Riding Mountain National Park: map

7 places with verified coordinates · 5 with photo

Guided walks in the park · 2

Evening cruise · authorised tour boat · Clear Lake Marina, operator of the only tour boat on Clear Lake
Sunset cruise on the Martese on Clear Lake from Wasagaming ↗Main Pier in Wasagaming on Clear Lake, at the Clear Lake Marina kiosk.
Interpretive cruise · authorised tour boat · Clear Lake Marina, operator of the only tour boat on Clear Lake
Guided afternoon cruise on the Martese across Clear Lake ↗Main Pier in Wasagaming on Clear Lake, at the Clear Lake Marina kiosk.

Park authority programmes without partner links. Details checked 2 Oct 2026; dates and prices with the provider.

Surroundings · Town in the park

Resort town in the park with the visitor centre, main campground, oTENTiks, yurts and MicroCubes. Visitor centre open 15 May to 12 October.

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Arrival · Visitor centre

15 May to 9 September 2026 daily 9:00–18:00, then until 12 October daily 9:00–16:30.

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Water · Lake

Nutrient-poor, exceptionally clear lake; home to 14 fish species. Wasagaming’s main beach is on the shore.

A prairie lake so clear that it served as a drinking water source, and the place where the park’s history is least pretty.

Why it is clear: nutrient-poor (oligotrophic); surrounded by the Boreal Plains ecozone, which acts as a natural water filter.
Fish: 14 species, including whitefish, northern pike, walleye and sculpin.
Indicator species: Whitefish and sculpin need a well-oxygenated lake bottom and are considered a gauge of the lake’s health.
1896: Fishing station IR 61A established for what is today the Keeseekoowenin Ojibway First Nation.
1930: Park established; according to the park authority, the fishing station is wrongfully removed.
1936: the members living there are forcibly removed from their homes.
1991: IR 61A is returned after long negotiations.
2018: interim agreement on the joint management of the lake.

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Nature · Wildlife enclosure

About 40 plains bison on 500 hectares, divided into summer and winter pastures. Access by vehicle only via Lake Audy Road; getting out is prohibited.

About forty plains bison on five hundred hectares, and a story in two attempts, the first of which failed.

Herd: about 40 plains bison.
Area: 500 hectares, divided into summer and winter pastures.
First attempt: in 1931, 20 animals came from Wainwright, Alberta, infected with bovine tuberculosis; the herd had to be destroyed.
Second attempt: in the 1940s, ten animals from Elk Island National Park; today’s bison are their descendants.
Health: tested every three years since bovine tuberculosis reappeared in 1991.
Herd limit: The area supports 35 to 40 animals; above 50, the surplus is sold.
Access: by vehicle only, via Lake Audy Road. Getting out is prohibited.