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Coloured leaves are reflected in the Vermillion Reservoir.
Farmit Manitoba, Other

Autumn explorations: It’s worth heading north

Dauphin and the north end of Riding Mountain National Park offer stunning fall colours and activities

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If your time in Riding Mountain National Park has been limited to the Clear Lake or Wasagaming area, you’re missing prime day trip opportunities to the north. The north side of the park and Dauphin region feature many scenic viewpoints (see slideshow below), adventures and chances for cross-country exploration. And the time has never been
Winter visitors to Wasagaming can glide down skating paths.
Farmit Manitoba

Riding Mountain National Park reclaims winter

After a difficult summer, activities resume in the national park

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Weather wasn’t kind for summer activities in 2022, but officials at Riding Mountain National Park hope 2023 will mark the return to a more normal year. Last year, the problems started early, said park spokesperson Dameon Wall. Major April snowstorms were followed by a whiplash of freeze and thaw conditions. The rest of the month
Teamster Richard Grudeski of Vista broke trail while horseback riders followed close behind.
News, Other

Season-ending trail ride offers special glimpse of national park

Riding Mountain Wranglers cap off year with trek to Whitewater PoW camp

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Fall is a season of transition, a reminder of the value of change, in this case from bright, buzzing, verdant summer toward the dark, quiet calm of winter.  The journey can be experiential and intellectual, no matter the trip, but it’s more relaxing deep within a national park.  It’s not every day, an invitation is
Historic east gate entrance.
Country Crossroads, Other

Plan a visit to the east side of Riding Mountain National Park

Here you’ll find hiking and biking trails, great scenery, wildlife and the historic gate

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Visitors to Riding Mountain National Park often spend most of their time in the Wasagaming/Clear Lake area, with perhaps part of a day at Lake Audy to see the bison. But Highway No. 19 on the east side of the park can be rewarding in several ways — stretching your muscles on the hiking and
Lori Bremner, Tina Shaw and Bre Adams of Dauphin were some of the saddle riders who took part in the event.
Country Crossroads, Local news, Other

PHOTOS: Fifty sleighs converge on Riding Mountain National Park

The annual event known as the world’s largest sleigh ride is a fitting capstone to winter

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Just before the warmer weather began to move in, a total of 50 sleighs converged at the base of the Sugar Loaf Hills in Riding Mountain National Park, along with 20 saddle riders, for the annual event that’s said to be the world’s largest sleigh ride. Thirty of the teams travelled north from the Rossburn
Young folk during a 1953 or 1954 camp lineup at the dining hall with the Manitoba Federation of Agriculture and Co-operation ‘MFAC’ sign over the entranceway.
Country Crossroads, Other

Want to come back?

This summer marks the 70th anniversary of when families started sending their kids to Camp Wannakumbac at Clear Lake

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Ask anyone who grew up in rural Manitoba to name a place they link with childhood and summer, and chances are it’s Camp Wannakumbac. For 70 years tens of thousands of youths have spent a week of summer camping here, often returning later on to work as a counsellor or director. Adults wanna come back,
This image was taken from a trail camera set up in the park.
Country Crossroads, Local news

Studying the wolves of Riding Mountain National Park

Scholar has been researching collared wolves in order to understand the ecology of the park

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Since the spring of 2016, Christina Prokopenko has been collecting data on the behaviour and population of wolves in Riding Mountain National Park (RMNP). Prokopenko, who is a Vanier Scholar completing her doctoral thesis out of Memorial University in Newfoundland, undertook the research to better understand the ecology of RMNP’s estimated 70 to 75 wolves
Kelsey Connor is the new owner of The Martese.
Country Crossroads, Other

Enjoy fine dining while cruising Clear Lake

The newly renovated Martese runs from spring to fall and has an amazing dinner cruise

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I’m no food critic, but I absolutely recognize a lovely meal when I eat one. And, you can, too, if you decide to enjoy dinner on The Martese, the little cruise ship that plies the waters of Clear Lake spring through fall each year, since it arrived here in 2004. Kelsey Connor, the new owner
Local news

Riding Mountain road bans in effect

Spring weight restrictions will prevent road damage during thaw

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To minimize road damage during the spring thaw, Riding Mountain National Park has imposed restrictions on Highways 19 and 10 where they pass through the park. Effective immediately, weight restrictions of 6,006 lbs. or 2,730 kg gross vehicle weight will be enforced on Hwy. No. 19 within the boundaries of Riding Mountain National Park. As
East gate entrance into the park.
Country Crossroads

Get ready for Canada’s 150th anniversary

Celebrate by visiting a Parks Canada National Historic Site


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How you will celebrate Canada’s 150th? Why not check out some of our nation’s historic sites? As of 2016, there were 976 National Historic Sites in Canada, with 171 of them being administered by Parks Canada. One such site is the Riding Mountain National Park (RMNP) East Gate Registration Complex at the east entrance to

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