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