2 0 1 4 O f f i c i a l V i s i t o r s G u i d e M A N I T O B A Major Events Ice Fishing Adventures Hiking & Biking 25 Years of Dauphin’s Countryfest tourismdauphin.ca All numbers are 204 area code, unless otherwise indicated. contact phone numbers Group or Contact Phone Number Emergency 911 Parkland RCMP Detachment 622-5050 Dauphin Fire Department 622-3100 Ambulance 911 Hospital 638-3010 Crime Stoppers 1-800-782-8477 Parkland Crisis Centre 638-9484 & Women’s Shelter or 1-877-977-0007 Transportation to / from Dauphin Group or Contact Phone Number Dauphin Mayor Eric Irwin with country music star Carrie Underwood Airport Lt. Colonel W.G. Barker V.C. 622-3280 Perimeter Airlines 1-800-665-8986 message from the mayor Bus Depot (Greyhound) 622-9500 Rail (VIA Rail) 1-888-VIA-RAIL If you are thinking about visiting talent on the upper stages. Just around Car Rental (Mountainview Esso) 638-7874 Dauphin for the first time or coming the corner is the 50th anniversary for Dauphin Taxi 638-3315 back for seconds, I can say this is the Canada’s National Ukrainian Festival Road Conditions 622-2065 time to do it! Dauphin is a “get it done” which showcases some of the deeply or 1-877-627-6237 community and many projects have gone rooted heritage of our community and www.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca from dream to reality in the last few is an experience to remember. Last Tourism Info Sites years. Vermillion Park has been given a year Dauphin hosted the first annual Group or Contact Phone Number facelift with the addition of a beautiful Manitoba MudRun and we invite one City Hall (Tourism Dauphin) 622-3216 accessible playground and splash park and all to participate in this event on 100 Main Street S. or 1-877-566-5669 plus major upgrades to the camping some of Manitoba’s most beautiful Parkland Recreation Complex 622-3112 area. Visitors to our community will be terrain. All this and more happen at the 200 – 1st Street S.E. able to find all the comforts of home in Selo Ukraina site, on the edge of the Vermillion Park Campground** 622-3125 a new washroom and shower building rolling Riding Mountains, which is the 2nd Avenue N.W. or 622-3112 overlooking the Vermillion River in a view from Dauphin every single day. Dauphin Friendship Centre 638-5707 beautiful campground located in the 210 – 1st Avenue N.E. heart of our city. Summer of 2014 will On behalf of our community, I welcome Dauphin Market Place Mall 638-9396 see the construction of a brand new you to discover all that Dauphin has to 1450 Main Street S. extreme sports park that will rival some offer! Take some time to explore our Dauphin Super 8 Motel (24-hour) 638-0800 of the best in the country, taking our landmarks like the Fort Dauphin Museum 1457 Main Street S. recreation offerings to a whole new level. or stroll through the beautiful Vermillion Fort Dauphin Museum 638-6630 Along with our aquatic centre, the Credit Park trails. Watch a 3D movie at our 4th Avenue S.W. & Jackson Street Union Place arena, and close proximity state of the art theatre or experience Parkland Regional Library* 638-6410 to wilderness, Dauphin offers the best the magic of a concert at the Watson 504 Main Street N. of both worlds—top notch facilities and Art Centre. There is so much to see and Watson Art Centre 638-6231 urban services on the edge of nature. 104 – 1st Avenue N.W. do and our door is open to you! Make * Public Internet Access This year is a landmark for our arts yourself at home! ** Seasonal and cultural scene with Dauphin’s Other Useful Numbers Countryfest turning 25. This festival, as you will read in the guide, has truly Group or Contact Phone Number City Hall (Mayor Eric Erwin) 622-3200 been built from the ground up. It is Rural Municipality 638-4531 now a legendary weekend filled with (Reeve Dennis Forbes) the world’s hottest country music stars Economic Development 622-3229 but also features a huge array of indie Eric Irwin Tourism Dauphin 622-3216 Chamber of Commerce 622-3140 Dauphin Recreation Services 622-3150 Weather Information 638-6521 t o u r i s m d a u p h i n . c a 2 Message from the Mayor 3 Table of Contents 4 Connect With Us 5 Getting to Dauphin 6 New Residents 7 Countryfest 10 Major Events 16 2014 Events Listings 18 Watson Art Centre 20 The PRC - Parkland Recreational Complex 22 Vermillion Park Campground 23 Parks & Picnics 24 Heritage 27 Made in the Parkland 28 Geocaching 29 Ice Fishing On the Ice is Twice as Nice By 30 Riding Mountain Seasons of Manitoba 32 Ask a local? Tales from the Great Dauphin Outdoors! 