The first hike Nature Manitoba led was promoted in the Winnipeg Free Press. “Nature lovers will hike across prairie: Natural History Society will hold first tramp Saturday along Assiniboine,” the article said. The first Nature Manitoba field trip began at “2:30 Saturday afternoon, May 29, 1920 from the public park in front of Kelvin Technical School, Fort Rouge. The route will be along Harrow Street to the woods on the south bank of the Assiniboine River, along the river bank westwards, across the Midland Railway bridge to the subway. The party will take the car to Deer Lodge and proceed west along the river bank. Trampers are asked to bring their own food but hot tea will be provided near the Military Hospital at 6pm…The object is to show that on the city boundaries much nature study is possible.” The following Monday the Free Press reported that 45 persons of many varied ages took part in the hike despite wet, windy weather and two heavy showers. However, 28 kinds of birds and 40 wildflowers were recorded.