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Nature Manitoba Events

June 2018

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						Saturday evening Seine River paddle Saturday evening Seine River paddle Outdoor Activities: General Trips Event Date: Sat, June 2nd Trip Leader: Alain Louer Trip Rating: NOVICE Contact / Registration: Please contact Alain (Al ) Louër at 204-235-1790 or email alainlouer@hotmail.com . A few starting point possibilities but start time is 6:30 pm . Activity Type: Canoeing/Kayak Jun 2 2018 River Road Cycle Trips River Road Cycle Trips Outdoor Activities: General Trips Event Date: Sat, June 2nd Trip Rating: INTERMEDIATE Contact / Registration: To register call Ken at 204-668-4482 Meet at Larters gravel parking lot on River Road at 1pm. Distances 18-48 KM. Stop for lunch at Skinners restaurant. Activity Type: Cycling Jun 2 2018
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		Spring Wildflower Evening Exploration Spring Wildflower Evening Exploration Outdoor Activities: General Trips Event Date: Tue, June 5th Trip Leader: Rose Kuzina Trip Rating: NOVICE Contact / Registration: Register on or after May 29th by eailing Rose at rkuzina@mymts.net We will scour the Transcona area for native wildflowers and plants in this neighbourhood's remarkably preserved prairie biospheres on a hopefully magnificent evening (around 6:30 p.m.). Cameras and binoculars would not be out of place. Activity Type: Hiking Jun 5 2018				Turtle Mountain Provincial Park Hiking Turtle Mountain Provincial Park Hiking Outdoor Activities: General Trips Event Date: Sat, June 9th Trip Leader: Roger Sutherland Trip Rating: NOVICE Contact / Registration: To register please call Roger at 204-451-1219 Meeting time is 8 am at Humpty's Restaurant parking lot at south east corner of McGillivary and Perimeter Highway Drivers need Manitoba park pass / Please join Roger for hiking in Turtle Mountain Provincial Park south of Boissevain . Potluck and BBQ is proposed afterwards . Activity Type: Hiking Jun 9 2018 River Road Cycle Trips River Road Cycle Trips Outdoor Activities: General Trips Event Date: Sat, June 9th Trip Rating: INTERMEDIATE Contact / Registration: To register call Ken at 204-668-4482 Meet at Larters gravel parking lot on River Road at 1pm. Choose either 18 or 35KM distance (both groups will be accompanied by a trip leader). Stop for lunch at Skinners restaurant. Activity Type: Cycling Jun 9 2018
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			Paddle Pinawa Channel Paddle Pinawa Channel Outdoor Activities: Grey Hares Event Date: Wed, June 13th Trip Rating: INTERMEDIATE Contact / Registration: Register with Ed Rajfur at erajfur@gmail.com This is an intermediate to possibly advanced canoe and kayak, full day trip down the scenic Pinawa Channel from the town of Pinawa to the Old Pinawa Dam Historic Park site (provincial park pass required). It includes fast water through rocky areas, rapids and at least one portage. We will have lunch on the way and tour the old dam site at the takeout. Activity Type: Canoeing/Kayak Jun 13 2018			Plant Identification in Whittier Park in St-Boniface Plant Identification in Whittier Park in St-Boniface Outdoor Activities: General Trips Event Date: Sat, June 16th Trip Leader: Roger Sutherland Trip Rating: NOVICE Contact / Registration: For information call Roger at 204-451-1219. Meeting place will be at entrance of Voyageur Park on St Joseph Street close to winter slide structure at 10 am . Please join Roger for a few hours and look at plants along the river bank and fields and try to identify them . If you have field guides please bring them. Activity Type: Hiking Jun 16 2018
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Beach to Border Hike, South Whiteshell Provincial Park Beach to Border Hike, South Whiteshell Provincial Park Outdoor Activities: General Trips Event Date: Sun, June 17th Trip Leader: Rose Kuzina Trip Rating: INTERMEDIATE Contact / Registration: Register after June 9th by emailing rkuzina@mymts.net In honour of Father's Day and all the good guys out there, do these fellas a favour and drag them out for this 12 km hike from West Hawk Lake to the Manitoba/Ontario border along the Great Trans Canada Trail. We shall also do a short infiltration of about one km around the Hunt Lake trailhead to look at the bog and rock outcroppings. Activity Type: Hiking Jun 17 2018	Bike to Work Day Pit Stop Bike to Work Day Pit Stop Outdoor Activities: General Trips Event Date: Mon, June 18th Trip Rating: NOVICE Nature Manitoba is pleased to once again be hosting a pit stop for 2018 Bike Week in Winnipeg! Stop by our pit stop on Norwood Bridge beside Lyndale Drive between 6:30 and 9am! Our pit stop is co-hosted by Climate Change Connection, and there are a couple of chances to win prizes. Visit Bike Week Winnipeg for more info on pit stops. Activity Type: Cycling Jun 18 2018 Mantario Cabin work party June 18-22 Mantario Cabin work party June 18-22 Outdoor Activities: Major Trips Event Date: Mon, June 18th Trip Rating: INTERMEDIATE Contact / Registration: Please contact Alain ( Al ) Louer for more information at 204-235-1790 The Mantario Cabin is looking for volunteers to help prepare the cabin for the summer program. Most work involved is cutting and hauling wood type of chores but there is never any shortage of tasks . Meals are included and participants have some leisure time to swim and use the sauna with a great bunch of people. Trip involves canoeing to cabin on the Monday and coming back on Thursday by canoe. If you don/t have a canoe or a partner we may be able to make arrangements .Participants should be reasonably fit. The Mantario committee is also looking for people that would be interested in helping at other times for work parties, helping to advertise or other activities so questions are welcome to see if something could work for you. Activity Type: Canoeing/Kayak Jun 18 2018		Relaxed walking tour of Brokenhead Wetland Ecological Reserve Relaxed walking tour of Brokenhead Wetland Ecological Reserve Outdoor Activities: Grey Hares Event Date: Wed, June 20th Trip Rating: NOVICE Contact / Registration: Contact Marilyn Latta 204-253-9245 or mjlatta@mymts.net A popular outing looking for orchids, carnivorous plants and other interesting plants. Rating: Novice. Registration deadline June 17^th. Activity Type: Hiking Jun 20 2018			Solstice Party Solstice Party Outdoor Activities: General Trips Event Date: Sat, June 23rd Trip Leader: Roger Sutherland Trip Rating: NOVICE Contact / Registration: Please contact Roger at 204-451-1219 to RSVP Solstice Partty at 6 pm with Potluck and BBQ at 623 Ingersoll between St Mathews and Portage Ave in West End .Short hike will follow. Activity Type: Hiking Jun 23 2018 River Road Cycle Trips River Road Cycle Trips Outdoor Activities: General Trips Event Date: Sat, June 23rd Trip Rating: INTERMEDIATE Contact / Registration: To register call Ken at 204-668-4482 Meet at Larters gravel parking lot on River Road at 1pm. Choose either 18 or 35KM distance (both groups will be accompanied by a trip leader). Stop for lunch at Skinners restaurant. Activity Type: Cycling Jun 23 2018
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			Cycle from Matlock to Gimli & return Cycle from Matlock to Gimli & return Outdoor Activities: Grey Hares Event Date: Wed, June 27th Trip Rating: INTERMEDIATE Contact / Registration: Contact Marilyn Hurrell 204-832-8908 or marilynh@mts.net Approx. distance 48 km round trip. Lunch in Gimli. Activity Type: Cycling Jun 27 2018

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