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The Brandon Riverbank Discovery Centre and Interpretive Trail
was another initiative of the Brandon Assiniboine River Corridor
Master Plan and serves as a focus for environmental education
and natural preservation. The site is located at an area once
used as a borrow pit susceptible to flooding by the Assiniboine
River.
Ducks Unlimited had assisted in the development and financing of
the Discovery Centre, which functions as a multi-use
interpretive nature facility and office space. The Centre
operates year-round and includes wetland environmental
education, nature interpretation, research, recreation and
facility administration. The building portion of the facility
contains the Ducks Unlimited offices, an interpretive gallery,
meeting rooms, multi-purpose space, waterfowl exhibits, tourism
internet kiosks, and gift/book shop.
Outside the Discovery Centre building Ducks Unlimited and the
Brandon Riverbank Inc. had converted the adjacent borrow pit and
flood plain into a waterfowl sanctuary. Site landscaping
and an interpretive trail program was developed by Lombard North
Group to complement the waterfowl sanctuary, which focuses on
the surrounding river habitat for outdoor education,
self-guiding interpretive trails, viewing areas, floating
boardwalks and visitor service facilities.
The Brandon Riverbank Discovery Centre and Outdoor Interpretive
Trail has been recognized with the 2001 Attractions Canada
Award.
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