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Nature Manitoba conducts a variety of outdoor activities throughout the year. Our activities include canoeing, hiking, cycling, snowshoeing, camping, cross-country skiing, and other outdoor recreational pursuits. All outdoor activities are free for members, with the exception of any cabin/park fees if applicable, and the Grey Hares group is listed separately. In order to explore the option of membership, non-members may attend a trip or two at no cost. Before registering for a trip please review the safety requirements and the difficulty rating using the following Trip Rating Guidelines. Activities will also follow the Nature Manitoba Dog Policy.

Please contact the trip leader directly with any questions, as listed below. We welcome people to try us out before becoming a member, so please consider coming out to one of our activities.

Please review trip descriptions carefully or contact the trip leader individually to confirm their requirements. 

Nature Manitoba Outings

Narcisse Snake Dens

May 7, 2025
Grey Hares / NOVICE

Location / Time: Meet at Tim Hortons on Davis Way (600 metres south of Jefferson) & Brookside Blvd (Route 90) at 10:00 for carpooling. Narcisse Snake Dens is 100 km / 1:10 north along PTH 9 and PTH 17.
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Contact / Registration: 

Ed Rajfur -- register by email at erajfur@gmail.com after April 25.

Tetrault Park Hike in La Broquerie

May 10, 2025
General Trips / NOVICE

Please join Patricia on hike in La Broquerie. Beautiful new trail SE of Winnipeg goes through park, around golf course and through town. Approximately 1 hour walk.

Dress for weather with proper footwear and hat. Bring water and something to nibble, Potential lunch spots includes Putters Golf and LaBroquerie Hotel . 

Contact / Registration: 

To register please email Patricia Rudolph at marieprudolph@yahoo.ca

Tuesday Breakfast

Repeats every month on the second Tuesday 2 times.
May 13, 2025
June 10, 2025
Grey Hares / NOVICE

Date: The second Tuesday of every month at 9.00 AM
Location: Smitty’s Family Restaurant, 580 Pembina Hwy (near Grant Ave)
Registration deadline: The preceding Sunday at 6:00 PM. Charles needs to know who will be attending.
Bring: Your name tag.

Contact / Registration: 

Charles Begley -- register at ccbegley@shaw.ca

Birding at King's Park

May 14, 2025
Grey Hares / NOVICE

Location: Meet in the main parking lot at King's Park.

Time: 8:30 AM to ~11:00 AM

Description: We will walk through the park looking and listening for birds, with a particular focus on the spring migrants which should be peaking at this time.

Contact / Registration: 

Ward Christianson and Marlene Waldron -- regster at mjwaldron2016@gmail.com . There is a limit of 20 participants. This activity is subject to dry weather.

Libau/Beaconia/Brokenhead Wetland

May 17, 2025
Bird Outings / NOVICE

We will look for prairie, wetland and woodland birds north of Libau. Red-headed Woodpecker, Yellow-throated Vireo, Orchard Oriole, Bobolink, Nelson’s Sparrow, Virginia Rail and a variety of warblers, raptors and shorebirds are all possible. We will finish the outing with a walk along the boardwalk at the Brokenhead Wetland Ecological Reserve.

Contact / Registration: 

For more info or to register contact Garry Budyk at gbudyk@shaw.ca or 204-667-1062.

Birding at La Barriere Park

May 21, 2025
Grey Hares / NOVICE

Location: Meet in the main parking lot at La Barriere Park.

Time: 8:30 AM to ~11:00 AM

Description: We will walk through the park looking and listening for birds, with a particular focus on the spring migrants which should be peaking at this time.

Contact / Registration: 

Ward Christianson and Marlene Waldron -- regster at mjwaldron2016@gmail.com . There is a limit of 20 participants. This activity is subject to dry weather.

Shoal Lakes, St. Ambroise and Delta

May 24, 2025
Bird Outings / NOVICE

This outing will provide a good chance for seeing many waterfowl, grebes and herons, raptors and shorebirds. A visit to the PR. 227 garbage dump may turn up a rare gull. We will depart (carpool) from the northwest corner of the Garden City shopping mall parking lot at 7:30 a.m. The outing will be led by Josh Dewitt and Nelson Chubey.

Contact / Registration: 

Contact Josh at josh.dewitt@live.ca or Nelson at Nelson.chubey@gmail.com to register or for more detail.

Camping/Paddling/Hiking at Tulabi Falls in Nopiming Provincial Park

June 9, 2025 to June 12, 2025
Grey Hares / NOVICE

This year's follow-up to the successes of car-camping / day-paddling / day-hiking  trips at Rushing River in 2022 (24 Grey Hares), Caddy Lake in 2023 (32 Grey Hares), and Black Lake in 2024 (31 Grey Hares) is a car-camping / day-paddling / day-hiking trip at Tulabi Falls in

Contact / Registration: 

Kevin & Anita Miller -- register at k.a.miller@mts.net  The deadline to register for this activity isn't until June 8.The 44 registered people have reserved campsites. There are still campsites available.12 people will be attending their first Grey Hares camping trip, 9 of whom joined Grey Hares within the past few months.

Tuesday Breakfast

May 13, 2025
June 10, 2025
Grey Hares / NOVICE

Date: The second Tuesday of every month at 9.00 AM
Location: Smitty’s Family Restaurant, 580 Pembina Hwy (near Grant Ave)
Registration deadline: The preceding Sunday at 6:00 PM. Charles needs to know who will be attending.
Bring: Your name tag.

Contact / Registration: 

Charles Begley -- register at ccbegley@shaw.ca