Split the difference between the southern tip of James Bay and Lake Huron and the map will point to Cochrane, Ontario. Embedded deep in the Canadian Shield, Cochrane is locked in the wild. In every direction, trees, rivers and lakes are spread out for kilometres. The country is laced with dirt ATV trails and in winter snowmobiling springs to life in the deep powder. With wild rivers flowing nearby, canoeists find Cochrane a central starting point to recall the days of the voyageur. Cochrane's geography also places the town as a gateway north to the very edge of the Arctic. From here, the Polar Bear Express departs on its nearly 300 km (186 mi) rail excursion to Moosenee. If a traveller is not quite prepared to cross the Arctic Circle in search of polar bears, they can see these majestic creatures up close at the Cochrane Polar Bear Habitat.