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<div class="responsive-box__content"> <img data-fixed-width-format="" width="130" height="73" title="Railroad, train, tracks, Manitoba, Canada (Credit: Credit: Eliana Alvarez Martinez)" alt="Railroad, train, tracks, Manitoba, Canada (Credit: Credit: Eliana Alvarez Martinez)" class="responsive-box__content__inner" data-caption="Railroad tracks across a field in Manitoba, Canada (Credit: Eliana Alvarez Martinez)" data-caption-title="" data-lazy-load="true" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170805033813/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/59/rn/p059rnbd.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-landscape/> </div> </div> </div> <div class="caption-wrapper"> <div class="caption-lining"> <p class="caption-text caption-body">Railroad tracks across a field in Manitoba, Canada (Credit: Eliana Alvarez Martinez)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div 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src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170805033813im_/http://d5j6ar5kx5dg7.cloudfront.net/travel/bespoke/ambient-videos/manitoba/tracks/tracks.ogv" type="video/ogg"> </video> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap sg-slide-overlay-content-wrap" data-sg-slide-text> <div class="sg-slide-content clearfix" data-sg-slide-contents> <div class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-overlay-content"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining"> <div class="sg-slide-overlay-content-holder" id="slide-label-1"> <p>When fully operational, the VIA Rail passenger train traverses Manitoba, Canada, through the remote north, connecting Winnipeg, the province’s capital, to Churchill, a small community seated on the shores of the Hudson Bay.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="white" data-sg-slide-type="overlay-top-right" data-sg-slide-has-ambient-video aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-2"> <div 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data-landscape/> </div> </div> </div> <div class="caption-wrapper"> <div class="caption-lining"> <p class="caption-text caption-body">View of Manitoba, Canada, through the window of a VIA Rail train (Credit: Eliana Alvarez Martinez)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-background sg-slide-background-landscape" data-sg-full-height> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170805033813oe_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/59/rn/p059rncv.jpg" class="sg-slide-background-image" data-fixed-width-format="" data-lazy-load="true" data-background data-landscape></div> <video class="sg-ambient-video hidden" data-ambient-video loop mute preload="none" poster="https://web.archive.org/web/20170805033813im_/http://d5j6ar5kx5dg7.cloudfront.net/travel/bespoke/ambient-videos/manitoba/train-window/train-window.jpg"> <source 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forests and muskeg (a type of swamp), and eventually to tundra.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="white" data-sg-slide-type="overlay-bottom-right" data-sg-slide-has-ambient-video aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-3"> <div class="sg-slide sg-slide-overlay-bottom-right sg-slide-white" data-sg-full-height data-sg-info-content> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image " data-sg="inline-image"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-responsive-box responsive-box responsive-box--landscape"> <div class="responsive-box__content"> <img data-fixed-width-format="" width="130" height="73" title="Train, VIA Rail, Manitoba, Canada, railroad (Credit: Credit: Eliana Alvarez Martinez)" alt="Train, VIA Rail, Manitoba, Canada, railroad (Credit: Credit: Eliana Alvarez Martinez)" class="responsive-box__content__inner" data-caption="The VIA Rail dome car on the train from Winnipeg to Churchill, Manitoba, Canada (Credit: Eliana Alvarez Martinez)" data-caption-title="" data-lazy-load="true" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170805033813/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/59/rn/p059rnf5.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-landscape/> </div> </div> </div> <div class="caption-wrapper"> <div class="caption-lining"> <p class="caption-text caption-body">The VIA Rail dome car on the train from Winnipeg to Churchill, Manitoba, Canada (Credit: Eliana Alvarez Martinez)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-background sg-slide-background-landscape" data-sg-full-height> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170805033813oe_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/59/rn/p059rnf5.jpg" class="sg-slide-background-image" data-fixed-width-format="" data-lazy-load="true" data-background data-landscape></div> <video class="sg-ambient-video hidden" data-ambient-video loop mute preload="none" poster="https://web.archive.org/web/20170805033813im_/http://d5j6ar5kx5dg7.cloudfront.net/travel/bespoke/ambient-videos/manitoba/train-interior/train-interior.jpg"> <source