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Just as the typical holiday season seems to be wrapping up for most, Dauphin keeps the party going!
Still have a few last minute gifts to buy for friends, family or staff? Why not pick up some exciting gifts that also help support great community projects and facilities.
As you may have seen on our website and through our social networks, Dauphin has been providing "experiences" to visitors. So, what are these experiences and how are they different from the regular tourism activities you can do in our community?
Note from Tourism Dauphin: This step back in time was passed on to us from Susan at the Watson Art Centre. It was written by former Dauphinite, Bernice Gorby Reid, about her memories of Dauphin’s old Town Hall in the early 1900s, now home to the Watson Art Centre. Please post a comment if you have anything to add about the people mentioned in this story, or have your own memories of this special community meeting place!
Surprise emails with good news are always fun. Although we were expecting this particular email, finding out that we are indeed nominated for (what we believe) is an important award felt like a surprise. The result was a little “woo hoo” cheer in our office!
After a record amount snow this year and what seems like an endless winter, we are finally seeing a glimmer of spring here in the Parkland. You haven’t enjoyed spring unless you have experienced it after a long prairie winter! Don’t get me wrong, many of the most enjoyable activities can only be experienced in the snow and on ice, but there’s nothing that lifts the spirits like warm sunshine and the smell of spring!
I have a tough job. Twice this winter I have been invited to partake in a day of ice fishing on Lake Dauphin by local guide, Don “Sticky” Stokotelny. (Don is also the owner of Sticky’s Bait, Tackle & Guiding). The most recent was a gloriously warm February day that really had the fish biting and the clients happy!
by Martijn van Luijn, manager Economic Development & Tourism
What a way to kick off the busy 2011 preparation season! Before Christmas, Dauphin Economic Development & Tourism nominated Dauphin’s Countryfest and Tourism Dauphin for a total of three Manitoba Tourism Awards: Dauphin’s Countryfest for the Sustainable Tourism Award and Travel Manitoba Award of Distinction, and Tourism Dauphin for the Marketing Excel
Like many families at this time of year, my parents would load all five of us kids into our van each December, usually after our Henderson School Christmas Concert, and drive around to see the beautifully lit homes. It is safe to say it was the one time that we could all sit in such close quarters without the eruption of an argument or territorial dispute! Sitting in our Christmas concert attire, we picked our favourites and always checked back on those homes that never failed to disappoint with their display of lights every year.
