Riding Mountain National Park

Riding Mountain National Park is located 310 km (190 mi.) north-west of Winnipeg on Highway 10. Accessible throughout the year this scenic park is a combination of recreation area and nature reserve, a varied landscape of prairie, aspen parkland, fir and deciduous forest and wonderfully clear lakes and streams. The park extends over part of the glacially formed Manitoba Escarpment where a series of plateau rising to heights of about 340 m (1100 ft) overlook the surrounding prairie with its gentle hills, meadows, lakes and watercourses.

The cold deep lakes in Riding Mountain such as Clear Lake, Lake Katherine and Deep Lake are rich in pike, whitefish, walleye and trout (good angling). Beavers live in the shallow, marshy bays.

Near Lake Audy a herd of buffalo roam freely about a 552 ha (1360 acre) enclosure. There is a special look-out from which the animals can be observed in their natural environment, and an informative display about bison - now virtually extinct except for this one remaining species.