During our summer break, we decided to travel around Canada in order for us to know more about our home country. Our choice came down to Manitoba because of many reasons: Manitoba's juicy steaks, amazing nature, and extremely cheap stuffs (due to the stable economic). But more importantly, it was where Mr. Warner comes from.
The background of the province itself is also very interesting. This is because Manitoba is compose of so many ethnicity. In fact, Manitoba only contains about 20% of pure Canadian and other than that, it was mainly Asians and Europeans. The different area in Manitoba was also very fascinating: in the urban area, we were fascinated by the beauty of the buildings. However, in the rural area, we were allure by the nature and animals. WHAT AN INTERESTING PROVINCE IT IS!?
And for extra information, this is the demographics of Manitoba:
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We started off our journey in Thompson, "The Hub of the North," which is located in the North of Manitoba!!!
Our first destination in Thompson was the "Spirit Way." Spirit Way is a two kilometers walking and biking pathway with 16 points of interest that highlight Thompson’s art, heritage, culture, industry, geology, and scenery. The Spirit Way is considered as the main historical point of interest in Thompson. We decided to run the Spirit Way.
Along the way, we met a group of people who live in Thompson. Due to our lack of knowledge of the city of Thompson, we though it would be a good idea to ask them about it. One of the person in that group, John, began to tell us about Thompson:
"Thompson lies on the Shield Region, causing the city to have a subarctic climate. The city itself is a plateaus, and also contains many resources. The reason Thompson was known as the "Hub of the North" is because of the fact that Thompson acts as the central trade and service mecca for the region. Other than acting as the region's central, Thompson is also part of Canada's largest economic regions due to the exceeding amount of old rocks which could be mine for resources.
Since the past, Thompson was a region that a smelters was built in; it was used as one of the main location to extract resources. In to the 20th century, Thompson is still a major city in Canadian economic. Thompson have become one of the city that Canada exports it resources from. The city is involved in all sorts of industry but mainly in mining, milling, smelting and refining of nickel.
Though Thompson contains many resources, the number of them are decreasing rapidly, causing many issues. One of the issues is unemployment: as the number of resources decreases, more people lose their job and because most jobs in Thompson are based on resources, unemployment has become a big issue. Despite those problems, Thompson is still wonderful place that I will love and protect forever.
Along the way, we met a group of people who live in Thompson. Due to our lack of knowledge of the city of Thompson, we though it would be a good idea to ask them about it. One of the person in that group, John, began to tell us about Thompson:
"Thompson lies on the Shield Region, causing the city to have a subarctic climate. The city itself is a plateaus, and also contains many resources. The reason Thompson was known as the "Hub of the North" is because of the fact that Thompson acts as the central trade and service mecca for the region. Other than acting as the region's central, Thompson is also part of Canada's largest economic regions due to the exceeding amount of old rocks which could be mine for resources.
Since the past, Thompson was a region that a smelters was built in; it was used as one of the main location to extract resources. In to the 20th century, Thompson is still a major city in Canadian economic. Thompson have become one of the city that Canada exports it resources from. The city is involved in all sorts of industry but mainly in mining, milling, smelting and refining of nickel.
Though Thompson contains many resources, the number of them are decreasing rapidly, causing many issues. One of the issues is unemployment: as the number of resources decreases, more people lose their job and because most jobs in Thompson are based on resources, unemployment has become a big issue. Despite those problems, Thompson is still wonderful place that I will love and protect forever.
- John, the runner we met
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| Spirit Way Wolves |
By the time we finish the whole path, John was finished telling us the story. We were happy that we were able to run a 2K trail. However, we then remembered that we forgot our car at the beginning of the runway.We have no choice but to run back the whole 2 kilometers to our rented car. Along the way this time, we decided to visit some of the attractions in the Spirit Way.
One of the highlights we found was the Nickel Belt. The Nickel Belt is the historical spot that was where most nickel mining was done in the past. However, most of the nickel ores in there has become reserves. Another point of interest that we found is the Rockface Sculpture. The rockface itself is call the “Howling Wolves at the Moon.” It is the "Largest Rockface Sculpture in Canada" which greatly amazed us.
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| The Rockface |
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| Highland Tower, chosen for the Spirit Way wolf mural, is the most prominent building on Thompson's skyline (We found this building along the way of the Spirit Way) |
Afterward, we decided to check out the Thompson Zoo. We swiftly drove off to Mystery Lake Road. We reached our destination around 1pm. We quickly entered the zoo and we were amazed by the diversity of the animals that lived in the zoo. The zoo itself is indeed not that big, but the little farm animals in there surely gave us a good time. We also got to talk with one of the employees there. She told us that the zoo was opened in 1978 with only a few animals. However, as time passes by, the zoo began to grow with the sponsorship of the city, turning into a zoo with more than 100 animals and a northern Wildlife Rehab Centre. By the time we walked out, we were able to take more than enough pictures of cuddly animals in there (especially the Arctic Wolves). We were back to the car around 4pm, just enough time for one more location. We decided to go to the Pisew Fall Provincial Park, Manitoba's second largest falls.
It took us about 2 hours to walk through the whole trail. Though it was a long, harsh two hours walk, we weren't tired at all as if the nature was rejuvenating us while we're walking. The scenery was fantastic; the trees, the birds, and the streams was simply wonderful! The falls itself was also very attractive. The water was very clean, so clean that I was even able to see all the fungi and lichen beneath it (O_O).
We arrive to our motel around 9pm. We were really tired from all the places we went to. I was really glad that we came to Thompson or else we wouldn't be able to see the largest rockface in Canada, and the second largest lake in Manitoba. However, we really wish that we had more time so that we could go to ski D:. Despite that, our trip is currently running smoothly. It is time for us to go to sleep now because it surely is going to be a long distance till we reached our next destination, Churchill.
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