OUR MISSION
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SEA NORTH TOURS BELIEVES THAT BELUGA WHALES DESERVE RESPECT AND PROTECTION. AND WE PRACTICE WHAT WE PREACH.
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We are fully committed to your safety both on and off the water.
We strive to offer our guests the best service and an unforgettable nature experience by:
Sea North Tours is the oldest tour company on the water in Churchill, Manitoba. Founded in 1977, by Mike and Doreen Macri, it was sold in 2011 to their close friends, Dwight Allen and Louise Foubert, who are the current operators today. It has always been a family owned company that developed because of a love of the subarctic and its wildlife. Dwight and Louise have a passion for sharing Churchill’s treasures with people from all over the world and started their tourism ventures back in 1982. Along with their son Remi, they have spearheaded many of the tourism attractions in Churchill today including: paddleboarding with the belugas, whale-friendly boats, The Sloop Cove Hike and more. With their entrepreneurial ingenuity, Sea North Tours continues to grow each year.
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Some belugas swim closely behind boats, enjoying bubbles from their engine propellers. But props can injure or even kill them. That doesn’t happen with Sea North boats. We either use prop-free Jet Drive engines or Prop Guards® on our boats so there are no exposed moving parts beneath the water.
We were the first whale watching company in the Churchill River and Hudson Bay to install Prop Guards®, and we’re still the only ones. But we are working to change that. In addition to educating others about Prop Guards, we’ve also become a dealer so we can provide them at cost–making guards more accessible in the North. Heck, we’ve even given them away!
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