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A Daytripper's Guide to Manitoba: Exploring Canada's Undiscovered Province
Sandwiched between North Dakota and Nunavut, Manitoba has never been the busiest chunk of tourism real estate in North America. To independent travellers, this is a good Canada's undiscovered province offers uncrowded beaches, innumerable lakes and unlikely cultural attractions, especially in the gritty/cool capital, Winnipeg.
A Daytripper’s Guide to Manitoba is the only comprehensive travel handbook to the province – and an indispensable tool for visitors from abroad, Canadians passing through and Manitobans who want to get to know their own backyard.
Get the straight goods on cities, towns and natural attractions in every corner of the province, compiled by one of Manitoba’s most tenacious independent travellers, Winnipeg Free Press columnist Bartley Kives. Plunder a small-town gift shop. Eyeball turn-of-the-last-century architecture. Commune with nature in wild areas that still feel wild. And forget what you think you know about the Canadian prairies – the only thing flat about Manitoba is the Trans-Canada Highway.
A Daytripper’s Guide to Manitoba is the only comprehensive travel handbook to the province – and an indispensable tool for visitors from abroad, Canadians passing through and Manitobans who want to get to know their own backyard.
Get the straight goods on cities, towns and natural attractions in every corner of the province, compiled by one of Manitoba’s most tenacious independent travellers, Winnipeg Free Press columnist Bartley Kives. Plunder a small-town gift shop. Eyeball turn-of-the-last-century architecture. Commune with nature in wild areas that still feel wild. And forget what you think you know about the Canadian prairies – the only thing flat about Manitoba is the Trans-Canada Highway.
- GenresNonfictionTravel
272 pages, Paperback
First published June 5, 2006
21 people want to read
About the author
Bartley Kives
4 books7 followersLifelong Manitoban writes about travel, food and politics out of a century-old home in one of inner-city Winnipeg's most colourful 'hoods.
The forty something recovering music journalist juggles a day job as a city hall reporter for the Winnipeg Free Press with a weekend wilderness-travel column called Offroad. His work has also appeared on CBC Radio and in publications such as explore magazine, National Geographic Traveler and Western Living.
The forty something recovering music journalist juggles a day job as a city hall reporter for the Winnipeg Free Press with a weekend wilderness-travel column called Offroad. His work has also appeared on CBC Radio and in publications such as explore magazine, National Geographic Traveler and Western Living.
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March 3, 2018
A fantastic, well written guide to Winnipeg and Manitoba. The book begins with a few chapters on the human and natural history of Manitoba. Then the province is divided up into logical sections with Winnipeg treated first.
The guide mentions a few places to eat and sleep for each geographic location, but mostly lists places to visit and activities to partake in. The guide is heavy on outdoorsy hike/bike/paddle activities but also contains tacky-tourist listings for the winnebago warriors, and theatre/galleries/museums for the culture warriors.
The writing is clear and no nonsense, humorous at times but not frivolous. The fact that the author mentions places NOT worth visiting (and why) lends the guide an air of trustworthiness.
That's my impressions of this book as read from my sofa in Edmonton. The real test will be when we have it with us during our 20 day visit to Manitoba this coming summer. Perhaps I will have to add another paragraph to this review afterwards on how it performed in the field.
The guide mentions a few places to eat and sleep for each geographic location, but mostly lists places to visit and activities to partake in. The guide is heavy on outdoorsy hike/bike/paddle activities but also contains tacky-tourist listings for the winnebago warriors, and theatre/galleries/museums for the culture warriors.
The writing is clear and no nonsense, humorous at times but not frivolous. The fact that the author mentions places NOT worth visiting (and why) lends the guide an air of trustworthiness.
That's my impressions of this book as read from my sofa in Edmonton. The real test will be when we have it with us during our 20 day visit to Manitoba this coming summer. Perhaps I will have to add another paragraph to this review afterwards on how it performed in the field.
June 13, 2017
This book was 1/3 smarm, 1/3 nostalgia (I visited a lot of small towns in my previous job), and 1/3 astonishment (at the suggestions beyond the usual suspects, plus number of tea rooms out there, yaaaaaas) / disappointment (at the stuff that's closed since the book was last updated).
April 20, 2010
Manitoba!!
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