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22 THE BRANDON SUN • LAKE LIFE • THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 2019

» Continued from Page 21 Trans-Canada Highway on Highway 5
• Phone: 1-888-482-2267
VICTORIA PARK
Enhanced by the Souris River and Plum Creek, Victoria Park VIRDEN LIONS PARK
has served as the heart of our community since 1897. The park Some pull-thru sites. No credit cards.
offers a fully serviced campground, a heated outdoor pool, a native • Location: Virden, off the Trans-Canada Highway on PR
and exotic bird sanctuary, walking trails to the lookout tower, a 257, south edge of town.
boat dock, and a modern playground. Victoria Park is also home • Phone: 204-851-1371
to our local ambassadors the proud peacocks.
• Location: Souris WAWANESA LIONS PARK
• Phone: (204) 483-5212 Playground, fishing, kitchen shelter. Daily and weekly rates.
• Online: bit.ly/2wDz53F Location: Wawanesa
Phone: (204) 824-2513
KICHE MANITOU CAMPGROUND
Park is a unique mixture of natural contrasts and wondrus ad- » Information courtesy Travel Manitoba and Tourism Westman.
ventures. Interpretive program. Reservations accepted. This list is not exhaustive, with more information available online
• Location: Spruce Woods Provincial Park, 30 km south of the at tourismwestman.ca.

Whirlpool Lake hopefully open to boaters soon

After zebra mussel
DNA was detected in a test in
2017, Whirlpool Lake in Rid-
ing Mountain National Park
has been closed to boaters ex-
cept for a brief period last win-
ter. The invasive species has not
been physically found in the
park, but Whirlpool Lake was
closed as a precaution.
Stephen Cornelsen, re-
source conservation manager
for RMNP, told The Sun that
the park hopes to open the lake
to boaters once again pend-
ing final tests to confirm the
non-presence of zebra mussels.
The invasive species can
sometimes attach itself to boats
and be inadvertently spread
when boaters take their water-
crafts from lake to lake. Boaters
at Riding Mountain must have
their motorboats, canoes, kay-
aks, paddleboards and inflat-
ables inspected before entering
any bodies of water within the
park’s borders to ensure they
are not carrying invasive species
like zebra mussels and spiny
water fleas. This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows a group of zebra mussels. DNA for the inva-
Zebra mussels can produce sive species of small mollusks was detected in a 2017 test of Whirlpool Lake in Riding Mountain National Park. (File)
more than a million eggs per
year and have been spotted clearing their boats for this if your watercraft is launched in ing planned for Dauphin and
in Manitoba at Lake Winni- year. The passes can be ob- a body of water outside of the McCreary. Boat inspection and
peg, the Red River and Cedar tained by attending an 90- to park and your watercraft must decontamination is available
Lake. 120-minute orientation session be inspected again on re-entry. seven days a week at the Clear
As previously reported by on how to prevent the spread Orientation sessions are held Lake Boat Cove.
The Sun, boaters at RMNP of aquatic invasive species. Any at the visitors centre in Wasag-
are able to get a seasonal pass granted permits become invalid aming, with future sessions be- » The Brandon Sun