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Manitoba's Lakes
Did you know Manitoba has over 100,000 lakes? However, a lot of them are very small because the lakes only cover 17% of Manitoba's land. Three of the more famous and biggest lakes are Lake Winnipeg (10th largest freshwater lake in the world), Lake Winnipegosis and Lake Manitoba. There's even one called Pekwachnamaykoskwaskwaypinwanik Lake! It's a Native Cree name that literally means: "where the wild trout are caught by fishing with hooks."
Red River Valley
The Red River Valley is in Manitoba and it was the site of many important events in Canada's past. After Canada became a country, the government wanted to make the country bigger in the North West. But when Canada bought a section of the North West known as "Rupert's Land" in 1867 and didn't tell the 12,000 people who lived there, the people fought back. Most of them were Mtis, people of French and First Nations origin. Led by a guy named Louis Riel, the Mtis and other inhabitants fought against the Canadian takeover. However, the Canadian militia marched into the Red River Valley and seized the place. This was how Manitoba became a province of Canada!
Wapusk National Park
Wapusk National Park (Wapusk is a Cree word meaning "white bear") is located in Northern Manitoba. The most interesting part of Wapusk National Park is that it protects one of the world's largest known polar bear maternity denning areas!
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