src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170805033813im_/http://d5j6ar5kx5dg7.cloudfront.net/travel/bespoke/ambient-videos/manitoba/train-interior/train-interior.mp4" type="video/mp4"> <source src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170805033813im_/http://d5j6ar5kx5dg7.cloudfront.net/travel/bespoke/ambient-videos/manitoba/train-interior/train-interior.webm" type="video/webm"> <source src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170805033813im_/http://d5j6ar5kx5dg7.cloudfront.net/travel/bespoke/ambient-videos/manitoba/train-interior/train-interior.ogv" type="video/ogg"> </video> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap sg-slide-overlay-content-wrap" data-sg-slide-text> <div class="sg-slide-content clearfix" data-sg-slide-contents> <div class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-overlay-content"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining"> <div class="sg-slide-overlay-content-holder" id="slide-label-3"> <p>While it is possible to fly to the northern regions, many adventurous travellers opt for the two-day, 1,700km scenic train ride from Winnipeg and enjoy the open views – and the occasional wildlife spotting – from the domed car.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="white" data-sg-slide-type="overlay-top-right" data-sg-slide-has-ambient-video aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-4"> <div class="sg-slide sg-slide-overlay-top-right sg-slide-white" data-sg-full-height data-sg-info-content> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image " data-sg="inline-image"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-responsive-box responsive-box responsive-box--landscape"> <div class="responsive-box__content"> <img data-fixed-width-format="" width="130" height="73" title="Ilford, Manitoba, Canada, train, railroad (Credit: Credit: Eliana Alvarez Martinez)" alt="Ilford, Manitoba, Canada, train, railroad (Credit: Credit: Eliana Alvarez Martinez)" class="responsive-box__content__inner" data-caption="Ilford, Manitoba, residents unload supplies from the VIA Rail train (Credit: Eliana Alvarez Martinez)" data-caption-title="" data-lazy-load="true" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170805033813/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/59/rn/p059rnfm.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-landscape/> </div> </div> </div> <div class="caption-wrapper"> <div class="caption-lining"> <p class="caption-text caption-body">Ilford, Manitoba, residents unload supplies from the VIA Rail train (Credit: Eliana Alvarez Martinez)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-background sg-slide-background-landscape" data-sg-full-height> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170805033813oe_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/59/rn/p059rnfm.jpg" class="sg-slide-background-image" data-fixed-width-format="" data-lazy-load="true" data-background data-landscape></div> <video class="sg-ambient-video hidden" data-ambient-video loop mute preload="none" poster="https://web.archive.org/web/20170805033813im_/http://d5j6ar5kx5dg7.cloudfront.net/travel/bespoke/ambient-videos/manitoba/train-roof/train-roof.jpg"> <source src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170805033813im_/http://d5j6ar5kx5dg7.cloudfront.net/travel/bespoke/ambient-videos/manitoba/train-roof/train-roof.mp4" type="video/mp4"> <source src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170805033813im_/http://d5j6ar5kx5dg7.cloudfront.net/travel/bespoke/ambient-videos/manitoba/train-roof/train-roof.webm" type="video/webm"> <source src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170805033813im_/http://d5j6ar5kx5dg7.cloudfront.net/travel/bespoke/ambient-videos/manitoba/train-roof/train-roof.ogv" type="video/ogg"> </video> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap sg-slide-overlay-content-wrap" data-sg-slide-text> <div class="sg-slide-content clearfix" data-sg-slide-contents> <div class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-overlay-content"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining"> <div class="sg-slide-overlay-content-holder" id="slide-label-4"> <p>However, for locals in First Nation communities like Ilford, the train is a lifeline as it’s the only way to get groceries and medical supplies. They either have to take a three-and-a-half-hour rail journey to shop in the town of Thompson or order supplies and wait at the station for delivery.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="white" data-sg-slide-type="video-only" aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-5"> <div class="sg-slide sg-slide-video-only sg-slide-white" data-sg-full-height data-sg-info-content> <div class="sg-slide-video" data-sg-video> <div class="sg-slide-video-wrapper" data-sg-slide-contents> <div id="slide-5-p059rfx8" class=" video-player" data-video-player data-video-title="" data-video-player-vpid="p059rfxc" data-video-player-mediator="" data-brand-color="#589e50" data-video-player-image-url="http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/live/224_125/images/live/p0/59/rn/p059rngk.jpg" data-show-ads="true"> <noscript> <div class="warning"> <p><strong>This media cannot be played on your device.