Winnipeg Free Press · Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010
Residents of a remote northern Manitoba First Nations community were startled on Sunday night to see a polar bear taking a dip in a river -- hundreds of kilometres south of the animal's usual range. The bear was a "good size" youngster, RCMP Sergeant Noel Allard said yesterday from Shamattawa, a First Nations community about 340 kilometres southeast of Churchill, where the bears are most famously spotted. RCMP kept a close eye on the bear until darkness fell, when it ambled off into the night. Sgt. Allard said that even local elders couldn't recall ever seeing a polar bear in the area, and that community residents were excited by the sighting. Manitoba Conservation officials will keep an eye out for the bear, RCMP said.
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