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The three big lakes are fringed by has taken off as a showcase of song and
summer-oriented towns and villages, and dance from the area’s historic Whoop and
an October or November visit to far Holler district nearly a century ago (www.
northern Churchill virtually guarantees whoopandhollar.com).
sightings of increasingly-endangered polar
bears in their natural setting (www.churchill CITY LIGHTS
wild.com; www.lazybearlodge.com; www. Foodies alert: Manitoba’s culinary scene is
frontiersnorth.com ), and probable displays a rising gem, from haute to heavy-duty
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of aurora borealis. Flooding washed out the chowing down. The Culinary Adventure
Winnipeg rail line to Churchill two years ago, but Company (www.culinaryadventureco.com)
www.travelmanitoba.com repairs last fall has the trains running off ers The Made in Canada Food Tour, the
again. And there’s a whole lot more to be Savour the Forks Food Tour, and the
Winnipeg Richardson
discovered in this varied province. Exchange District Food Tour. Manitoba’s
International Airport,
famous fall supper circuit off ers home-
10 km (6 mi.) from downtown WHAT’S NEW? cooked, hearty, community hall family-
The Winnipeg Art Gallery hosts Vision style fare all autumn long, with listings at
Exchange: Perspectives from India to Canada. Travel Manitoba (www.travelmanitoba.
Assembled originally by the Art Gallery com). Shoppers will be overjoyed with the
are three massive lakes: Manitoba, of Alberta and the National Gallery of Outlet Collection Winnipeg’s two dozen
Winnipegosis and Winnipeg (Canada’s Canada, it brings together the work of 20 high-end brands, and special tourist deals
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13 , 11 and 6 largest, respectively). contemporary artists from India along with (www.outletcollectionwinnipeg.com).
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artists of Indian heritage living in Canada, Summer brings the Winnipeg Goldeyes
GOING, GOING, GONE WILD and is the largest exhibition of its kind to AAA baseball to Shaw Park (www.goldeyes.
With all that wilderness, it’s no wonder be presented in Manitoba. It’s on from com ). Bell MTS Place, the winter home of
many of the province’s more than ten May 11 to September 8 (www.wag.ca). NHL hockey’s Winnipeg Jets, mounts concerts
million annual visitors are recreational and special events year-round (www.bellmts
hunters and fi shermen headed for remote At the Manitoba Museum, Body Worlds: place.ca), while the city’s south end CFL
lodges and small towns tucked away in Animal Inside Out takes visitors on an Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ Investors Group
thick lake or riverside forests. As well, anatomical safari of more than 100 Field tackles big blockbuster concerts
paddlers, hikers, photographers and wildlife “plastinated” specimens, including giraff es, (www.bluebombers.com/stadium ). In July,
viewers love these natural areas, and goats, octopi, a giant squid, and a reindeer. the four-day Winnipeg Folk Festival at Birds
families can pitch tents or park campers in No animals were harmed for this exhibi- Hill Provincial Park, north of the city, is
one of dozens of provincial parks, or settle tion. It runs from April 17 to September 2 family-friendly (www.winnipegfolkfestival.
into hotel rooms from two to fi ve-star (www.manitobamuseum.ca ) ca ), as is the Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s “Ballet
rated. In Riding Mountain National Park, in the Park” at Assiniboine Park’s outdoor
campsites and hotels abound around Portage la Prairie’s Whoop and Hollar Folk Lyric Theatre (www.rwb.org ).
crystal clear, icy cold Clear Lake and the Festival, the Rural Municipality of Portage Winnipeg warms up winter with the
historic townsite of Wasagaming (www. la Prairie’s signature event of 2019, started Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (www.wso.ca ),
parkscanada.gc.ca/riding). six years ago as a backyard barbecue and Manitoba Opera (www.mbopera.ca ), the Royal