</strong></p> </div> </noscript> </div> <div class="sg-slide-video-caption"> <div class="sg-slide-video-caption-lining"> <div class="sg-slide-video-caption-text caption-body"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="white" data-sg-slide-type="overlay-bottom-left" data-sg-slide-has-ambient-video aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-6"> <div class="sg-slide sg-slide-overlay-bottom-left sg-slide-white" data-sg-full-height data-sg-info-content> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image " data-sg="inline-image"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-responsive-box responsive-box responsive-box--landscape"> <div class="responsive-box__content"> <img data-fixed-width-format="" width="130" height="73" title="Ilford, War Lake First Nation, Manitoba, Canada, plane, airplane, airport (Credit: Credit: Eliana Alvarez Martinez)" alt="Ilford, War Lake First Nation, Manitoba, Canada, plane, airplane, airport (Credit: Credit: Eliana Alvarez Martinez)" class="responsive-box__content__inner" data-caption="A charter plane lands in Ilford, Manitoba, Canada (Credit: Eliana Alvarez Martinez)" data-caption-title="" data-lazy-load="true" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170805033813/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/59/rn/p059rnhb.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-landscape/> </div> </div> </div> <div class="caption-wrapper"> <div class="caption-lining"> <p class="caption-text caption-body">A charter plane lands in Ilford, Manitoba, Canada (Credit: Eliana Alvarez Martinez)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-background sg-slide-background-landscape" data-sg-full-height> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170805033813oe_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/59/rn/p059rnhb.jpg" class="sg-slide-background-image" data-fixed-width-format="" data-lazy-load="true" data-background data-landscape></div> <video class="sg-ambient-video hidden" data-ambient-video loop mute preload="none" poster="https://web.archive.org/web/20170805033813im_/http://d5j6ar5kx5dg7.cloudfront.net/travel/bespoke/ambient-videos/manitoba/planes/planes.jpg"> <source src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170805033813im_/http://d5j6ar5kx5dg7.cloudfront.net/travel/bespoke/ambient-videos/manitoba/planes/planes.mp4" type="video/mp4"> <source src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170805033813im_/http://d5j6ar5kx5dg7.cloudfront.net/travel/bespoke/ambient-videos/manitoba/planes/planes.webm" type="video/webm"> <source src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170805033813im_/http://d5j6ar5kx5dg7.cloudfront.net/travel/bespoke/ambient-videos/manitoba/planes/planes.ogv" type="video/ogg"> </video> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap sg-slide-overlay-content-wrap" data-sg-slide-text> <div class="sg-slide-content clearfix" data-sg-slide-contents> <div class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-overlay-content"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining"> <div class="sg-slide-overlay-content-holder" id="slide-label-6"> <p>For Ilford residents, there are few alternatives. Flight charters are prohibitively expensive, and there are no roads apart from an ice road that’s only open for a few months of the year, at best.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="white" data-sg-slide-type="overlay-top-right" data-sg-slide-has-ambient-video aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-7"> <div class="sg-slide sg-slide-overlay-top-right sg-slide-white" data-sg-full-height data-sg-info-content> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image " data-sg="inline-image"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-responsive-box responsive-box responsive-box--landscape"> <div class="responsive-box__content"> <img data-fixed-width-format="" width="130" height="73" title="Manitoba, Canada, VIA Rail, train, railroad (Credit: Credit: Eliana Alvarez Martinez)" alt="Manitoba, Canada, VIA Rail, train, railroad (Credit: Credit: Eliana Alvarez Martinez)" class="responsive-box__content__inner" data-caption="Aerial view of a VIA Rail train travelling through Manitoba, Canada (Credit: Eliana Alvarez Martinez)" data-caption-title="" data-lazy-load="true" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170805033813/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/59/rn/p059rnkm.