Winnipeg has been voted the Slurpee Capital of the World 20 years in a row. Winnipeg has been deemed one of the five coldest cities in the world , alongside Yellowknife, Duninka and Yakutsk both in Russia and Harbin, China. Manitoba has over , beautiful lakes, perfect for canoeing, kayaking, fishing and swimming during the hot summer months. The town of Churchill is the place to experience nature. Take a guided polar bear or beluga tour, explore the tundra on a dog sled and spot the aurora borealis at night.
Churchill has been named the polar bear capital of the world. Manitoba has a plethora of festivals that are fun for the whole family.
While these events usually take place in person, many are hosting virtual events and live streams. Winnipeg is home to the Jets , a team in the National Hockey League. You can normally cheer them on from the stands at Bell MTS Place, but in the meantime you can watch games from the comfort of your home.
Located along the shores of Lake Winnipeg, tourists and residents can enjoy the beaches, local shops and eateries as well as the iconic Gimli Pier. Grand Beach Provincial Park encompasses a huge stretch of soft sand beach on the shores of Lake Winnipeg , one of Manitoba's best lakes. The beach here is one of the best beaches in Canada and in the summer, it's a hot spot for sunseekers looking to get away from the city.
The park is about a one-hour drive from Winnipeg, and there are a variety of accommodation options in the area, from motels to cottage rentals. Restaurants in the area offer casual dining and entertainment. Nestled in the trees and just a short stroll from the beach and towering sand dunes is the park campground with sites.
Spread over 17 bays, the sites are a mix of serviced and unserviced; some bays are alcohol free. Riding Mountain National Park. Accessible throughout the year, this scenic park is a combination of recreation area and nature reserve, with a varied landscape of prairie, forest, and wonderfully clear lakes and streams. The park extends over part of the glacially-formed Manitoba Escarpment where a series of plateaus rising to heights of about meters overlook the surrounding prairies of gentle hills, meadows, and lakes.
Near Lake Audy, you'll find a herd of bison roaming freely in a hectare enclosure, Bears, wolves, elk, and deer also inhabit the park. Numerous walking and cycling trails can be found throughout the park. One trail leads to the log cabin formerly belonging to the English naturalist Grey Owl who, in the early s, wrote books about the wildlife of the area.
Viking statue in Gimli. Gimli is a small resort town, approximately an hour's drive north of Winnipeg, on the shores of Lake Winnipeg. In the summer, Gimli comes to life as visitors and cottagers flock to this area to enjoy the beaches, restaurant patios, and ice-cream stands, and to take a stroll along the meter-long seawall. One of the annual highlights is the Icelandic Festival of Manitoba, known as Islendingadagurinn, which takes place over the long weekend at the start of August.
The festival is a fun event for everyone with all kinds of activities and entertainment for children and adults. About a 1. The landscape is typical of the Canadian Shield , with hills, lakes, valleys, forests, and rivers. Moose, deer, black bear, and other wildlife inhabit the park. Cottages dot the shorelines of the lakes but much of the wilderness area is undisturbed.
The Whiteshell, as it's called locally, has four of the best campgrounds in Manitoba , and is also home to some of Manitoba's best beaches. The resort communities of Falcon Lake and West Hawk Lake , located in the southern end of the park, are popular weekend destinations, with small towns back from the lakes.
Golfers take note: Falcon Lake has one of Manitoba's best courses, a 6,yard track with some seriously challenging holes. The course has recently built a brand new architecturally stunning clubhouse with a fantastic patio out front, a perfect spot to relive the highlights and lowlights of your recent game.
One of Manitoba's premier winter events is the Festival du Voyageur, celebrating the French Voyageurs who transported furs in birch bark canoes. The Festival takes place each year in February in St.
Boniface, the French-speaking district of Winnipeg. The festival is popular with families, as well as adults. Outdoor events are featured prominently, from games to snow sculpting competitions. Traditional French music, cuisine, and other entertainment is held in outdoor tents.
Despite the cold weather at this time of year, the event draws large crowds. The Fort Garry National Historic Park outside Selkirk has as its centerpiece the only stone fort from the fur trading era to survive intact anywhere in North America. Lower Fort Garry was erected by the Hudson's Bay Company in the s , becoming an important center for the fur trade and serving as a base for the exploration of the Northwest Territories.
In later years, Lower Fort Garry was used successively as a training camp for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, a prison, a mental institution, and a company headquarters.
In , Winnipeg officially became known as a winter city. Events like Festival du Voyageur brings visitors out even on the nippiest of days, and The Forks , as fun as it is historical, is a hub of activity not only during winter, but all year round.
Local artisans inspire unique shopping experiences with artsy, boutique-style shops that bring new life to the old-world charm of The Exchange District. For those not yet able to make the journey North, Assiniboine Park Zoo offers its own journey to Churchill in the heart of the city to whet the appetite and leave you wanting more. Indigenous culture has been integral to the Manitoban way of life for centuries and a deeper understanding of and appreciation for its impact has made it of even greater significance.
Lower Fort Garry offers visitors an immersive experience that takes them back in time to circa the s when fur trading was king in Manitoba. These stones, which depict animal and human forms are some 2, years old, and were laid as acts of worship.
The Brokenhead Wetland Interpretive Trail Anikanotabijigade lets you embrace nature while learning about some of the traditional Indigenous medicinal plants.
Manitoba boasts a robust arts scene that appeals to people from all walks of life. Manitoba can also lay claim to one of the most expansive Inuit art collections in North America at the Winnipeg Art Gallery.
Manitoba is not only full of designer restaurants and eateries, we also have some of the best chefs in Canada, and dare we say in the world? Of course there are many more great places that I could mention, but with over 1, restaurants and new food experiences popping up all the time, you could imagine how challenging that would be.
And how could we forget about Ukrainian culture that proudly displays itself in the Manitoban way of life. Icelanders made their way to Manitoba in the late s, settling in the Interlake region, while Ukrainians came in waves during the s and s. Each group holds dear its traditions with the Icelandic and Gimli Ice festivals, where the Vikings boldly display their talents at live combat.
The National Ukrainian Festival in Dauphin features lively song, dance and fancy footwork that will make even the person with two left feet want to do a jig. And the stories held within the walls of the New Iceland Heritage Museum and the Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Centre each offer insights into these cultures that make the experience all the more meaningful.
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