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Vast Manitoba proudly offers Folkarama, the largest multicultural festival in the world. Other notable attractions of Manitoba include the Winnipeg fringe Theatre Festival, held every July. The world's largest Coca-Cola can is in Manitoba, as well as the annual Apple Festival of Manitoba, held every year on the last weekend of August.
Winnipeg is balanced between the American frontier to the south and the Canadian Shield to the north. Visitors to Winnipeg enjoy the Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature. Its flourishing performing arts scene and the many wonderful ethnic restaurants characterize Winnipeg as the immigrant gateway to the West that it has long been. Located directly south of the enormous Lake Winnipeg, Winnipeg is an ideal resting stage for the serious fisherman.
Churchill, on the shore of Hudson Bay, is a popular tourist destination in northern Manitoba. There are two good ways to reach Churchill; by excursion flight from Winnipeg, or if you have the time to be leisurely about it, by train 36 hours north from Winnipeg. The Churchill area of features polar bears, caribou, and an incredible assortment of migratory birds.
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