HERITAGE | HISTORY ITINERARY HALF DAY Your day starts with breakfast at the Tallest Poppy, located Continue your day at The Forks—a gathering place for inside the former Occidental Hotel, a Winnipeg landmark. more than 6,000 years where the Red and Assiniboine Built in 1886, the hotel has stood watch through much of the rivers meet. Explore the site and plaques scattered city’s history, changing hands numerous times and earning throughout that relate the history of this significant spot. itself a notorious reputation along the way. Now home to Visit the Oodena Celebration Circle, Balance of Spirit this hip spot popular with foodies, they serve up wholesome Within and the Peace Meeting Site for a reflection on the food make with local ingredients. city’s aboriginal roots. After breakfast, it’s time to head to the nearby Manitoba If you’re feeling peckish, head into The Forks Market Museum, where the province’s history comes to life. Stroll and sample a variety of ethnic options from baba-made the streets of Winnipeg as they were in the 1920s or hop perogies to stuffed rotis to crispy samosas. Browse the aboard the life-sized replica of the Nonsuch ketch. Make market’s eclectic shops and pick up unique, handmade gifts your way through the Hudson’s Bay gallery and discover our and treasures. fur trading roots and finish your visit with a stop at Churchill’s shore line 450 million years ago. FULL DAY In the afternoon, head to St. Boniface and Le Musee de Then, make your way to Fort Gibraltar, originally a North Saint-Boniface Museum. Built for the Grey Nuns who West Company fur trade post, where the history of Manitoba arrived in the Red River Colony in 1844, the structure is comes to life. If you’re here in February, don’t miss Festival an outstanding example of Red River frame construction. du Voyageur where the fur trade past is celebrated with It offers an impressive collection of artifacts that reveal the food, music, demonstrations, winter activities and stunning lives and culture of the Francophone and Métis communities carved snow sculptures. of Manitoba, including a special exhibit about Louis Riel, the “father” of Manitoba. In the evening, head over to the Manitoba Legislature and take in the Hermetic Code Tour, where you will learn about While you’re there, don’t miss the St. Boniface Cathedral’s the Masonic and occult symbols and principles that were stunning façade and attached cemetery that is the eternal built into the building’s unique architecture. resting place of Riel himself. Finish off the day at The Fort Garry Hotel with a glass of For a snack, head into one of St. Boniface’s charming spots Cabernet in the Palm Lounge. This former Grand Trunk like Le Garage Café for one of the best poutines in the city Railway hotel boats crystal chandeliers, amazing architecture or Chez Sophie where you can snack on authentic Franco- and an ambience that will take you back to days of elegance Manitoban fare like tourtiere. and grandeur. FULL DAY 2 Get off to a good start at The Nook Diner where diner in the city for decades—the secret is fresh turkey roasted in- classics are served in a casual setting. The eggs with house daily. Or head to The Chocolate Shop—Winnipeg’s hollandaise sauce are not to be missed. Once you’re done, oldest restaurant in operation since 1919, where you can try take some time to stroll the nearby areas of The Gates and regionally-inspired dishes like bison and blueberry stew and Wellington Crescent where you can marvel at towering cornmeal crusted pickerel. historical mansions. In the afternoon, head to Lower Fort Garry National Continue your tour of beautiful buildings at the Dalnavert Historic Site, where history unfolds before your eyes. Museum—a pristine example of Queen Anne Revival Costumed interpreters bring the Red River Valley in the architecture. The museum offers a look into the late Victorian 1850s to life at this restored 19th-century fort. Meet the era through the preservation, exhibition and interpretation Governor of the Hudson’s Bay Company as he strolls of the building and the museum’s collection. through his garden, barter with the company clerk, sit in a tipi and listen to the whispers of ancient legends, and Then make your way over to The Winnipeg Railway Museum, touch the coarse fur of a bison hide at the oldest stone housed inside the stunning VIA Rail Station designed by fur trading post in North America. the same architects that built Grand Central Station in New York City. Here Winnipeg’s rail history is preserved through Finish of the day in the Exchange District where stunning displays, artifacts, railway related vehicles, trucks and fire historic architecture greets you at every turn. Take in trucks. View the first steam locomotive on the Canadian a walking tour and learn about the area’s fascinating Prairies, The Countess of Dufferin, and continue on to an history as the centre of Winnipeg’s grain trade in the early-generation diesel locomotive just like the ones still 1920s. Packed full of boutiques and galleries, it’s the used today. perfect place for a stroll. Pop into one of numerous restaurants like The Peasant Cookery for rustic French For lunch, stop in at the Wagon Wheel restaurant. This classics, Mondragon for delicious vegan fare or Tre Visi Winnipeg staple has been serving up the best club house for elegant Italian dining. 300-259 Portage Avenue P 204.943.1970 Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3B 2A9 TF 1.855.PEG.CITY.