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Riding National Park is only 265 kilometers (165 miles) from Winnepeg
yet
offers urban visitors a wilderness of forests, lakes and
prairies.
Mammals benefiting from the park include black bears, bison,
moose, Manitoba elk, coyote, red fox, badger, beaver and
lynx. Birds include red-tailed hawks, bald eagles,
sharp-tailed and spruce grouse and six species of woodpeckers.
The park has more than two dozen trails, including the Grey Owl trail
which leads to Beaver Lodge Lake and the cabin once used by Grey
Owl, a Canadian author and conservationist who actively
worked to reestablish the park's beaver populations.
OFFICIAL WEBSITE:
Riding National
Park
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ACTIVITIES: The park offers
bicycling routes, horseback trails and boating opportunites.
Fishing is also permitted in the park's lakes. Limited downhill
skiing is offered at Agassiz Ski Hill and cross-country skiers can have
their choice of over 100 miles of groomed trails.
ACCOMODATIONS:
The park offers both established campgrounds and primitive
campsites. The town of Wasagaming offers the option of rental
cabins, lodges ad motels.
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