Manitoba

Introducing Manitoba

Manitoba is home to fascinating places with funny names full of the things that make Canada great, mixed with lesser-known ‘only here’ secrets. It’s a simple and powerful swath of Canada with qualities so obvious they’re often overlooked: agricultural flatlands, wild moose, arctic tundra, maple tree forests, Flin Flon, massive lakes, rock star legends, stalking lynx, Winnipegosis, gushing rivers, political heroes, Wasagaming, black bear, rocky landscapes, edgy artists, polar bear, aboriginal historians and rugged coastline.

Only rocky mountains are missing, but ask any true prairie folk and they’ll tell you they just block the view. That’s Manitoba: open people in open spaces. Its magnitude is only fully appreciated while standing on the edge of a sunflower field counting three different storms on the horizon, or on the edge of Hudson Bay’s rugged coastline counting belugas and envisioning some of Canada’s oldest and most interesting stories.

While no one expects anyone to say ‘I’m going to Canada for two months and I’m spending every second of it in Manitoba’ and mean it, it’s a part of Canada that really shouldn’t be missed. There’s a quiet confidence here, an unheralded history and definite energy. Manitoba is truly Canadian, yet is unlike any other region in the country.

Last updated: Feb 17, 2009