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Designated. 1989. Union Station is the inter-city railway station for Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is a grand beaux-arts structure situated near The Forks in downtown Winnipeg, and was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1976. [ 1 ] The station is also a Heritage Railway Station, so designated since 1989.
Assiniboia Downs is a Canadian horse race track on 150 ha (360 acres) of land located in the Winnipeg suburb of St. James-Assiniboia. It is operated by the Manitoba Jockey Club and is the site of the annual Manitoba Derby. The track is located on the western edge of the city, near the intersection of the Perimeter Highway and Portage Avenue.
v. t. e. The Red River ( French: rivière Rouge ), also called the Red River of the North ( French: rivière Rouge du Nord) to differentiate it from the Red River in the south of the continent, is a river in the north-central United States and central Canada. Originating at the confluence of the Bois de Sioux and Otter Tail rivers between the U ...
The Assiniboine River ( / əˈsɪnɪbɔɪn / ə-SIN-ih-boyn; French: Rivière Assiniboine) [3] is a 1,070-kilometre (660 mi) river that runs through the prairies of Western Canada in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. It is a tributary of the Red River. The Assiniboine is a typical meandering river with a single main channel embanked within a flat ...
Today, though the Thunder Bay-Winnipeg section is now single tracked, the CPR still has two long distance double track lines serving rural areas, including a 121-kilometre (75 mi) stretch between Kent, British Columbia, and Vancouver which follows the Fraser River into the Coast Mountains, as well as the Canadian Pacific Winchester Sub, a 160 ...
Assiniboine Park (formerly known as City Park) [1] is a park in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, located along the Assiniboine River . The Winnipeg Public Parks Board was formed in 1893, and purchased the initial land for the park in 1904. Although in use before then, the park officially opened in 1909. [2] It is named for the Assiniboine people.
49°51′41″N 97°14′33″W. / 49.86139°N 97.24250°W / 49.86139; -97.24250. Area. 285 ha. Opened. 1973. Assiniboine Forest is a regional park in Winnipeg, Manitoba and the largest urban forest in Canada, comprising an area of over 285 hectares. [1] It's located within the suburban area of Charleswood and is surrounded by Grant ...
Opened. June 2, 1862. ( 1862-06-02) [1] Maintained by. City of Winnipeg Public Works. Portage and Main is an intersection in downtown Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, located where Portage Avenue (Route 85) and Main Street (Route 52) intersect. The corner is known as the "crossroads of Canada", due to its relative proximity to the longitudinal ...