NEUBERGTHAL, MB

With an attractive exchange rate and lower fuel prices, thousands of tourists from North Dakota and Minnesota have been lured north over the border to Manitoba this summer, due in part to the promise of seeing real authentic Mennonites in person.

“We showed up at the tourist information booth at the Heritage Village there in Steinbach,” said a disappointed Wanda Rasmussen of Fargo, “but there wasn’t a single person wearing a kerchief or flower dress. They seemed to dress just like me. They even spoke English!”

Rasmussen, who was travelling with a tour group, said she enjoyed the trip to Manitoba Mennonite country but claimed she took a lot fewer pictures of people than she had imagined she would.

“We took a drive out to Neubergthal to see the historic Mennonite housebar

See Full Page