Winnipeg
T O U R C O N N E C T I O N
M A N I T O B A , C A N A D A
messenger
Winter 2020
Sarah Robinson
Business Development
Manager
For all your group travel needs:
sarah@tourismwinnipeg.com
204.954.1995 or 1.855.PEG.CITY
winnipeggroups.com
Snowshoeing in a
winter wonderland
Get ready for the great outdoors at Winnipeg's
gorgeous environmental education and
recreation centre. Situated on 640 acres of
prairie, forests and wetlands, FortWhyte Alive is
a city-situated oasis teeming with wildlife year-
round, including plenty of whitetail deer and bird
species, along with North America's largest urban
bison herd and a full working farm.
For groups, FortWhyte offers numerous outdoor
experiences that will see you snowshoeing,
skating, hatchet and atlatl throwing, and learning
about the bison hunt and the area's original
Indigenous inhabitants in a Plains Cree tipi. On
top of this, there's always time to roast bannock
and make tea over a roaring campfire, while
inside the Interpretive Centre you can warm up in
the licenced Buffalo Stone Café, which specializes
in farm-to-table fare with a dining room that looks
out onto the lakes.
fortwhyte.org • 204.989.8355 ext. 204
A flannel festival
in the frost
Festival du Voyageur (FDV) is the
biggest (and best!) winter festival in
Western Canada. For 10 days every
February (14-23, 2020 and 12-21, 2021)
nearly all of Saint-Boniface, particularly
Fort Gibraltar, turns out in plaid to party
while celebrating the city's fur trade,
Francophone and Métis history.
FDV features no shortage of music,
indulgent French fare and cultural events
set amongst towering snow sculptures,
while some of the best bits are the
costumed interpreters – like the trapper,
blacksmith, and cooper – who will regal
you with tales about life during the 1800s
when you visit their little abodes inside
Fort Gibraltar. Group tours, available
throughout the festival, can also include
snowshoeing, historical re-enactments,
jigging and everyone's favourite, maple
taffy on snow. Hé Ho!
heho.ca • 204.258.2561