9 LEGENDS TALES • Volume 7, 2018/2019
WINNIPEG IDEAS
Canadian Signature
Experiences (CSE)
A Prairie Legacy: The Bison and its People at FortWhyte Alive offers an
experience full of wildlife, cultural history and environmental education. It 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. fortwhyte.org/ecotours
Experience Winnipeg's own "Da Vinci Code" on a Hermetic Code Tour at the
Manitoba Legislative Building. This provincial icon is full of occult clues concealed
in its architecture including hidden hieroglyphic inscriptions, numerological codes
and Freemasonic symbols so intelligently masked they have escaped historians
and visitors for nearly 100 years. heartlandtravel.ca
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. Paddle a long Voyageur canoe in these
wetlands that over 300 bird species call home.
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 Canadian Museum for Human Rights' Exploring a Canadian Landmark half-
day experience begins with a guided tour through vibrant galleries full of human
rights stories. A gourmet lunch is served in a beautiful location beneath the glass
"cloud," where the conversation continues with the tour guide. The focus then shifts
to the building's unique architecture and exotic rock faces, and guests take home
pieces of the Museum itself (alabaster and basalt) in an elegant gift box.
humanrights.ca/visit/tours/exploring-canadian-landmark
The following Winnipeg experiences are part of
Destination Canada's CSE Collection
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tory
FortWhyte
Alive:
Mike
Peters
Bird
in
the
Hand:
Karen
Allen
Journey
to
Churchill:
William
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