Thicket Portage, Manitoba
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Thicket Portage is a community in northern Manitoba
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...

 located on the Hudson Bay Railway
Hudson Bay Railway
Hudson Bay Railway is a Canadian railway operating over of trackage in northern Manitoba.HBRY was formed in July 1997 to purchase former Canadian National Railway trackage running north from CN trackage at The Pas, MB on two branches, one to Flin Flon, MB and on to Lynn Lake, MB, the other to...

. The community receives passenger rail service at the Thicket Portage railway station
Thicket Portage railway station
The Thicket Portage Railway Station is a flag stop in Thicket Portage, Manitoba, Canada. The stop is served by Via Rail's Winnipeg – Churchill train. The station use to be served by 13-14 trains per week, in recent time this has been reduced to 6 trains per week.- External links :*...

. The community has no all-weather road access. The community is serviced by year round train access, local airport, and winter ice roads.In the summer,it is accessible by boat/vehicle which takes approx. 1 hour in total.
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