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 Spruce Woods Sand Lakes Asessippi

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 Duck Mountain Riding Mountain Turtle 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? Grand Beach St. Ambroise Beach Winnipeg Beach Rainbow 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? Whiteshell Elk Island Clearwater Lake Kettle Stones

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? Paint Lake Duff Roblin Beaudry Turtle Mountain

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? Camp Morton Birds Hill Stephenfield 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? Hecla/Grindstone Caribou River Watchorn Pinawa Dam

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? Hnausa Manigotagan Nopiming Numaykoos