The Polar Bear - Cochrane (Ontario) Canada
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oiseau_ca
N 49° 03.525 W 081° 01.757
17U E 497860 N 5433987
a sculpture of a polar bear named Chimo located in the town of Cochrane (Ontario) Canada
Waymark Code: WMM9J6
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 08/17/2014
Views: 7
This polar bear statue is located in the town of the Cochrane, the starting point of the Polar Bear Express. This train goes from Cochrane to Moosonee, the northenmost town of the Ontario.
Cochrane is a town in northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is located east of Kapuskasing, northeast of Timmins, south of Moosonee, and north of Iroquois Falls. It is about a one-hour drive from Timmins, the major city of the region. It is the seat of Cochrane District. The town's population is made up of approximately half anglophone and half francophone residents.
The town contains many references to polar bears. Its mascot is a large polar bear statue known as Chimo. There are also live polar bears at the Polar Bear Conservation and Educational Habitat and Heritage Village, which opened in the summer of 2004. Polar bears from the Metro Toronto Zoo were relocated to Cochrane while a new pavilion was being constructed. Those two polar bears were returned to the Toronto Zoo in the summer of 2009. As of June 2012, there is one bear in residence at the Polar Bear Habitat, Ganuk.
Price of Admission: 0.00 (listed in local currency)
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