The Atlas Obscura Guide To Manitoba

26 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Manitoba

Updated September 15, 2023

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Little Limestone Lake

Division No. 23, Manitoba

Little Limestone Lake

The world's largest and most outstanding marl lake regularly changes color.

A red-sided garter snake

Gimli, Manitoba

Narcisse Snake Dens

The largest single concentration of harmless garter snakes in the world is a writhing Canadian serpent orgy.

Beluga.

Churchill, Manitoba

Churchill River Beluga Whales

You don't have to visit the deep blue sea to see these majestic creatures swimming wild and free.

Mysterious spires of the cement cemetery.

Rosser, Manitoba

Cement Cemetery

Mysterious concrete spires left on a small Canadian hill.

Canadian Museum for Human Rights

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Canadian Museum for Human Rights

The world’s first museum dedicated to exploring human rights unleashed a wave of controversy.

Statue of Harry Colebourn and Winnipeg the Bear.

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Winnipeg the Bear Statue

A statue in a Canadian zoo remembers the WWI origins of the beloved character Winnie-the-Pooh.

A Viking statue in Gimli commemorates the area's Icelandic heritage.

Gimli, Manitoba

New Iceland

Icelandic settlement in Manitoba established in 1875.

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Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba

Old Pinawa Dam

The ruined remains of an early hydroelectric dam.

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When polar bears like this mom and cub wander into Churchill, a small town in a remote northern corner of Canada, they might just end up in "polar bear jail."

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The holding facility helps bears and people safely coexist in the remote northern town.

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A portrait of Cheryl Lashek, made by Alex Plante.

Meet the Mechanical Engineer Whose Signature Is Instagram Famous in Manitoba

For the past decade, every elevator in the Canadian province has been graced by Cheryl Lashek's name.

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Janis Thiessen and Sarah Story await fresh recipes and stories from inside the Food History Truck.

The Food Truck That Invites You to Be the Cook

These traveling historians are hungry for your life story.

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Freddy, standing still for once.

Freddy, Manitoba's Beloved Rogue Bison, Has Been Immortalized in Song

"Run, Freddy, Run!" features Renaissance-style singing, Metís fiddle, and electronically distorted bison noises.

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