Manitoba and Saskatchewan
Manitoba and Saskatchewan
The provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan , a vast tract bounded by the Ontario border to the east and the Rocky Mountains in Alberta to the west, together comprise a region commonly called “the prairies”.
In fact, flat treeless plains are confined to the southern part of central Canada and even then they are broken up by the occasional river valley and range of low-lying hills, which gradually raise the elevation from sea level at Hudson Bay to nearly 1200m close the Rockies.
Manitoba is distinguished principally by its parks , thousands of acres of wilderness, lake, river and forest that boast wonderful scenery, great hikes and hundreds of kilometres of canoe routes. One of the right is Riding Mountain National Park , 250km northwest of Winnipeg, which derives its name from the fur trappers who altered from canoe to horseback to travel across its wooded highlands.
On the southern edge of the park, the tourist village of Wasagaming is a useful base for exploring the surrounding countryside, which incorporates areas of deciduous and boreal forest, lake and grassland. Manitoba’s provincial parks comprise the dramatic landscapes and difficult whitewater canoe routes of the remote Atikaki Wilderness Park , the lakeside marshes and forests of Hecla Park , and yet extra canoe routes in Duck Mountain Park , which is also noted for its fishing.
Mainly of Manitoba’s significant attractions are concentrated in and around Winnipeg, and several of the province’s smaller villages and towns are not really tourist destinations. The notable exceptions are Brandon and Souris , both in the southwest corner of the province, and remote Churchill , a wild outpost right up north on the shores of Hudson Bay that’s a great place for seeing beluga whales and polar bears, but overrun by visitors and documentary film crews.