Travel Manitoba Vacation Guide

Summer 2012

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124 Step back in time at the Keystone Pioneers Museum which features pioneer agricultural artifacts, large collection of old machinery, log cabin used by forest rangers in Duck Mountain Provincial Park, Makaroff Church built in 1901, working sawmill and more. The Artifacts Building houses various theme rooms including hospital, general store, school, café, printing press. Opening Day, the last Sunday in May, includes a Pancake Breakfast. Show Day includes threshing, log sawing, flour gristing, bread making, slow tractor race, vintage parade and more. Open May to September, Monday to Thursday. Group tours by appointment. location: 6 km east of Roblin on Hwy. 5 p: 204-937-2979 w: www.kpmroblinmb.webs.com Rossburn At the Rossburn Museum visit a country schoolroom, an early hospital room, a hairdresser's salon, Ukrainian pioneer kitchen, printshop and replica of a Ukrainian village built by the late Harry Boychuk. Also houses firefighting equipment, war uniforms and local history. Open daily May to September. Other times by appointment. Donations accepted. location: Cheddar Ave. p: 204-859-2762, 204-859-2429 (weekends) b Hoof N' Holler Days – Ste. Rose du Lac Near Rossburn visit a Mass Grave and Monument commemorating the Ukrainian settlement in Canada and where in 1899, 42 persons succumbed to scarlet fever. Designed in the spirit of old world architecture are: Sts. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church, Sts. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church, St. Michael's Ukrainian Catholic Church, and Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Assumption of the Virgin Mary, St. John Cantius Roman Catholic Church. Churches are open by appointment. Visit the Marconi School built in 1922, Open spring to fall. p: 204-859-2762, 204-859-2779 (weekdays), 204-859-2429 (weekends) b Tourism Russell Surrounded by a cluster of North America's top fly fishing lakes, the area welcomes numerous year-round activities – golfing, skiing, snowmobiling, fishing tournaments. Family Holiday is celebrated in July and the Beef and Barley Festival in the fall. Be sure to see the arches on Main Street. p: 204-773-2456 w: www.russsellmb.com Boulton Manor is the historic home of Major Boulton, founder of the Boulton Scouts, who fought in the Northwest Rebellion of 1885 and was a Canadian Senator. location: Memorial Ave. and Mather St. "I wish for me and my family to visit Dauphin again this summer." Visit our new and improved website www.tourismdauphin.ca and read all about her adventures in Dauphin! For more info contact us at tourism@dauphin.ca, or call toll free at 1-877-566-5669. P ARKLAND PHOTO: ASHLEY BONIN

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