Tour touting Hudson Bay ‘Stonehenge’ site disregards cultural, ecological importance, critics say – CBC
Aug 01, 2024
Churchill-based Lazy Bear Expeditions says its walking tours ‘highlight nature and culture’
A northern Manitoba tour advertising a trip to an ancient Inuit hunting camp is raising concerns that tourists’ presence there could damage an “irreplaceable” cultural and historical site, and the critical animal habitats around it.
The company behind the tour describes it as a “life-changing” adventure with access to Arctic animals in an “awe-inspiring northern wilderness largely untouched by human existence” and visits to what it calls “the Hudson Bay version of Stonehenge — ancient Inuit building remains and hunting grounds thousands of years old.”
Read More: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/hubbart-point-tourism-concerns-1.7280908
