Magical, Mystical Manitoba Moments

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1. 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? Desert Oasis Asessippi Sand Lakes Spruce Woods

2. 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? Porcupine Mountain Turtle Mountain Riding Mountain Duck Mountain

3. 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? Asessippi Manipogo Atikaki Nopiming

4. 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? Winnipeg Beach Rainbow Beach St. Ambroise Beach Grand Beach

5. Manitoba's deepest lake, Rainbow Falls, the sacred Bannock Point Petroforms, as well as wild rice and blueberries, are all found in what eastern Manitoba park, located on the Canadian Shield? Kettle Stones Clearwater Lake Whiteshell Elk Island

6. Located just south of Flin Flon, a boreal forest on Precambrian rock forms the basis for what angler's paradise? Turtle Mountain St. Malo Pembina Valley Bakers Narrows

7. As the oldest inhabited area of Manitoba, which also happens to be famous for the painted turtles found there, what park has lakes named Adam, Max, James, and Oskar? Duff Roblin Paint Lake Turtle Mountain Beaudry

8. As a serene location for horseback riding, cycling, walking or swimming, what park echoes with one of North America's largest annual folk music events? Birds Hill Stephenfield Camp Morton Trappist Monastery

9. Named after an Icelandic volcano and located on the western shores of Lake Winnipeg, what Manitoba park not only contains places such as Black Island, Drumming Point, and Gull Harbour, but legends of sunken ships, magical islands, and the mysticism of Anishinabe medicine men, as well? Pinawa Dam Watchorn Hecla/Grindstone Caribou River

10. With a name meaning "entrance to the wilderness", what wild park, located north of the Whiteshell on the Canadian Shield, contains hundreds of clear lakes, rivers, and the ghostly remnants of Manitoba's 1930's gold rush? Nopiming Numaykoos Manigotagan Hnausa