Daytripper's Guide to Manitoba

Sandwiched between North Dakota and Nunavut, Manitoba has never been the busiest chunk of tourism real estate in North America. To independent travellers, this is a good thing: Canada's undiscovered province offers uncrowded beaches, innumerable lakes, and unlikely cultural attractions, especially in the gritty/cool capital, Winnipeg. A Daytripper's Guide to Manitoba is the only comprehensive travel handbook to the province, and an indispensable tool for visitors from abroad, Canadians passing through, and Manitobans who want to get to know their own backyard. The new edition of the best-selling Canadian guidebook has expanded coverage of Winnipeg's cultural attractions, more Churchill ecotourism options, and a brand-new chapter on the Lake Of The Woods region of northwestern Ontario. Get the straight goods on cities, towns, and natural attractions in every corner of the province, compiled by one of Manitoba's most tenacious independent travellers, Bartley Kives. Remember, the only thing flat about Manitoba is the Trans-Canada Highway.

"Instead of just relying on promotional material, Kives appears to have worn out tire rubber and shoe leather getting to know Manitoba's cities, towns, backroads and wilderness areas. And instead of repeating clichés, Kives uses the same idiosyncratic, opinionated style that he employs in his Off-road columns" Bob Armstrong, Winnipeg Free Press, "An excellent handbook for pointing out the incredible array of places worth visiting that are all too often overlooked." ­T. Keith Edmunds, Brandon Sun, "In addition to its being a wonderful resource for planning family outings, Kives makes it a more enjoyable read with his personal insights ("Bartley-isms") into the places he has visited." Devi Sharma in The Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg journalist and author Bartley Kives has spent decades covering his city for the Winnipeg Free Press and CBC Manitoba. He is the author of the Canadian best-seller A Daytrippers Guide to Manitoba: Exploring Canada's Undiscovered Province and co-recipient of the 2014 Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award for Stuck In The Middle. Kives' work has also appeared in publications such as The Guardian, explore magazine, enRoute and National Geographic Traveler.