A Daytripper's Guide to Manitoba: Exploring Canada's Undiscovered Province

A Daytripper's Guide to Manitoba: Exploring Canada's Undiscovered Province

by Bartley Kives
A Daytripper's Guide to Manitoba: Exploring Canada's Undiscovered Province

A Daytripper's Guide to Manitoba: Exploring Canada's Undiscovered Province

by Bartley Kives

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Overview

Sandwiched between North Dakota and Nunavut, Manitoba has never been the busiest chunk of tourism real estate in North America. To independent travellers, this is a good thing: Canada's undiscovered province offers uncrowded beaches, innumerable lakes, and unlikely cultural attractions, especially in the gritty/cool capital, Winnipeg. A Daytripper’s Guide to Manitoba is the only comprehensive travel handbook to the province, and an indispensable tool for visitors from abroad, Canadians passing through, and Manitobans who want to get to know their own backyard. The new edition of the best-selling Canadian guidebook has expanded coverage of Winnipeg’s cultural attractions, more Churchill ecotourism options, and a brand-new chapter on the Lake Of The Woods region of northwestern Ontario. Get the straight goods on cities, towns, and natural attractions in every corner of the province, compiled by one of Manitoba’s most tenacious independent travellers, Bartley Kives. Remember, the only thing flat about Manitoba is the Trans-Canada Highway.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781773370729
Publisher: Great Plains Publications
Publication date: 06/01/2022
Pages: 272
Product dimensions: 5.20(w) x 8.98(h) x 0.63(d)

About the Author

Lifelong Manitoban Bartley Kives has spent three decades in journalism, covering politics, music, food, science, and outdoor recreation at CBC, the Winnipeg Free Press, and the Winnipeg Sun. He’s the co-author of two collaborations with photographer Bryan Scott: Stuck in the Middle: Dissenting Views of Winnipeg —the 2014 winner of the Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award—and Stuck In The Middle 2: Defining Views of Manitoba. His work has also appeared in publications such as the Guardian and Explore magazine.

Table of Contents

Preface 1

1 A Brief History of Manitoba 5

Indigenous Manitoba: A Glossary of Terms 13

Manitoba at a Glance 15

2 Getting Your Bearings 17

Manitoba's Climate 25

Hucking the Jambusters: A Glossary of Manitoban English 27

Oversized Statues 30

Driving Distances 31

3 Stuff to See and Do 33

Top Ten Manitoba Attractions 51

Holiday and Festival Calendar 54

When To Go 59

4 Winnipeg 61

Essential Winnipeg Eats 97

5 Red River Valley and Around 101

Red River Fishing Outfitters 125

6 The Canadian Shield 127

Respecting Rock Art 148

Essential Whiteshell Walks 149

7 Beaches and the Interlake 151

Lake Winnipeg Beach Finder 171

8 Southwestern Manitoba 173

First Peoples' History in Manitoba's Southwest 195

9 Parkland 197

Essential Riding Mountain Walks 216

10 The North 219

Churchill Ecotourism Guide 246

11 Northwestern Ontario 249

Essential Northwestern Ontario Paddling Routes 267

12 Things To Know 271

Camping Ethics 282

Recommended Reading 284

Acknowledgements and Thanks 286

Index 287

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