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If that's not enough sliding for you, be sure to put FortWhyte Alive on the agenda. You name it, FortWhyte has it, including the awesome Richardson Rrrun Toboggan Slide, which is perched above a frozen lake, along with guided tours where you'll learn about the region's Indigenous and fur trading roots while snowshoeing. There's also atl atl throwing and archery (don't worry, it's safe), Inuit and voyageur games, and full day activities and kids' camps that will see your little ones learning how to make a fire then roast bannock over the flames. FortWhyte is particularly beautiful in the fall, when migratory meals are on the menu at the Buffalo Stone Café. The café has an outdoor patio that overlooks a lake that is often awash in thousands of migratory birds. Another can't-miss in autumn is A Maze in Corn. Throughout October it is home to the Haunted Forest, a spooky experience that is suitable for families, along with a petting zoo, hayrides, pony rides, and of course, the massive corn maze that towers over guests and is ripe for exploration from August 1 st throughout autumn. Bridging the great outdoors and the comfy indoors is Assiniboine Park and Zoo. In winter, the park's frozen ponds offer up ample outdoor skating for the whole family, while their conservatory is a great place to escape the cold; when you enter, you'll be hit with a wall of humid, tropical air, while your little ones will be enchanted by over 8,000 trees, plants and flowers, along with turtles and fish that swim and hide amongst the ponds and water features. Plus, the conservatory is FREE to visit! The zoo itself is a real showstopper for the whole family with snow leopards, Amur tigers, and red pandas – all of which dig the snow. Their Journey to Churchill exhibit is surely the best northern species and Arctic education centre of its kind in the world. It's here you can spend hours watching polar bears swim and play right over your head in an acrylic tunnel. This is an experience no child – heck, no adult with a sense of wonder – will ever forget; it's truly world-class in every sense of the word. INDOORS The Manitoba Museum provides a feast for the senses that inquisitive visitors will devour as they journey through Manitoba from the Sub-Arctic region in the north to the grasslands in the south. You'll swear you can hear the thunder of hoof beats as you take in the life- sized diorama of a bison hunt, and will feel like you've stepped back in time when you stroll the boardwalk of 1920s Winnipeg. There's also an out-of-this-world Science Gallery that features a Manitoba-made Black Brant rocket, computer simulations, maker spaces featuring LEGO bricks and motorized race cars. And, every visitor will be amazed by the wonders of the universe in the Museum's full-dome digital Planetarium. Tours of the Royal Canadian Mint set the gold standard (#dadjoke) for the whole family. The facility produces coins for hundreds of countries around the world (which you'll witness on a tour), while your kids will get the chance to hold a pure gold bar worth nearly $500,000 that will astonish them with its weight. You can also have some family fun while doing a team building exercise at Enigma Escapes, Codebreakers, Ultimate Escape, or The Real Escape – all of which house challenging interactive rooms where solving the thematic mysteries will literally set you free. Manitoba Theatre for Young People, located at The Forks, does an incredible job putting on productions that hold kids of all ages in rapture, often utilizing www.tourismwinnipeg.com 37 WINNIPEG ITINERARIES Journey to Churchill Manitoba Museum

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