Riding Mountain National Park
Riding Mountain National Park,
1,148 sq mi (2,973 sq km), SW Man., Canada, W of Lake Manitoba; est. 1929. A wooded region with small glacial lakes, on the highest part of the Manitoba escarpment, it is a recreation area and big-game sanctuary.Riding Mountain National Park
Wasagaming, MB R0J2H0
Phone:204-848-7275
Fax:204-848-2596
Phone:800-707-8480
Web: www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/mb/riding
Size: 2,968 sq. km.
Established: 1933.
Location:Highway 10 connects Brandon, 95 km to the south, with Wasagaming (the park's visitor services center) and continues to Dauphin, 13 km beyond the park's northern border. From the east, Highway 19 enters the park through the scenic escarpment region.
Facilities:Visitor center, 5 family campgrounds, backcountry campsites, 400 km of hiking, biking, and horse trails; Wasagaming, the park's townsite, offers a full range of visitor services including accommodations, restaurants and shopping.
Activities:Camping, hiking, horseback riding, boating, canoeing, swimming, fishing, wildlife viewing, guided hikes and interpretive programs, junior naturalist program, cross-country skiing, snowmobiling.
Special Features:Forming part of the Manitoba Escarpment, park is situated at the crossroads where habitats characteristic of eastern, western, and northern Canada meet and mingle in a diverse pattern of forest and grasslands, hills and valleys. It offers the greatest mix of wildlife and plants in southwestern Manitoba, including 60 species of mammals and 260 species of birds. It also features a captive bison herd and some of the highest concentrations of moose and elk in the area.
See other parks in Manitoba.