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8 unusual facts about Riding Mountain National Park


Alana Levandoski

Alana Levandoski is a songwriter from Riding Mountain National Park in Manitoba, Canada.

Gilbert Plains, Manitoba

Gilbert Plains is situated on the Valley River, in the parkland country between Riding Mountain National Park and Duck Mountain Provincial Park.

Grandview, Manitoba

The town of approximately eight hundred people was named for the beautiful views of both the Duck Mountains to the north and the Riding Mountains to the south.

Neepawa

Riding Mountain National Park and Duck Mountain Provincial Park lie to the north, are part of this parkland, and are also an extension of the escarpment.

Riding Mountain House

Riding Mountain House was a Hudson's Bay Company trading post set up to the south of what is now the Riding Mountain National Park, on the Little Saskatchewan River.

Riding Mountain National Park

The park is home to wolves, moose, elk, black bears, hundreds of bird species, countless insects and a captive bison herd.

The nearest commercial airports are at Dauphin and Brandon, and the nearest International Airport is located in Winnipeg.

Roblin, Manitoba

Located between Duck Mountain Provincial Park and Riding Mountain National Park, Roblin hosts white tail and large game hunting.


Division No. 17, Manitoba

The division is geographically centred on the city of Dauphin and Dauphin Lake, and contains most of Riding Mountain National Park.

Mid-Continental Canadian forests

Blocks of intact forest include Wood Buffalo Park, the areas around Cold Lake/Primrose Lake and Doré Lake, Prince Albert National Park, to the north of Cumberland Lake, Riding Mountain National Park, Porcupine Hills, Duck Mountain Provincial Park (Manitoba), Duck Mountain Provincial Park (Saskatchewan) (near the town of Kamsack and the Peace–Athabasca Delta on the Slave River.


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Wasagaming, Manitoba

The town-site lies on the south shores of Clear Lake, the largest lake in Riding Mountain National Park.