Churchill, Manitoba, known as the "Polar Bear Capital ... described the healing effect being in the water with a beluga whale has. "Everybody's smiling when they get off the water," she said.

Discover the vast beauty of Churchill, Manitoba—a small town on the banks of ... Summertime is also when the bears share the area with more than 60,000 beluga whales—who come to feed, mate, and give ...

Young beluga whale calves swim with their mother near the mouth of the Churchill River in Manitoba. Nearly 60,000 beluga whales inhabit the western reaches of Hudson Bay. Each summer, thousands ...

In Canada, this means many beluga whales take refuge in the Churchill River, which feeds into Hudson Bay near Churchill, Manitoba. Of the roughly 150,000 beluga whales in the world, an estimated ...

“The beluga whales seem so peaceful and playful swimming up and down the shores of Churchill ... From Winnipeg, Manitoba Leeuwen often creates large murals, turning otherwise bleak areas ...

The Associated Press has more here. A beluga whale swims through the Churchill River in August, near Churchill, Manitoba. (Joshua A. Bickel / The Associated Press files) ...