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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 Manitoba
Winnipeg. Lies at the junction of the Assiniboine and the Red Rivers. It became a city in 1873.
| What is the name of the rock plateau that covers two thirds of Manitoba? | Manitoba Quiz
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Canadian Shield. This plateau stretches from the Great Lakes to the Arctic Ocean and is rich in minerals.
Flin Flon. Josiah Flintabbety Flonatin was the character in the book found and read by Tom Creighton, a prospector in the area.
oil. Virden is in southwestern Manitoba.
Lake Winnipeg. Covering 9460 sq. miles, it drains into Hudson Bay.
Saskatchewan River. The Pas is in northern Manitoba.
| What provincial park is right on the border of the United States? | Manitoba Quiz
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Assiniboine River. Brandon is the second largest city in Manitoba (and the best!)
Lake Winnipeg. Lake Winnipeg is the 11th largest lake in the world (the tenth largest freshwater lake).
| Wasagaming is the popular tourist destination on the shore of this lake in Manitoba's only National Park. What is the lake's name? | Lakes of Manitoba
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Clear Lake. Located in Manitoba's parkland (the transition area between the prairie and the Canadian Shield), Riding Mountain National Park was founded in 1930. Wasagaming is from the Cree language and it means "clear water," hence the name of the lake.
| North of Riding Mountain National Park is a small city that is known for its Ukranian heritage. Nearby is a lake that carries the same name as the city. What is it? | Lakes of Manitoba
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Dauphin . Although known for its Ukranian heritage, the name of the city (and lake) comes from the French. It translates as 'young royalty.' Thus the aptly named local hockey team: The Dauphin Kings.
| One might think that Lake Winnipeg, being the largest lake in Manitoba, is also the deepest. It isn't. Which one is? | Lakes of Manitoba
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West Hawk Lake. West Hawk Lake is also in the Whiteshell Provincial Park, very near Falcon Lake. West Hawk Lake's depth is 111 metres and its clarity makes it a popular diving location year round. It was formed by a meteorite.
| This lake is almost entirely in Ontario, with only a sliver of it within Manitoba's border. It is, however, the lake from which Winnipeg receives its drinking water. Which lake is it? | Lakes of Manitoba
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Shoal Lake. The water from Shoal lake must travel approximately 155 kilometres through a pipeline to Winnipeg.
| Which city influenced the name of a very popular fictional bear, enjoyed by kids all over the world? | Mostly Southern Manitoba
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Winnipeg. Yes - it's Winnie the Pooh. A.A. Milne, the creator of Winnie the Pooh, took his son, Christopher, to the London Zoo, where Christopher saw a real bear named 'Winnipeg'. 'Winnipeg' (also known as 'Winnie') had been bought for 10 dollars by Captain Harry Coleburn during World War 1, and named after Coleburn's home city.
Gladstone. Gladstone also has the nickname 'Happy Rock'. The rock is happy because it has a huge smile on his face.
| Which city is called the "Sunflower Capital of Canada" and is home to the annual Sunflower Festival? | Mostly Southern Manitoba
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Altona. Altona is also home to the Largest Painting on an Easel...a giant replica of Vincent Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers'. This city is 133 km north of Grand Forks, North Dakota.
Fisher Branch. The name was changed to Fisher Branch because it was beside a branch of the Fisher River.
| A giant turtle! Turtle races! Over twenty outdoor murals! What Manitoba town boasts such attractions close to the Turtle Mountain? | Magnificent Manitoba Towns
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Boissevain. Boissevain is located in the southwest corner of Manitoba, close to the Turtle Mountains and the International Peace Gardens. The statue of "Tommy the Turtle" stands about 28 feet high and weighs about five tons! Every summer, there are turtle races during the town's annual turtle festival, featuring the Western Painted Turtle. The town's murals largely depict the area's history.
