MIGRATING CARIBOU ON FROZEN EGENOLF LAKE

The Kaminuriak herd is possibly the largest and healthiest caribou herd in North America. The herd ranges between 200,000 to 300,000 animals and lives between Manitoba and Nunavut. This herd is the furthest east herd in Canada, dwelling on the west side of Hudson Bay. Their sub species is Central Barrenground.

At Ganglers Sub-Arctic, we have two camps in the Northern Manitoba tundra, nestled against the 60th parallel, the border with Nunavut. During the Fall, as they travel south from the calving grounds in Nunavut, they will pass thru our areas. Guests normally get a chance to view them from our camps beginning in late August.

The caribou then proceed South utlizing the travel paths on the unique sand eskers into the forested areas of Northern Manitoba for their winter stay and feeding. Here they will scrape thru the snow looking for the life-sustaining lichen that enables them to survive the brutal winters. At this time the local Indigenous hunters will venture out to hunt the herds, coming on ski-doo as far south as 300 miles away. Caribou meat is an important part of their tradition and local Dene and Cree depend as much on the caribou the same as their ancestors 5,000 years ago.

At Ganglers, these centuries-old traditions are an important part of the Sub-Arctic experience as our local biologists and guides will explain the ancient ways and guests will walk these very lands and see the trails left behind. We are constantly on the lookout for the ancient artifacts that dot the landscape, most thousands of years old.

Visit us at Gangler’s Sub-Arctic and get a taste of what WILD CANADA is really like !