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-landscape/> </div> </div> </div> <div class="caption-wrapper"> <div class="caption-lining"> <p class="caption-text caption-body">Aerial view of a VIA Rail train travelling through Manitoba, Canada (Credit: Eliana Alvarez Martinez)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-background sg-slide-background-landscape" data-sg-full-height> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170805033813oe_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/59/rn/p059rnkm.jpg" class="sg-slide-background-image" data-fixed-width-format="" data-lazy-load="true" data-background data-landscape></div> <video class="sg-ambient-video hidden" data-ambient-video loop mute preload="none" poster="https://web.archive.org/web/20170805033813im_/http://d5j6ar5kx5dg7.cloudfront.net/travel/bespoke/ambient-videos/manitoba/train-roof-2/train-roof-2.jpg"> <source src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170805033813im_/http://d5j6ar5kx5dg7.cloudfront.net/travel/bespoke/ambient-videos/manitoba/train-roof-2/train-roof-2.mp4" type="video/mp4"> <source src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170805033813im_/http://d5j6ar5kx5dg7.cloudfront.net/travel/bespoke/ambient-videos/manitoba/train-roof-2/train-roof-2.webm" type="video/webm"> <source src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170805033813im_/http://d5j6ar5kx5dg7.cloudfront.net/travel/bespoke/ambient-videos/manitoba/train-roof-2/train-roof-2.ogv" type="video/ogg"> </video> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap sg-slide-overlay-content-wrap" data-sg-slide-text> <div class="sg-slide-content clearfix" data-sg-slide-contents> <div class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-overlay-content"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining"> <div class="sg-slide-overlay-content-holder" id="slide-label-7"> <p>The US-based company that owns the train tracks, Omnitrax, operates at a loss and has been looking to sell them. Because there would be major problems if the train stopped working, the small, First Nations communities along the tracks want to buy them.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="white" data-sg-slide-type="overlay-top-right" data-sg-slide-has-ambient-video aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-8"> <div class="sg-slide sg-slide-overlay-top-right sg-slide-white" data-sg-full-height data-sg-info-content> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image " data-sg="inline-image"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-responsive-box responsive-box responsive-box--landscape"> <div class="responsive-box__content"> <img data-fixed-width-format="" width="130" height="73" title="Boat, fishing, fish, lake, Ilford, War Lake First Nation, Manitoba, Canada (Credit: Credit: Eliana Alvarez Martinez)" alt="Boat, fishing, fish, lake, Ilford, War Lake First Nation, Manitoba, Canada (Credit: Credit: Eliana Alvarez Martinez)" class="responsive-box__content__inner" data-caption="Fishing boat on a lake near Ilford, Manitoba, Canada (Credit: Eliana Alvarez Martinez)" data-caption-title="" data-lazy-load="true" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170805033813/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/59/rn/p059rnlr.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-landscape/> </div> </div> </div> <div class="caption-wrapper"> <div class="caption-lining"> <p class="caption-text caption-body">Fishing boat on a lake near Ilford, Manitoba, Canada (Credit: Eliana Alvarez Martinez)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-background sg-slide-background-landscape" data-sg-full-height> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170805033813oe_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/59/rn/p059rnlr.jpg" class="sg-slide-background-image" data-fixed-width-format="" data-lazy-load="true" data-background data-landscape></div> <video class="sg-ambient-video hidden" data-ambient-video loop mute preload="none" poster="https://web.archive.org/web/20170805033813im_/http://d5j6ar5kx5dg7.cloudfront.net/travel/bespoke/ambient-videos/manitoba/boat/boat.jpg"> <source src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170805033813im_/http://d5j6ar5kx5dg7.cloudfront.net/travel/bespoke/ambient-videos/manitoba/boat/boat.mp4" type="video/mp4"> <source src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170805033813im_/http://d5j6ar5kx5dg7.cloudfront.net/travel/bespoke/ambient-videos/manitoba/boat/boat.webm" type="video/webm"> <source src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170805033813im_/http://d5j6ar5kx5dg7.cloudfront.net/travel/bespoke/ambient-videos/manitoba/boat/boat.ogv" type="video/ogg"> </video> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap sg-slide-overlay-content-wrap" data-sg-slide-text> <div class="sg-slide-content clearfix" data-sg-slide-contents> <div class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-overlay-content"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining"> <div class="sg-slide-overlay-content-holder" id="slide-label-8"> <p>While isolated, people in these communities love their land and rely on it for food. They go fishing on the lakes in spring, berry picking in summer and hunting in fall. Some people are avid trappers.