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THE FORKS NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE – 6,000 YEARS IN 60 MINUTES Discover The Forks' 6,000-year history with a Parks Canada costumed interpreter, and uncover what lies beneath your feet. Through curious objects and colourful characters, the history of The Forks comes to life in this easy walking tour. Tours run May to August and depart from the Parks Canada information desk inside the Explore Manitoba Centre at the Forks. Tel: 204.983.6757 Email: forks.fourche@pc.gc.ca www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/mb/forks/ activ/interpret.aspx GEOCACHING AND GPS ADVENTURES Discover Manitoba's francophone communities using GPS technology — it's easy and fun for all ages. Tourisme Riel offers GPS tours based on themes and regions as well as rental units. No experience is necessary as Tourisme Riel will guide you through the use of a GPS to get you from site to site. It's like a tour and treasure hunt all in one. Ask about the new Geo Routes self-guided GPS tours. And for those interested in geocaching, several caches have been strategically placed in areas of interest in Old St. Boniface. Let the fun begin! Tel: Tourisme Riel 204.233.8343 Toll free: 1.866.808.8338 Email: info@tourismeriel.com www.tourismeriel.com HERMETIC CODE TOURS OF THE MANITOBA LEGISLATIVE BUILDING Do you ever wonder why the Manitoba Legislative Building has sphinxes on it? Have you wanted to learn about the symbols and hidden meanings behind the mystical architecture of the building? Come out for an evening of decoding the famous symbols and architecture that make the building truly unique. Your guide will uncover trails of occult clues concealed in the building's architecture, including: hidden hieroglyphic inscriptions, numerological codes, and Freemasonic symbols, so intelligently masked that they have escaped historians and visitors for nearly a hundred years! Tel: 204.989.9630 Email: info@heartlandtravel.ca heartlandtravel.ca/book-a-tour/ hermetic-code-tours-of-mb- legislative-building/ HAUNTED WINNIPEG TRILOGY Muddy Water Tours brings you exciting and interactive ghostly tours of Winnipeg that run from June to Halloween night. The City of Ghosts Bus Tour and the Talking to the Dead Bus Tour will offer information not only on why spirits dwell in a location, but also how to capture them on camera. You will definitely leave these tours with a whole new understanding of what occurs here after dark. Tel: 204.898.4678 Email: info@muddywatertours.ca www.muddywatertours.ca HISTORICAL TOURS OF WINNIPEG Walking tours of the downtown area are told with a combination of drama, intrigue and precedence. Historical secrets are revealed in the Brookside Cemetery; Boom and Bust of Winnipeg; Pestilence, Shamans and Doctors; Naughty Bawdy Tour; Murder, Mystery and Mayhem; Symbols, Secrets & Sacrifices Under the Golden Boy. Walking tours run April 1 to October 31. Symbols, Secrets & Sacrifices under the Golden Boy are available November 15 to March 31. Please call or email to book. Tel: 204.898.4678 Email: info@muddywatertours.ca www.muddywatertours.ca LEGEND Guided | Self-Guided | Bus Tour | Walking Tour | Boat Tour | Culinary Tour Hermetic Code Tour: Canadian Tourism Commission Muddy Water Tours www.tourismwinnipeg.com 95 THINGS TO DO TOURS T

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