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