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I was returning from The Pas on friday the 6th and when we were on hwy 10 and 60 seen hundreds of snakes on the road crossing and splattered. Does anyone know what the deal is? I am curious if the rain forced the on high ground or if they were heading to dens for the winter or get on the road for some heat...Wuld be interested if anyone else saw these or knows why..Thanks.
The Interlake and Narcisse in particular has quite the reputation for its red-sided garter snakes. In spring and fall they start gathering; this time of year they are starting to head for their winter dens.
For more see http://www.gov.mb.ca/conservation/wildlife/managing/snakes_narcisse.html or http://www.google.ca/search?q=manitoba+snakes&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&meta=
marbleyene
09-09-2003, 12:39 PM
We were up early one spring about 15 years ago staying at Caribou on 1st Cranberry and thats all the locals could talk about. All we heard about all week was the red sided garter. So now to the important question how was the fishing?
It was actually pretty slow. Did manage to catch a 43" and 41.5" pike. At least the beer was cold and we always have a good time.Didnt even get too upset when Canadian customs tore us down and the immigration officer said we needed 2 forms of I.D.