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Camping near Portage la Prairie

Whether you come by canoe or car, this small town packs big surprises.

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Stinson Farms

1 site ¡ RV, Tent10 acres ¡ Portage La Prairie, MB
We have about 10 acres or more of land for camping. We have 4 sites with power hookups. We have a boat launch and it’s all right beside the white mud river. You can go boating, fishing, kayaking etc etc. It is a very scenic beautiful site. We have cattle on the property but they are in there owned fenced in area
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Brian M.’s Land

2 sites ¡ Lodging29 acres ¡ MB
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CA$50
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Old Fort East

2 sites ¡ RVs, Tents162 acres ¡ Winnipeg Beach, MB
Learn more about this land:Come camp at Old Fort East! We have two campsites available for tent or RV campers. If you're bringing an RV, we can accommodate vehicles up to 40ft in length and the site is flat (electrical hookup available).Grass cut with access to power, fire pit, outhouse, electrical plug-in, and picnic table.East and west sites available, windbreaks from live edge wood fort walls, lighted area at night.Campfire permitted, pets are welcome.
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Richard H.’s Land

3 sites ¡ RVs, Tents70 acres ¡ AB
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CA$25
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Camping near Portage la Prairie guide

Overview

Once the place where fur trading voyageurs carried canoes from the Assiniboine River to Lake Manitoba, Portage has long welcomed explorers. Now a railway town, this is one of few spots where Canada’s two national lines come together—visit the restored CPR station and rail cars at the Fort La Reine Museum. Once you step back from the tracks, this place will wrap you up in greenery. Sitting in an urban forest with some of the biggest cottonwoods in the country, Portage’s Island Park is the “island on the prairie.” Actually a peninsula on an oxbow lake, here you can walk several kilometres of paths, play 18 holes of golf, swim, and otherwise enjoy the weather in one of Canada’s sunniest cities. Then head to the parks, just outside of town.

Where to go

The park’s Carberry Sand Hills—also known as the Spirit Sands—are an unusual system of stable sand dunes, rising as high as 30 metres and home to cacti and hognose snakes. Walk through the dunes to the Devil’s Punch Bowl, a cool blue-green pond, then stay the night at the Kiche Manitou Campground. 

A big beach just north of town, this small  park is set on the shores of Lake Manitoba. Stroll the boardwalk to the viewing tower to spot all sorts of migratory and other birds, including pelicans, warblers, catbirds, and the endangered piping plover. The beach is perfect for a long afternoon in the sun, with sandbars and shallow inlets just offshore.

While you won’t find any snow-capped peaks here on the prairie, this is the highest point between the Appalachians and the Rockies. Home to the Manitoba Escarpment, the “doorstep to the west,” hike to McCreary Lookout for sweeping views over the patchwork of fields below. The 3,000-square-kilometre park is home to black bears, elk, wolves, and even herds of free-roaming bison. Enjoy the wild, then head to the park town of Wasagaming on the blue waters of Clear Lake for a swim, a visit to the log cabin visitor centre, and a bite to eat.

When to go

Temperature swings are dramatic in this part of the land-locked west. Summer is hot and sometimes humid, and Portage has more sunny days than any other place in Canada. Winter is windy, snowy and cold (the average daytime temperature in January is 14°F (-10°C), so you’ll have to bundle up to skate on the pond or ski the trails at Island Park. Swimming is best in July and August, and while temperatures can drop quickly into September, most mosquitos are gone by then.

Know before you go

  • It’s easy to get to Portage la Prairie—in addition to the Trans-Canada Highway, the town is serviced by The Canadian, a storied train that runs from Toronto to Vancouver, as well as trains running between Winnipeg and subarctic Churchill.
  • You’ll find a cluster of grocery and hardware stores on Saskatchewan Avenue, close to where it connects with the Trans-Canada, just west of the city.
  • Roadside attractions are big in this part of the country, and Portage’s contribution is the world’s largest can of Coca-Cola—snap a photo before heading to your campsite.
  • Summertime hops with festivals, from a free live concert series to the Whoop & Hollar Folk Festival and the Portage Potato Festival.

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