Local lore says the horses are descended from survivors of a long-ago shipwreck, but the more likely and mundane story is that herds were brought from the mainland in the late 1600s to avoid fencing laws and taxation, the park service says.
“In Canada we have way more wolves.
But in Saskatchewan, where I live, the land is so flat and the timber is so dense that you rarely see them.
You’re lucky if you see two wolves a year,” he says.
“I come down here and I can see 15 a day, easily.”
The bears are eager to venture out onto the ice, which they depend on to hunt and prey.
The bide their time along the shore and in the surrounding tundra while waiting for the freeze.