Float and Paddle the Pinawa Channel

Trade the beach towel for a tube and spend a summer day drifting down the Pinawa Channel with Float and Paddle. The locally owned outfitter makes the experience easy with check-in near the Pinawa Suspension Bridge, safety instructions and a shuttle to the launch point.

Choose from single or multi-rider tubes, then settle in and let the current carry you through the surrounding natural landscape. For those looking to do a little more exploring, SUPs, canoes and kayaks are also available. It’s a laid-back way to get on the water and experience Pinawa from a completely different perspective.

Find Something New on the Calendar

A visit to FortWhyte Alive doesn’t have to mean doing the same thing every time. Its calendar is filled with seasonal programs that offer new ways to experience nature without leaving Winnipeg.

Summer programming includes experiences such as Paddle Nights, where visitors can spend 45 minutes exploring the water by canoe or kayak as the evening approaches. No paddling experience is required, making it an approachable way to add a little lake life to a summer evening.

Check FortWhyte Alive’s calendar before visiting and let that day’s activity shape your adventure.

See Where the Flight Can Take You

Some Manitoba adventures begin before you even arrive at the destination.

Perimeter Aviation connects Winnipeg and Thompson with communities across northern Manitoba, including places such as Cross Lake, Norway House, God’s River and the Island Lake region. Rather than treating the flight as simply transportation, consider it the beginning of an opportunity to experience a part of Manitoba that many travellers never reach by road.

A trip north can open the door to different landscapes, communities and ways of experiencing the province and show just how much of Manitoba exists beyond the familiar highway routes.