and beyond a curiosity shouldn't be put in the game. (much like Port Alfred, Quebec and Stanley, Falkland Islands, shouldn't be in the game-- why would a a place with 3000 people want 550000 tons of electronics?!?)

anyways, for those interested, there are photos of Churchill here: http://web.mac.com/pipit/Main/My_Albums/Pages/Churchill.html

Enjoy....

Sparky · Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 9:28 pm Post subject:

Hi Pipit,

could you check your page please. I cannot start any of your photo series, 'play slideshow' won't work.

Regards Sparky

Pipit · Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 11:16 pm Post subject:

Hmmm.... it is opening fine for me, both on my computer and my brother's...

Try http://web.mac.com/pipit/Main/My_Albums/My_Albums.html and click on the album. If worse comes to worse, I'll load them up on another page.

Sparky · Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 2:35 pm Post subject:

Thunderbird failure (v 3.5.7)
no problems with Opera and IE
Thunderbird does not recognize the links on your page, hence I cannot click them - bad bad mac ? Shocked

nice pictures and comments - but it's a part of the world where I would not like to live ...

Regards Sparky

Pipit · Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 11:49 pm Post subject:

It is not that lovely of a place (though it is, during tourist season, a rather active and social place). Cold in the winter (think -40s without wind).