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Come get your vitamin D: Winnipeg
receives measurable sunshine
approximately 318 days of the year
with over 2,300 hours of warming sun.
The Assiniboine Forest,
287 hectares of aspen
parkland, is one of the largest
urban forest parks in Canada.
Photo
courtesy
The
Forks
Winnipeg holds the
2008 Guinness World
Record for the longest
naturally frozen skating
trail (8.54 kilometres).
The trail typically opens
in January and snakes its
way along the frozen Red
and Assiniboine rivers,
offering spectacular views
of the city. *
In 2011, The Forks was selected as Best Public Space in
Canada in the Great Places in Canada contest organized
by the Canadian Institute of Planners. The Forks was
selected from a pool of more than 6,000 nominations.
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