Manitoba

Website: http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/pn-np/mb/riding/index.aspx
Location: On an escarpment between the cities of Brandon and Dauphin
Area: 3,000 km² (1,158 mi²)
Proclaimed: 1930
Historical:
1. East Gate Complex designated national historic site in 1995
2. Site of a World War II German prisoner-of-war camp
Features:
1. Clear Lake and other lakes
See also: http://www.innvista.com/science/ecology/parks/riding.htm

Website: http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/mb/wapusk/index_e.asp>
Location: On a plain along the coast of Hudson Bay between York Factory and Churchill
Area: 11,475 km² (4,431 mi²)
Proclaimed: 1996
Historical:
1. Centre of the fur trade after 1619
2. Long occupied by Dene and Cree tribes
Features:
1. Largest polar bear denning area in North America.
2. Tundra and permafrost