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26 scenery are to be found in the West of Gimli, Narcisse Snake
center of the park, where the
Dens protect the habitat of
The Pas boreal forest meets the rocky thousands of red-sided garter
Manitoba Escarpment. To snakes that can be seen here
~ £ @ n 1559 Gordon Ave; the west, a ridge of evergreen during early spring and early
www.townofthepas.com
prairie and forest is home to fall on a specially designated
Once a key fur-trading post moose and elk. A small herd of short trail.
dating back some 300 years, bison can also be found in the New Iceland
park near Lake Audy. The most
The Pas is now a major
EXPERIENCE The Prairies transportation center for town of Wasagaming, where "' = ⌂ 108–94 First Ave
Heritage Museum
industrial distribution and
developed area is the small
# May–Aug: 9am–4pm daily;
Manitoba’s northwest. Nearby
infor mation on the park’s
Sep–Apr: 10am–4pm Mon–Fri,
network of trails for cycling,
Clearwater Lake Provincial
Park is named for the lake

1–4pm Sat & Sun ∑nihm.ca
hiking, and horseback riding is
available. Canoes can also be
itself, which is said to be so
clear that it is possible to see
hired for explo ring Clear Lake.
the bottom at 36 ft (11 m).
For a unique camping
The park offers a walking
Flin Flon
trail through “the caves,”
(a cross between a tent and
a geolo gical phenomenon experi ence, yurts and oTENTiks 29
a cabin) at Wasagaming
~ @ n Hwy 10A; www.
where rock masses split away Campground can be booked cityofflinflon.ca
from cliffs to create huge through Parks Canada.
crevices that provide shelter Steep hilly streets reflect
for various animals, including the fact that Flin Flon lies on
black bears, moose, wolves, 28 Precambrian rock (as old as
and foxes. the Earth’s crust itself, formed
Gimli roughly 3.8 billion years ago),
and the area is famous for
@ n 108–94 First Ave; its distinctive greenstone.
27 "-= www.gimli.ca The town bears the name
Riding Mountain Located on the western shores of a fictional charac ter of a
National Park of Lake Winnipeg, Gimli is the popu lar novel, The Sunless City
largest Icelandic community
⌂ Hwys 10 & 19 §(204)

848 7275 # Daily outside Iceland. The settlers Canoes on the waters
arrived, having gained the
One of Manitoba’s most right to land, at nearby Willow of Athapapuskow
popular natural attractions, Creek in 1875. They soon pro- Lake near Flin Flon
Riding Mountain National claimed an independent state,
Park is a vast 1,158 sq miles which lasted until 1897, when
(3,000 sq km) of wilderness. the government insisted that
The best hiking trails and some other immigrants be allowed
of Manitoba’s most beautiful to settle in Gimli. Today, the
New Iceland Heritage
Museum relates the town’s
unusual history.
Gimli has a distinctly
nautical atmosphere, with
cobbled sidewalks leading
down to a picturesque
harbor and a wooden
pier. At the Icelandic
Festival of Manitoba,
held every August,
visitors can play at being
Vikings, listen to folk
music, and feast upon
Icelandic specialties.
A towering fiberglass
Viking statue in Gimli,
Manitoba
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