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="white" data-sg-slide-type="overlay-top-left" data-sg-slide-has-ambient-video aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-9"> <div class="sg-slide sg-slide-overlay-top-left sg-slide-white" data-sg-full-height data-sg-info-content> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image " data-sg="inline-image"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-responsive-box responsive-box responsive-box--landscape"> <div class="responsive-box__content"> <img data-fixed-width-format="" width="130" height="73" title="Houses, House, Ilford, War Lake First Nation, Manitoba, Canada, street (Credit: Credit: Eliana Alvarez Martinez)" alt="Houses, House, Ilford, War Lake First Nation, Manitoba, Canada, street (Credit: Credit: Eliana Alvarez Martinez)" class="responsive-box__content__inner" data-caption="Houses along the main street in Ilford, Manitoba, Canada (Credit: Eliana Alvarez Martinez)" data-caption-title="" data-lazy-load="true" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170805033813/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/59/rn/p059rnml.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-landscape/> </div> </div> </div> <div class="caption-wrapper"> <div class="caption-lining"> <p class="caption-text caption-body">Houses along the main street in Ilford, Manitoba, Canada (Credit: Eliana Alvarez Martinez)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-background sg-slide-background-landscape" data-sg-full-height> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170805033813oe_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/59/rn/p059rnml.jpg" class="sg-slide-background-image" data-fixed-width-format="" data-lazy-load="true" data-background data-landscape></div> <video class="sg-ambient-video hidden" data-ambient-video loop mute preload="none" poster="https://web.archive.org/web/20170805033813im_/http://d5j6ar5kx5dg7.cloudfront.net/travel/bespoke/ambient-videos/manitoba/houses/houses.jpg"> <source src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170805033813im_/http://d5j6ar5kx5dg7.cloudfront.net/travel/bespoke/ambient-videos/manitoba/houses/houses.mp4" type="video/mp4"> <source src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170805033813im_/http://d5j6ar5kx5dg7.cloudfront.net/travel/bespoke/ambient-videos/manitoba/houses/houses.webm" type="video/webm"> <source src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170805033813im_/http://d5j6ar5kx5dg7.cloudfront.net/travel/bespoke/ambient-videos/manitoba/houses/houses.ogv" type="video/ogg"> </video> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap sg-slide-overlay-content-wrap" data-sg-slide-text> <div class="sg-slide-content clearfix" data-sg-slide-contents> <div class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-overlay-content"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining"> <div class="sg-slide-overlay-content-holder" id="slide-label-9"> <p>The quiet town of Ilford only has 180 people but benefits from its tight-knit community vibe. “It’s very peaceful, you don’t have the rush of the city and I think that it’s a very nice place to live,” said Chief Betsy Kennedy. “People here help each other.”</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="white" data-sg-slide-type="overlay-top-right" data-sg-slide-has-ambient-video aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-10"> <div class="sg-slide sg-slide-overlay-top-right sg-slide-white" data-sg-full-height data-sg-info-content> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image " data-sg="inline-image"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-responsive-box responsive-box responsive-box--landscape"> <div class="responsive-box__content"> <img data-fixed-width-format="" width="130" height="73" title="Lake, Ilford, War Lake First Nation, Manitoba, Canada (Credit: Credit: Eliana Alvarez Martinez)" alt="Lake, Ilford, War Lake First Nation, Manitoba, Canada (Credit: Credit: Eliana Alvarez Martinez)" class="responsive-box__content__inner" data-caption="Aerial view of a lake near Ilford, Manitoba, Canada (Credit: Eliana Alvarez Martinez)" data-caption-title="" data-lazy-load="true" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170805033813/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/59/rn/p059rnp7.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-landscape/> </div> </div> </div> <div class="caption-wrapper"> <div class="caption-lining"> <p class="caption-text caption-body">Aerial view of a lake near Ilford, Manitoba, Canada (Credit: Eliana Alvarez Martinez)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-background sg-slide-background-landscape" data-sg-full-height> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170805033813oe_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/59/rn/p059rnp7.jpg" class="sg-slide-background-image" data-fixed-width-format="" data-lazy-load="true" data-background data-landscape></div> <video class="sg-ambient-video hidden" data-ambient-video loop mute preload="none" poster="https://web.archive.org/web/20170805033813im_/http://d5j6ar5kx5dg7.cloudfront.net/travel/bespoke/ambient-videos/manitoba/lake/lake.jpg"> <source src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170805033813im_/http://d5j6ar5kx5dg7.cloudfront.net/travel/bespoke/ambient-videos/manitoba/lake/lake.mp4" type="video/mp4"> <source