| Manitoba Travel: Manitoba Travel Guide and Essential Information
The province of Manitoba is located in the center of Canada and as such offers a kaleidoscope of unforgettable experiences. Whether your fancy is a wide-open rural space or a culturally packed rural oasis you can find it here.
Manitoba’s original resource was the elegant pelt of the world’s largest rodent, the beaver. The abundance of beaver in the province brought many Europeans who settled the province in the 17th century. The nearly 2300 hours of sunshine that the province receives each year must have been one of the factors that kept many of them in this new land.
One of Canada’s most famous political figures was born in Manitoba. Louis Riel, a Metis (description of person with mixed Aboriginal & European blood), is considered the person most responsible for Manitoba’s entry into the Confederation of Canada in 1870.
Today, nearly two-thirds of Manitoba’s population resides in its capital city, Winnipeg. The city is the cultural hub of the province. North America’s second oldest and Canada’s oldest ballet company, the Royal Winnipeg Ballet calls the city home. Other culturally significant things the city boasts include The Winnipeg Art Gallery, famous for the worlds largest Inuit art collection, The Winnipeg Folk Festival, the Winnipeg Fringe Festival, and city havens such as the Assiniboine Forest, the largest urban nature park in Canada, and The Forks, a place where people have been meeting for thousands of years at the junction of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers.
Elsewhere in the province if a rural getaway is what you crave you’ll find a large abundance of open spaces, every changing skies, and numerous “locals”. Some of the locals you may have the delight to see include moose, black bears, elk, wolves, caribou, and many of the provinces famous polar bears.
If the famous white bears are what you’d like to see to ensure your trip is completely unforgettable you’ll have to travel to one of Manitoba’s most Northernmost population centers of Churchill. Situated on the shore of Hudson’s Bay from here adventures on the Tundra to see the bears in their natural habitats can be arranged.
Manitoba is sometimes noted for it’s potentially cool winters but one of the provinces neatest rarities is of the ecological sort in Spruce Woods Provincial Park where a desert-like area known as Spirit Sands features 30m sand dunes. The province is also home to two major fresh water lakes, Lake Winnipeg & Manitoba, the former being the tenth largest freshwater lake in the world so there’s plenty of beaches to catch those warm summer rays.
Manitoba offers an unforgettable experience for every traveller with friendly residents and unique opportunities for all. Book your trip to Manitoba today!
Quick Manitoba Facts
Provincial Capital: Winnipeg
Time zone: Central. When it is 12:00 noon in New York City, it is 11:00 AM in
Manitoba.
Area code: 204
Major Airport: Winnipeg International Airport (YWG). Opened in 1928 as Canada’s first international airport.
Language: English and French
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