PRAIRIE DOG
CENTRAL RAILWAY
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More than just a train ride! The Prairie Dog
Central Railway operates a fully restored
1900s-era vintage train with five wooden
coaches pulled by either an 1882 steam
or a 1950s classic GP9 diesel locomotive.
Each unique trip incorporates a station
stop at Grosse Isle, where there are
local country vendors with home baking,
produce and handicrafts.
The onsite gift store, The Freight Shed,
offers souvenirs and gifts at Inkster
Junction Station prior to and after
your trip.
The Prairie Dog Central runs most
weekends and holiday Mondays
from May through September, with the
Howlin' Halloween Express Trains running
in October.
Engineer for a day, Party Caboose, Ride in
the Caboose, and charters are available
upon request.
Inkster Junction Station is located on
Prairie Dog Trail on the north side of
Centreport Highway between Route
90 and Sturgeon Road – just outside
Winnipeg (northwest)
Tel: 204.832.5259
Email: info@pdcrailway.com
www.pdcrailway.com
ROYAL CANADIAN MINT
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The Royal Canadian Mint's facility in
Winnipeg produces billions of coins each
year. This is where all Canadian circulation
coins are made, as well as those for more
than 75 countries around the world. A
newly-renovated guided tour overlooks
the state-of-the-art manufacturing facility
revealing the precise art, craft, and science
of coin-making!
Open year-round, the on-site boutique
offers beautiful collector coins, and an
exciting collection of souvenirs and
gift ideas. The adjacent interactive coin
museum involves the visitor in unique
learning activities including the ability to
make your own souvenir coin, and the
opportunity to lift and hold a 99.99% pure
gold bar worth more than $600,000.
520 Lagimodière Boulevard
(at the junction of Highways 1 and 59)
– St. Vital
Tel: 204.983.6429
1.877.WPG.MINT (974.6468)
www.mint.ca
ST. NORBERT ARTS CENTRE
The St. Norbert Arts Centre is located
in the building the Trappist monks built
in 1912 and used as a guest house.
Renovated in 1996, the guest house is
home to a thriving community of artists,
healers, spiritualists and community
activists.
100 rue des ruines du Monastère –
St. Norbert
Tel: 204.269.0564
Email: snac@snac.mb.ca
www.snac.mb.ca
Prairie Dog Central Railway: Gerald Laggo Royal Canadian Mint: Merlin Braun
www.tourismwinnipeg.com
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