src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170805033813im_/http://d5j6ar5kx5dg7.cloudfront.net/travel/bespoke/ambient-videos/manitoba/lake/lake.webm" type="video/webm"> <source src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170805033813im_/http://d5j6ar5kx5dg7.cloudfront.net/travel/bespoke/ambient-videos/manitoba/lake/lake.ogv" type="video/ogg"> </video> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap sg-slide-overlay-content-wrap" data-sg-slide-text> <div class="sg-slide-content clearfix" data-sg-slide-contents> <div class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-overlay-content"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining"> <div class="sg-slide-overlay-content-holder" id="slide-label-10"> <p>Like many First Nations people in the area, chief Kennedy grew up by the tracks and her father worked on the rail. They rely on the train for jobs as well as getting supplies; the land limits other options. “All this used to be a lake at one point – we are surrounded by muskeg. 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Martinez)" class="responsive-box__content__inner" data-caption="Dogs on the railroad tracks near Ilford, Manitoba, Canada (Credit: Eliana Alvarez Martinez)" data-caption-title="" data-lazy-load="true" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170805033813/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/59/rn/p059rnqb.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-landscape/> </div> </div> </div> <div class="caption-wrapper"> <div class="caption-lining"> <p class="caption-text caption-body">Dogs on the railroad tracks near Ilford, Manitoba, Canada (Credit: Eliana Alvarez Martinez)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-background sg-slide-background-landscape" data-sg-full-height> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170805033813oe_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/59/rn/p059rnqb.jpg" class="sg-slide-background-image" 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class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-overlay-content"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining"> <div class="sg-slide-overlay-content-holder" id="slide-label-11"> <p>Unfortunately, the train tracks are in bad disrepair (especially between Gillam and Churchill, where they're currently closed due to flooding), and Omnitrax can’t afford to fix them. “It’s pretty challenging because [the rail] has deteriorated in the past ten years, and without proper maintenance it’s going to deteriorate a little bit more,” chief Kennedy said.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="white" data-sg-slide-type="overlay-top-right" data-sg-slide-has-ambient-video aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-12"> <div class="sg-slide sg-slide-overlay-top-right sg-slide-white" data-sg-full-height data-sg-info-content> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image " data-sg="inline-image"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-wrapper"> <div 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Canada (Credit: Eliana Alvarez Martinez)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-background sg-slide-background-landscape" data-sg-full-height> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170805033813oe_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/59/rn/p059rnsl.jpg" class="sg-slide-background-image" data-fixed-width-format="" data-lazy-load="true" data-background data-landscape></div> <video class="sg-ambient-video hidden" data-ambient-video loop mute preload="none" poster="https://web.archive.org/web/20170805033813im_/http://d5j6ar5kx5dg7.cloudfront.net/travel/bespoke/ambient-videos/manitoba/bikes/bikes.jpg"> <source src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170805033813im_/http://d5j6ar5kx5dg7.cloudfront.net/travel/bespoke/ambient-videos/manitoba/bikes/bikes.mp4" type="video/mp4"> <source src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170805033813im_/http://d5j6ar5kx5dg7.cloudfront.net/travel/bespoke/ambient-videos/manitoba/bikes/bikes.webm" type="video/webm"> <source src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170805033813im_/http://d5j6ar5kx5dg7.cloudfront.net/travel/bespoke/ambient-videos/manitoba/bikes/bikes.ogv" type="video/ogg"> </video> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap sg-slide-overlay-content-wrap" data-sg-slide-text> <div class="sg-slide-content clearfix" data-sg-slide-contents> <div class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-overlay-content"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining"> <div class="sg-slide-overlay-content-holder" id="slide-label-12"> <p>Even though the railway is in jeopardy, the community hasn’t lost hope or the dream of buying the tracks on their land. “I think the First Nations [owning the rail] will have a better effect on the communities,” said Burman. “Owning a railroad… wow.”</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-end-slate" 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