| A town in Manitoba named for an American writer? Located near the US-Canada border and situated on the banks of the Red River, what town is home to the busiest border crossing on the Canadian prairies? | Magnificent Manitoba Towns
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Emerson. The town was named after Ralph Waldo Emerson the American poet, essayist, and leader of the Transcendentalist movement. The town of Emerson boasts many historic buildings and is located close to the original site of Fort Dufferin. The Fort was the starting point for an 840-mile trip west to the Rockies by 300 members of the North West Mounted Police in 1874, and was the base for the international commission that marked the Canada-US boundary. (Pembina is the American town located across the border from Emerson in Manitoba.)
| A beaver statue! A French-named community with Ukrainian heritage? There's a near-by lake of the same name. What small Manitoba city is nestled in the valley between the Riding Mountain and Duck Mountain parks? | Magnificent Manitoba Towns
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Dauphin. Dauphin was the title given to the king's eldest son, the heir to the throne of France. The city of Dauphin is located in the Parkland area of Manitoba. When entering Dauphin from the south, one is greeted by a statute of the beaver, Amisk. The 11,000-seat amphitheatre located south of Dauphin on the edge of the Riding Mountain is Selo Ukaina, home to Canada's National Ukrainian Festival and CountryFest, as well the Ukrainian Heritage Village museum.
(Ste. Rose du Lac and Laurier are both French communities located east of Dauphin.)
| Located at the historic fork of the Red and Assiniboine River, while the Seine and La Salle Rivers also meander through and around, what Manitoba city boasts a history of forts, fur-trade rivalries, and rebellion? | Magnificent Manitoba Towns
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Winnipeg. Winnipeg means "muddy waters" and was a place frequented by aboriginal people for thousands of years. Winnipeg was the site of Fort Rouge (1783), Fort Gibraltar (1809), Fort Douglas (1812), and Fort Garry (1822). The Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company competed during the fur-trade, and in 1869 to 1870, the Red River Rebellion, led by Louis Riel, resulted in the formation of the province of Manitoba. Today "The Forks" of the Red and Assiniboine rivers are a wonderful place to tour, shop, and enjoy a variety of entertainment.
| What Manitoba town, built on rock and named after a fictitious story-book character who finds a gold mine at the bottom of a lake, is home to a marijuana grow-operation sanctioned by the government of Canada? | Magnificent Manitoba Towns
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Flin Flon. Located by the Manitoba-Saskatchewan border, the town of Flin Flon was named when prospector Tom Creighton found a vein of copper which reminded him of the book, "The Sunless City" by J.E. Preston Muddock in which the character Josiah Flintabbatey Flonatin discovers a hole lined with gold at the bottom of a lake. The Saskatchewan side of the town is named after Creighton himself.
| The Wheat Kings hockey team! The Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum! Assiniboine Community College and the university's Bobcats. What city in South-West Manitoba is home to the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair? | Magnificent Manitoba Towns
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Brandon. Located on the banks of the Assiniboine River in South-West Manitoba, Brandon is the second largest city in the province. The Brandon Wheat Kings play in Canada's Western Hockey League while the Brandon University Bobcats compete in such sports as basketball and volleyball. The city hosts the week-long Royal Manitoba Winter Fair in March, as well as a summer fair in June and the Manitoba Livestock Expo in November.
| Polar bears! Beluga whales! In what Northern Manitoba town on Hudson Bay would one find Canada's primary seaport to the Arctic Ocean? | Magnificent Manitoba Towns
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Churchill. Historically home to the Thule, Dene, Inuit, Chipewyan, and Cree people, the town of Churchill can trace its first permanent settlement to the fur-trade in the early eighteenth century. The town, known by some as the "polar bear capital of the world," is famous for its ecotourism and Arctic research. The Port of Churchill is known as a site for grain export from Canada.
| Including the adjoining Opaskwayak Cree Nation and Rural Municipality of Kelsey, what Northern Manitoba city boasts a population of about 15,000, is home to the OCN Blizzard junior hockey team, and is famous for its lumber industry? | Magnificent Manitoba Towns
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The Pas. The Cree were the original inhabitants of the area and Henry Kelsey was likely the first European to the area in the early 1690s with the Hudson's Bay Company. The OCN Blizzard plays in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League, though the city is also home to minor hockey's Huskies as well as its high school's Spartans.
