Nothing is more exotic for a French Canadian urban boy than to visit the Canadian Prairies. So vast, so flat, so different. Here is what I saw in Manitoba.
Yves Breton tends on his 1967 Cockshutt 1650 tractor in Saint-Laurent, Manitoba, Wednesday August 12, 2015.
Yves Breton sits in is Arctic Cat prowler 650 H1 as he looks at his horses on his farm in Saint-Laurent, Manitoba, Friday August 14, 2015.Yves Breton sits in is Arctic Cat prowler 650 H1 as he looks at his Clydesdale horses on his farm in Saint-Laurent, Manitoba, Friday August 14, 2015. The Clydesdale is a breed of draft horse derived from the farm horses of Clydesdale, Scotland, and named after that region.Yves Breton tends to one of his Clydesdale horse on his farm in Saint-Laurent, Manitoba..Clydesdale horses are seen on a farm in Saint-Laurent, ManitobaClydesdale horses are seen on a farm in Saint-Laurent, ManitobaA horse carcass lies in a pasture in Saint-Laurent, Manitoba.A beaver cut tree is seen near Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Monday August 17, 2015.A Hutterite woman picks cabbage in a New Rosedale Hutterites colony field in Manitoba, Monday August 17, 2015. Hutterites are am ethno-religious group who, like the Amish and Mennonites, trace their roots to the Radical Reformation of the 16th century.A Hutterite woman picks carrots in a New Rosedale Hutterites colony field in ManitobaA man roast a pig on a giant BBQ in Saint-Laurent, Manitoba, Saturday August 15, 2015.A woman adjust a Canadian Flag on a commemorative plaque at an Sioux Indian graveyard near Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Monday August 17, 2015.A sign welcome drivers to the city of Saint-Laurent, Manitoba, Wednesday August 12, 2015. St. Laurent is a bilingual community home to many Franco-Manitobans and Metis.An irrigation system lies in a wheat field near Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Monday August 17, 2015.A wheat field is pictured near Portage La Prairie, Manitoba
