Photo: Courtesy of CTC/William Au
1. Stroll through polar bear tunnels
Assiniboine Park Zoo?s award-winning ?Journey to Churchill? exhibit will dazzle both children and parents alike. While the zoo is home to around 200 species, this exhibit features polar bears, muskoxen, Artic fox, wolves and snowy owls, and claims to be the most comprehensive and engaging northern species exhibit of its kind in the world. Children can wander through Sea Ice Passage, an underwater viewing tunnel where polar bears do barrel rolls overhead and seals glide past. Rest your feet and sit down to watch a film about Canada?s North in the Aurora Borealis theatre, where films are projected onto a 360-degree screen. After you?ve checked out the interactive exhibits, burn off any excess energy at the indoor polar playground. Feeling peckish" The Tundra Grill offers diners the chance to watch polar bears in a sprawling landscape that emulates northern Manitoba?s habitat?the  area where these rescued polar bears hail. If your your family tires of schmoozing with the bears (is that even possible"), check out the Butterfly Garden, Toucan Ridge or the Australian Walkabout. Photo: Courtesy of Ben Aguilar
2. Explore The Forks
This culturally historic intersection of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers is where Indigenous peoples have been trading and meeting for thousands of years. Younger kids can run amuck in the Parks Canada playground or cool off in the water park, while older kids and teens can ...