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One of a series of “Founders Parks” stands in Minnedosa’s downtown, each with an informative plaque recognizing the town’s founders.
Photo: Alexis Stockford
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One of a series of “Founders Parks” stands in Minnedosa’s downtown, each with an informative plaque recognizing the town’s founders.
Photo: Alexis Stockford
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An expansive trail network through Minnedosa’s green space takes walkers past some of the town’s main tourist and historical sites.
Photo: Alexis Stockford
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A expansive trail network through Minnedosa’s green space takes walkers past some of the towns main tourist and historical sites.
Photo: Alexis Stockford
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Flags from other countries, provinces and territories top Minnedosa's dam, alongside a walking path and historical interpretive signs.
Photo: Alexis Stockford
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Signs near the Minnedosa Lake spillway talk about the development of the dam in 1912.
Photo: Alexis Stockford
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Minnedosa’s trails make a stop at the town’s swinging bridge.
Photo: Alexis Stockford
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Minnedosa's Oxbow Trail brings walkers past the fenced-off Bison Park and to an lookout point over the paddock.
Photo: Alexis Stockford
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Signs in front of the Wetlands Discovery Trail near Cypress River deliver a conservation-focused message.
Photo: Alexis Stockford
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The wetlands boardwalk at Cypress River’s Millennium Park has stood as a roadside stop for over a dozen years, although the local conservation district says it’s starting to show its age.
Photo: Alexis Stockford
[From ‘Looking for a sign’] Within town, benches and decorative walls pepper Minnedosa’s main street, each a stop on the Founders Parks Walking Tour and fitted with educational signage dedicated to the town’s roots. Similarly, visitors can download a guide for a self-guided tour of 10 of the town’s historical stone buildings.
Minnedosa’s trails, and, more particularly, their interpretive signs, represent perhaps one of the easiest ways for rural Manitoba to kindle interest from visitors and, according to interpretive sign designer Heather Hinam, often one of the first options that small communities look to.
See more of what Minnedosa has to offer in this photo gallery!
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