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9 LEGENDS TALES • Volume 5, 2016 Winnipeg Ideas Story Canadian Signature Experiences (CSE) A Prairie Legacy: The Bison and its People at FortWhyte Alive offers this once-in-a-lifetime travel experience full of wildlife, cultural history and environmental education. The adventure begins with a close-up encounter of 30 grunting, munching bison and visits to a Plains Cree tipi and Pioneer Sod House. Snowshoe in winter or paddle a voyageur canoe in the spring and summer, and savour bush tea and bannock cooked over a campfire. Round out the journey with a regional cuisine experience at Buffalo Stone Café. www.fortwhyte.org/ecotours Experience Winnipeg's own "Da Vinci Code" on a Hermetic Code Tour at the Manitoba Legislative Building. This provincial icon is steeped in magic, mystery, and architectural wonder; it is full of occult clues concealed in the building architecture including: hidden hieroglyphic inscriptions, numerological codes and Freemasonic symbols so intelligently masked they have escaped historians and visitors for nearly 100 years. www.heartlandtravel.ca Do what the experts do and be part of important research by banding a real, live bird as part of Oak Hammock Marsh's Bird in the Hand experience. Learn why Oak Hammock Marsh is such an important stop during migrations – there can be up to 400,000 avian visitors daily during fall migration. Smell the blooming wildflowers of the wetland as you paddle a long and lean Voyageur canoe. More than 300 bird species call these wetlands home. www.oakhammockmarsh.ca/learn/signature-experience/ Head to the Arctic without ever leaving the city at Journey to Churchill: Discover the Magic of the North in the Heart of the Continent. Witness majestic polar bears swim and play from underwater viewing tunnels, and wander across authentic landscapes that showcase other northern species like caribou, wolves, and Arctic fox. Go behind the scenes at the laboratories of the Leatherdale International Polar Bear Conservation Centre to see the progress being made in environmental protection and wildlife conservation, as bears are rescued and transitioned to safety. assiniboineparkzoo.ca/zoo/home/explore/canadian-signature-experience The following Winnipeg experiences are part of Destination Canada's CSE Collection B i s on S a f ari : Sta n S w anso n J o u r n ey t o C hu r chi ll : W il l i a m A u H e r m e ti c Cod e To ur : Dan H arpe r Granola-Peg Unleash your inner flower child at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, one of North America's premier folk festivals. Join an impromptu jam, bang a drum on Pope's Hill in the campground, shop the handmade village and take in big- name and new music acts. Winnipeg's granola belt can be found in the tight-knit neighbourhood of Wolseley, home to unique shops from aromatherapy to an organic bakery to a new age book store. When you're feeling hungry, pop over to the emerging dining district of Sherbrook Street for a Buddha burger at Boon Burger – Canada's first all-vegan burger joint. Stroll off the beaten path and connect with Winnipeg's grassroots indie music, art, fashion and culinary scene.