| Manitoba is in Central Canada, the most
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| | more are road-accessible. Arctic
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| eastern of the three prairie provinces.
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| | grayling, brook trout, lake trout,
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| It shares the US border with Minnesota
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| | northern pike and walleye thrive here.
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| and North Dakota in the south and
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| | Some of the best giant channel cat
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| stretches north to the Port of Churchill
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| | fishing in the world can be found in
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| on the Hudson Bay and beyond. It has
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| | Winnipeg's Red River. The fly fishing is
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| wheat fields, oil and gas wells,
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| | best in Manitoba's western reaches and
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| commercial fresh water fishing, mining
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| | you might need a guide to find the best
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| and a forest industry. It also has a lot
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| | spots.Seeing the northern lights in
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| to offers tourists.Here are ten
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| | Manitoba has been called one of the top
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| suggestions that a visitor might want to
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| | 25 adventures of a lifetime. January to
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| consider in Manitoba, some in the colder
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| | March in Churchill have some of the best
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| months and some in the warmer parts of
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| | shows when nature sends her lasers to
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| the year.You might consider making
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| | make shifting curtains of spectacular
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| Winnipeg the hub of your stay in
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| | northern lights. A facility with
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| Manitoba. The provincial capital, it's a
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| | see-through domes built into the roof
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| multicultural city proudly reflected in
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| | makes light viewing a warm and
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| its festivals and offers art, music and
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| | comfortable experience for visitors
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| food. Restaurants serve everything from
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| | unaccustomed to Churchill
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| Ukrainian perogies to a blending of
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| | winters.Manitoba is diverse, so are the
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| regional and Californian cuisine.
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| | parks. Sand dunes roll at Spruce Woods
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| Performing arts offer an array of
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| | Provincial Park, ancient granite graces
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| productions throughout the year in
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| | much of the Whiteshell and waterfalls
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| theatre, music, opera and dance. The
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| | amaze near Paint Lake Provincial Park.
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| Winnipeg Art Gallery has the largest
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| | Baldy Mountain, Manitoba's highest point,
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| collection of contemporary Inuit art in
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| | is at Duck Mountain Provincial Park,
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| the world. And of course shopping malls,
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| | where glaciers receded some 10,000 years
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| casinos, museums and historic sites
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| | ago. Hikers and bikers are attracted to
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| beckon. Families will love The Forks,
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| | the extensive trail networks through the
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| the Children's Museum, Fort Whyte Centre
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| | broad valleys and lush Canadian Shield
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| and the Assiniboine Park Zoo, where wild
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| | forests. Bike along one of the biggest
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| animals delight the children, along with
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| | lakes in the world - Lake Winnipeg - at
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| a statue of a very famous bear named
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| | Hecla/Grindstone Provincial Park or
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| after Winnipeg -- Winnie-the-Pooh.A
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| | paddle for days in Grass River Provincial
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| two-and-a-half hour flight north of
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| | Park.If you want to experience total
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| Winnipeg, Churchill Manitoba is known
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| | relaxation, consider camping or renting a
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| around the world as polar bear central.
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| | cottage on some of the biggest and best
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| For a safe adventure, head out over the
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| | lakes in the world. Soak up the summer
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| tundra in specially designed vehicles for
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| | heat on the water's edge and dive in when
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| safely viewing the bears. Photographers
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| | you can't stand it any more. Eat well,
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| and wildlife enthusiasts so inclined can
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| | then later, float soundlessly in a streak
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| even eat, sleep and rise right out on the
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| | of moonlight and gaze at an endless
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| capes, in the midst of the glorious
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| | canopy of stars.Manitoba attracts
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| bears, as hundreds of them roam the
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| | two-thirds of Canada's more than 500
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| coastline every October and November
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| | species of birds and is considered a
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| awaiting the freeze of the Hudson Bay.In
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| | birder's paradise. In spring, the birds
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| summer, polar bear central turns into the
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| | fly north in amazing flocks in the
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| beluga belt, as thousands of the
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| | hundreds of thousands over the lakes,
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| 900-pound whales come to feed in the
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| | marshes and forests. A North American
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| waters near Churchill on the Hudson Bay.
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| | birding hotspot, Oak Hammock Marsh
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| You can actually paddle or snorkel among
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| | Interpretive Centre, won the coveted 2002
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| these majestic creatures and watch them
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| | British Airways Tourism for Tomorrow
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| watching you! You can also enjoy
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| | award for Best Environmental Experience.
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| watching and listening to these highly
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| | Delta Marsh also offers great viewing, as
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| vocal whales from a 32-passenger
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| | does Riding Mountain National Park, home
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| boat.Riding Mountain National Park is
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| | to more than 260 bird species, including
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| edged by a high, rugged escarpment and is
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| | great grey owl and Connecticut warbler.
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| an island of wilderness over the
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| | Birders fly to Churchill for stellar
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| agricultural landscape. Wildlife thrives
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| | sub-arctic birding.And finally, stay at a
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| in the vast mix of forests, meadows and
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| | bed-and-breakfast or on a country
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| broad valleys, crisscrossed with more
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| | vacation farm during one of the hundreds
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| than 300 kilometres (180 miles) of
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| | of small-town fall suppers. This is a
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| trails, maintained superbly year-round.
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| | great opportunity to meet with the local
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| This is the time and place to keep a
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| | Manitobans who will be sure to make you
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| camera ready for sightings of moose, elk,
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| | welcome.This has been just a sampling
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| beaver, black bear, fox and if you're
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| | that is representative of what Manitoba
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| very lucky, lynx or wolf.Manitoba's
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| | has to offer its visitors. Whether in
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| plentiful waters yield more than 10,000
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| | the winter or in the summer, Manitoba
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| trophy-sized fish very year. The north
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| | will provide you with an unforgettable
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| is peppered with fly-in lodges and many
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| | holiday.
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