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Mennonite Heritage
Village TOP BEACHES
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There are miles of fine
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Lake Winnipeg is a huge
dunes here.
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is a closely knit community
with impressive businesses
in trucking, manufacturing,
domi nates the province of
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and especially car dealerships. 270 miles (430 km) long that Patricia Beach
Manitoba. Today, the resorts
Head here for soft sand,
These are run largely by the that line the lake are popular a pleasant lagoon, and
Mennonites, members of with locals and visitors alike. spots of solitude.
a Protestant reli gious sect Numerous beaches dot
who are noted for their the southeastern coast of the
fair dealing. lake, including Winnipeg
The Mennonites came to Beach, one of the province’s marsh – also known as the
Steinbach in ox-drawn carts most popular resort areas. lagoon – is one of the park’s
in 1874, having fled from reli- A woodcarving of a head by treasures, and supports
gious persecution in Russia. Hungarian artist Peter “Wolf” many species of bird, such
Despite not having a rail link, Toth stands in the local park. as the rare and endangered
the town thrived, as the Titled Whispering Giant, the piping plover.
Mennonites were good farmers sculpture honors the Ojibwa, Moving west from the
and, later, car dealers. The Cree, and Assiniboine First lake, Oak Hammock Marsh
nearby Mennonite Heritage Nations people of Manitoba. is composed of tall-grass
Village re-creates a 19th- Grand Beach in the Grand prairie, meadows, and
century Mennonite settlement, Beach Provincial Park has aspen-oak, which provide
with some buildings dating long powdery-white sand an important habitat for
from the 1870s, and a church beaches and huge grass- over 300 species of bird
and school furnished to the topped dunes over 39 ft and animal.
period. Its restaurant serves (12 m) high. Stretching
homemade meals such as back from the beach, the
borscht, a type of creamy
cabbage soup. In mid-May,
the village hosts Spring on
the Farm, featuring a tractor
show and traditional food.

Antique tractors on display
at Steinbach’s Mennonite
Heritage Village
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