Travel Manitoba Vacation Guide

Fall/Winter 2013 / 2014

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Find out why fall is for the birds at one of the province's picturesque nature preserves, where flocks of high-flyers make a final pit stop before heading south for winter. At Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretive Centre near Stonewall, you can enjoy an elegant threecourse dinner or a concert of classical music before checking out the evening arrivals from the comfort of the rooftop observation deck. oakhammockmarsh.ca Onward Marsh At Delta Marsh on the edge of Lake Manitoba, the skies are literally alive each autumn with the sight of hundreds of thousands of winged waterfowl — all visible from the viewing towers, boardwalks and interpretive trails that weave through the wetlands. FunFact Lakes Winnipeg and Manitoba are all that is left of glacial Lake Agassiz that once covered most of the province FortWhyte Alive ALive in the sky And at FortWhyte Alive just outside Winnipeg, you can track the migration patterns of thousands of ducks and Canada Geese from September to October, when aviation populations go through the roof, drawing birders in similar droves. fortwhyte.org W i l d e r n e s s FLIGHT PATTERNS 17

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