34 Winterlife in Dauphin 36 Hiking & Biking 39 Golf 40 Shop Until You Drop 42 Custom Group Experiences 44 Hosting Events in Dauphin 46 Lodging & Camping 48 Service Listings 54 Big Game Some competitors from last years 55 Big Fish inagural Manitoba MudRun event! 56 Map of Dauphin Are you tough enough? 58 Map of RM & Area SEE PAGE 12 table of contents Photo Credit: Dori Fee Photography Dori Fee Photo Credit: Scan QR Code for digital copy of this Visitor Guide or visit tourismdauphin.ca. LOOK FOR QR CODES THROUGHOUT GUIDE To use QR codes you need to download a FREE QR code reader to your smartphone. A QR reader is a piece of software that makes QR codes work, like a barcode. Once you have installed it on your phone it means you can take a picture of a QR code and your phone will automatically go to the website that has been scanned. 3 Dauphin is a digital community. We have user-friendly websites, interactive social media, events calendars with customized alerts—all to keep you in the loop! Join the conversation today and stay connected! City Hall, 100 Main St. S. City website – dauphin.ca Tourism website – tourismdauphin.ca / Tourism Dauphin @tourismdauphin , @DauphinED Using our Twitter hashtags will keep the conversation about local events going! Join the online community now and search the hashtags to find out more! #Dauphin #CFest2014 This is the official It’s Dauphin’s Countryfest’s 25th anniversary hashtag for our this year! If you’re at the event or want to follow community! the conversation, this is the official hashtag! #MM2014 #WCC14 Dauphin’s Manitoba Some of the best hockey you can see, the MudRun official Western Canada Cup (WCC) takes place in the hashtag. Are you tough Parkland Recreational Complex (PRC) this year enough to use it? from April 25, 2014 to May 4, 2014. #CNUF2014 #DauphinBIZ #ExploreMB Official hashtag for If you want to talk local Find something Dauphin’s annual business, include this extra great on your Canada’s National with your tweet! Manitoba journey? Ukrainian Festival! Add this to your tweet! tourismdauphin.ca 4 Celebrating 25 Years of Dauphin's Countryfest Dauphin by Automobile www.tourismdauphin.ca There are various routes to get to Dauphin, depending on where you are coming from. For more information on scenic routes and points of interest on your journey, visit the Tourism Dauphin website. For highway conditions and weather conditions, please visit the links at bottom of page or quick scan QR codes for quicker results. Perimeter Airlines www.perimeter.ca Last week I flew with Perimeter and the other passengers were to offer, and certainly drove Airlines for the first time. sent outside to board. No body home the point that Dauphin These were the easiest and scanners, seat assignments is perfectly located beside the shortest flights I have or long lineups, putting the such a fantastic national park. ever taken. No hassle, no long fun back into flying. Takeoff Only 35 minutes later I found lineups, just a quick and easy, was very smooth and I knew myself descending through no-frills flight. Perimeter I was in good hands with the clouds into Winnipeg Airlines flies from Dauphin to the pilots. It was at this for the landing. Flying from Winnipeg early every weekday moment when the flight from Dauphin to Winnipeg return morning and back in the Dauphin to Winnipeg became with Perimeter Airlines was a evening. It is a very short flight, extraordinary. real treat. It was an efficient less than 40 minutes in the air, The view was amazing! I and smooth experience filled and is a very efficient form of with magnificent views of the travel for anyone. Comfortable could see Riding Mountain Dauphin and Winnipeg areas. seats, friendly and helpful National Park in the distance. staff, and a fresh pot of free The colourful autumn leaves Follow blogger Angela Gray on coffee greet you. As I waited for looked stunning next to the Twitter — @littlegraybird. my scheduled flight I watched crisp fall fields. This bird’s For more information on flights the sunrise as it peaked up eye view showcased all the from Dauphin with Perimeter over a water bomber. Myself beauty the Dauphin area has Airlines please visit website. VIA Rail www.viarail.ca CNR Station is considered one of Manitoba’s travelling experience for those with a little finest pieces of railway architecture. Its more time to explore! VIA gives mountain impressive size, picturesque roofline, bikers the chance to bring collapsible bikes dormers, turrets, and decorative brick and and camping gear for little to no charge stonework are a remarkable focal point in the and ride the multitude of trails in beautiful community.