The word on the street
The Tripadvisor #1 rated Winnipeg Trolley Company has disembarked from its
cherished orange trolley to create new tours that put you right on the street.
Its Sin and Scandal Broadway Walk places some of the city's coolest info
in the palm of your hand via a smart phone audio tour that revels in the city's
perverse past. The tour features over 15 stops along Broadway along with 90
minutes of entertaining audio, covering everything from the mysteries of the
Manitoba Legislative Building, to the promiscuities of Richard Bonnycastle, to
the ghosts of the Fort Garry Hotel. As well, the traditional trolley tour, the Heart
of the Nation City Tour, is still available in a modified format.
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winnipegtrolley.ca
Find it at The Forks
For more than 6,000 years The Forks has been a meeting place for Indigenous
peoples, while today it is the most-visited tourism destination in Manitoba. To
celebrate its Indigenous history, you'll find numerous powerful works of public art,
signage in Cree, Ojibway and Michif, and a whole new area created for ceremony
called The Gathering Space. In the words of Niigaan Sinclair, the Indigenous
curator of The Forks National Historic site, it's all part of "one of the largest
collections of Indigenous-led public expressions in any historical site in Canada."
The Forks' Self-guided audio tour, narrated by Sinclair, brings this significant area
to life over the course of an hour. You'll hear from notable Winnipeggers like elders
Barbara and Clarence Nepinak and architect Étienne J. Gaboury – who designed
the iconic Esplanade Riel that overlooks the area – while you explore the verdant
treelined paths that run along the Red and Assiniboine rivers.
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theforks.com
Frolicking through
the Fort
Lower Fort Garry boasts Canada's oldest collection of stone fur
trade buildings and is one of the area's most important historic
sites, being the place where Treaty No. 1 was signed.
Today, the Fort features costumed interpreters living life like it's
still the 1850s. Parks Canada's A Walk Through History tour
will introduce you to this colourful cast of characters as they
teach you heritage crafts, showcase artifacts and regale you
with stories at each of the Fort's outdoor locations. This self-
guided experience amongst the stone walls, stately oaks and
alongside the Red River takes approximately 90 minutes, and is
available seven days a week in summer, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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pc.gc.ca
Outdoor self-guided tours
