Magnificent Manitoba Towns

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1. A giant turtle! Turtle races! Over twenty outdoor murals! What Manitoba town boasts such attractions close to the Turtle Mountain? Boissevain Deloraine Killarney Sprague

2. 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? Pembina Morden Emerson Brandon

3. 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? Laurier St. Malo Ste. Rose du Lac Dauphin

4. 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? Thompson Portage la Prairie Winnipeg Selkirk

5. 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? Thompson Morris Lynn Lake Flin Flon

6. 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? Winnipeg Thompson Brandon Virden

7. Polar bears! Beluga whales! In what Northern Manitoba town on Hudson Bay would one find Canada's primary seaport to the Arctic Ocean? Gillam Thompson Churchill Winnipeg

8. 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? Dauphin Thompson The Pas Gillam

9. 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? Portage La Prairie Virden Morden Melita

10. The Northwest Round-up and Exhibition! What Manitoba town is nestled in the valley between the Duck and Porcupine Mountain? Swan Lake Swan River Morris Russell