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Skateboard Plaza at The Forks: Ruehle Design The Forks Market On site at The Forks Explore Manitoba Centre (Travel Manitoba) Located in the heart of Winnipeg at The Forks (adjacent to the Johnston Terminal), the Explore Manitoba Centre is a permanent theme pavilion with more than 8,000 sq. ft. of incredible displays and exhibits that gives both visitors and residents alike a true sense of the diversity and grandeur of Manitoba. The Explore Manitoba Centre also serves as a full-service information centre, providing visitors with information on Manitoba and Winnipeg. The Trans Canada Yellowhead Highway starts at mile "0," located at this centre. Open daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. mid-May to Labour Day, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. September to mid-May. tel: 204.927.7838 | 1.800.665.0040 email: contactus@travelmanitoba.com www.travelmanitoba.com Festival Park Festival Park and Scotiabank Stage create the epicentre for many of Winnipeg's finest concerts and events including Canada Day at the Forks presented by Rogers and Folklorama's annual kick-off celebrations. The 1999 Pan Am Games main stage concerts, Spiritfest and the Warchild Concert of 2000 were also held here. tel: 204.942.6302 email: info@tf-np.ca Johnston Terminal Open year-round Open year round. tel: 204.942.6302 email: info@tf-np.ca tel: 204.956.5593 The Forks Market offers a multitude of shops to browse for a wide variety of specialty items and souvenirs. Downstairs, the market features an irresistible fresh food emporium with everything from gourmet cheeses to meats, organic baked goods and wine. In the upstairs hayloft, shoppers will find items ranging from cigars and aromatherapy products to crafts and artworks from 300 local and Canadian artisans. www.theforks.com The Forks Market Plaza Centrally located at the heart of The Forks, "The Plaza" as it is affectionately known by locals, is always a great place to meet. In winter, The Forks Market Plaza is home to an artificially cooled skating rink, Winnipeg's own version of Rockefeller Centre. Families, tourists and lovers ice skate for free to piped-in music under the lovely canopy and twinkling lights. Come summer, The Forks Market Plaza features fountains, canopies, several open performance spaces and incomparable patios. tel: 204.942.6302 email: info@tf-np.ca www.theforks.com www.theforks.com 50 Winnipeg 2013 Visitor's Guide This historic building offers three levels of fabulous shopping and dining. Originally constructed in the 1920s, this beautifully restored building now boasts Manitoba-owned businesses, including shops, specialty boutiques, restaurants and a large antique mall. Whether you are meeting for coffee, dining with friends and family or shopping for that unique gift, the Johnston Terminal is the place to be. Oodena Celebration Circle Near the convergence of the two rivers is a natural shallow amphitheatre known as the Oodena Celebration Circle. It pays homage to the 6,000 years of Aboriginal peoples in the area. Oodena, Cree for "the centre of the city," features ethereal sculptures, a sundial, interpretive signage, a naked-eye observatory and a ceremonial fire pit, making it a desirable venue for aboriginal and cultural celebrations or a place to simply sit and marvel at its beauty. The Skateboard Plaza at the Forks The Plaza at The Forks is Canada's best and largest urban skate plaza and bowl complex. The skateable Sculpture Plaza is an urban landscape designed and built for the regular use and enjoyment of skateboarders and BMX cyclists. It sensitively integrates into the urban park-like and highly programmed setting that already exists. The Plaza at The Forks is the first of its kind in Canada (if not the world) to be integrated into the urban context in the heart of a downtown.