| The Oil Capital of Manitoba! What western Manitoba town is located at the junction of the TransCanada Highway and Highway 83, which runs from 300km north then south all the way to Mexico? | Magnificent Manitoba Towns
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Virden. Oil was first discovered in 1956 and the town is located by one of Manitoba's largest oil fields. The town has the Virden Pioneer Home Museum, known as the "Victorian Home on the Prairies" which contains historic artifacts from the area. Virden is deemed to be the midpoint between Winnipeg and Regina on the Canadian prairies.
| The Northwest Round-up and Exhibition! What Manitoba town is nestled in the valley between the Duck and Porcupine Mountain? | Magnificent Manitoba Towns
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Swan River. The town of Swan River is situated on the river of the same name. The town's industry is based on agriculture and forestry. Highway 83 begins in Swan River and runs to Mexico. The Northwest Round-up, town's annual rodeo and exhibition provides a wide variety of entertainment opportunities.
| The unique flora and fauna of the "Spirit Sands" include a skink (Manitoba's only lizard), the hognose snake, and cacti. In what park might we find these, as well as the eerie "Devils Punch Bowl" and an oxbow lake by the Kiche Manitou campground? | Magical, Mystical Manitoba Moments
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Spruce Woods. The sand in Spruce Woods Provincial Park was deposited as a river delta draining glacial Lake Agassiz in what is now the southern part of the province of Manitoba. The Park protects the remaining sand dunes, as well as wildlife like the western hognose snake, the northern prairie skink, and the pincushion cactus. The Devils Punch Bowl is a small blue-green spring-fed pool in the sandy area creating an oasis of spruce trees. Kiche Manitou Lake, an oxbow lake, is used for swimming and canoeing and is a creation of the meandering Assiniboine River. The original human inhabitants revered the area as a place close to the Great Spirit, also known as Kiche Manitou.
| To relax with the serenity of loon calls on the spring-fed waters of Blue Lakes, Childs Lake, Wellman Lake, and Singuish Lake, and to view the world from the highest point in Manitoba, what park must one visit? | Magical, Mystical Manitoba Moments
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Duck Mountain. Duck Mountain Provincial Park spans the Manitoba-Saskatchewan border and is geologically a result of the last ice age. The many small but cold lakes, marshes, and bogs provide canoe routes, as well as fishing, swimming, boating, and interesting hiking. One of the park's viewing towers is located on the highest point in Manitoba, Baldy Mountain, at 831 metres above sea level. Historically, "the Ducks" created a barrier to be skirted by explorers and fur-traders, though the Cree, Assiniboine, Anishinabe and Ojibwe were able to navigate the park.
| There is a small park on the shores of Lake Manitoba that is named for the monster rumoured to live within. Where might one stay to swim, fish, and boat, or to search for Manitoba's version of the Loch Ness monster and British Columbia's Ogopogo? | Magical, Mystical Manitoba Moments
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Manipogo. With documented sightings since the early 1900's, Lake Manitoba's monster resembles other "lake monsters". The most famous lake monster is, of course, Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster. North American lake monsters include Ogopogo in British Columbia's Okanagan Lake and Champ in Lake Champlain in the Quebec-New York-Vermont area. As with other lake monsters, lacking conclusive evidence, the legend of the Manipogo monster prevails. Manipogo Provincial Park contains a campground, boat launch, and beach, as well as places to witness garter snake migrations.
| Long considered one of the best beaches in North America, what nostalgic beach on the shores of Lake Winnipeg is still Manitoba's most popular? | Magical, Mystical Manitoba Moments
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Grand Beach. In addition to its impressive beach, Grand Beach Provincial Park contains active sand dunes, a jack pine forest, a spruce bog, marshland, as well as opportunities for campers, cottagers, and hikers. Historical attractions from its earlier glory days included a boardwalk, dance hall, hotel, bath house, a carousel, refreshment stands, and the Grand Beach Train Station, which was, for many years, the only way to access the area.
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