Attractions | The Forks

Attractions at The Forks

Year Round

The Forks Market

The Forks Market is home to a vibrant and deliciously eclectic food hall featuring the best in local offerings on the main floor and fantastic local maker and retail options on the second floor.

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The Forks: A self-guided audio tour

Grab your headphones, download the audio tour file, and head outside to the canopy to begin an immersive journey, narrated by the engaging and knowledgeable Niigaan Sinclair.

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Agowiidiwinan Centre

The Agowiidiwinan Centre is a place of learning offering a balanced understanding of the Treaties between the First Nations and the Crown, including the history of First Nation people, their laws, culture, and customs.

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Alloway Arch

Donated to The Forks by The Winnipeg Foundation, the Alloway Arch commemorates banker William Forbes Alloway. He and his wife established the Winnipeg Foundation in 1921 with a donation of $100,000.

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Broadway Promenade

The Broadway Promenade is the pedestrian connection between the Esplanade Riel pedestrian bridge to Union Station and Broadway Avenue.

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Canadian Museum for Human Rights

Located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights is the first museum solely dedicated to the evolution, celebration and future of human rights.

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The Children's Museum

The Children’s Museum home to twelve exciting permanent galleries that spark kids’ creative learning. The latest innovations in education come together at the Children’s Museum with creative environments to provide a powerful, hands-on learning experience that entertains as it educates.

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CN Stage and Field

CN Stage and Field are the epicentre for many of Winnipeg’s finest concerts and events.

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The Canopy

Centrally located at the heart of The Forks, the canopy, is always a great place to meet.

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The Forks Historic Rail Bridge

The Historic Rail Bridge is currently closed and undergoing structural assessments.

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The Forks Historic Port

Come by canoe, kayak, or motorboat and dock at the place where the York boats and sternwheelers of times long-past brought goods to forts and pioneer settlements.

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The Forks Market Tower

The pinnacle of The Forks Market is a six-storey high tower with a viewing platform that affords a dramatic view of the famed junction of the Assiniboine and Red rivers along with Winnipeg’s skyline. Heritage interpretive panels help visitors uncover the historical significance of The Forks and surrounding areas.

The Forks National Historic Site

Operated by Parks Canada, this 9.0 acre (3.63 hectare) picturesque riverside park looks across the Red River to historic St. Boniface.

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Inn at The Forks

Inn at the Forks is the first and only hotel to be located at The Forks. Enjoy the warm hospitality at this spectacular hotel and its truly fantastic setting.

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Johnston Terminal

The four-storey Johnston Terminal, formerly a cold storage railway warehouse, is now home to a variety of unique specialty boutiques, stores, offices, café, and restaurant.

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Manitoba Theatre for Young People

Manitoba Theatre for Young People has been creating and presenting professional theatre productions for children and families since 1982.

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Niizhoziibean

Niizhoziibean, the southernmost point of The Forks means two rivers in Ojibway and honours our city’s Indigenous heritage and its prominent place alongside the Red and Assiniboine Rivers.

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Oodena Celebration Circle

Near the convergence of the two rivers is a natural shallow amphitheatre known as the Oodena Celebration Circle.

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Parks Canada Playground

Parks Canada brings The Forks’ history to life through the one-of-a-kind playground.

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Peace Meeting Site

The Peace Meeting interpretive site along the Broadway Promenade pedestrian pathway is a landscaped resting area featuring Aboriginal and European elements reflecting the two cultures.

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Phantom Amusement Arcade

Come to The Forks and play some pinball - you just can’t do this on your phone. Relive a memory + make a new memory. We will have the classics to the new classics and a few arcade games for the full arcade experience.

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Plaza at The Forks

The Plaza at The Forks is Canada’s best and largest urban skate plaza and bowl complex, and has had the distinction of being sought out by such prominent skaters as Tony Hawk and Bam Margera.

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Play at The Forks

Table tennis, basketball, community workouts, and more to explore this year at Play at The Forks!

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Public Art at The Forks

The Forks is home to 20+ pieces of public art. Click below to check them all out.

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Public Orchard

The orchard contains 61 fruit trees including apple, apricot, cherry, pear and plum, and as many as 75 fruit bearing shrubs. In a few years the trees will bear fruit!

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Rail Cars

In keeping with the area’s railway history, two restored rail cars are housed outside The Forks Market. Historic Union Station, just steps away from the main Forks site, houses The Winnipeg Railway Museum featuring the Countess of Dufferin, the first steam locomotive on the Canadian Prairies, vintage rail cars and cabooses.

Riverwalk

One of the city’s jewels, The Riverwalk winds along the riverbanks from underneath Esplanade Riel all the way to the foot of the Manitoba Legislature. Featuring interpretive plaques concerning area history, the walk showcases a distinctive river’s eye view of central Winnipeg.

Travel Manitoba Visitor Information Centre

Open seven days a week, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. Closed Christmas Day, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday.

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Wall Through Time

The Wall Through Time forms a graphic retelling of historic events that took place at The Forks throughout its 6,000-year history. The Path Through Time sculpture features two bronze shells and a limestone centrepiece.

Seasonal

Bee2Gether Bikes

Every summer, you'll find folks riding around on tandem bicycles from Bee2gether Bikes. There's lots to see at The Forks, and one of the best ways to hit all the stops is on a single bike with your friends.

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Iceland Skate Rentals

Iceland Skate Rentals provides high-quality skates for all ages and skill levels. Whether you're gliding along the Nestaweya River Trail or spinning under the Canopy rink, they'll make sure you have the perfect fit for a memorable skating experience.

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Kendrick's Outdoor Adventures

Kendrick’s Outdoor Adventures offers year-round rentals for you to get moving, get fresh air and get outside!

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Nestaweya River Trail presented by The Winnipeg Foundation

Experience a Winnipeg tradition by skating, walking, running, or sledding your way along the Nestaweya River Trail

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Prairie Garden

At the heart of The Forks, The Prairie Garden is a lush tribute to Winnipeg’s prairie roots.

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Target Zero Eco Tours

Target Zero Eco Tours - fall and spring, great for field trips, group outings, etc!

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Urban Garden

In collaboration with Citigrow, the Urban Garden contains vegetables and herbs to be harvested by the Inn at The Forks and integrated into their menu.

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Warming Huts: An Art and Architecture Competition on Ice

Melding world-class design and art with Winnipeg’s famous winters, Warming huts are placed along the River Trail for visitors to enjoy throughout the skating season.

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Winnipeg 150 Winter Park

Skate on 1 kilometer of trails, play a game of shinny on the CN Stage rink, or get that perfect Instagram shot under the light walk.

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Winnipeg Waterways

Let's go on a river boat tour! The expert guides at Winnipeg Waterways will take you on a journey, exploring the city’s iconic landmarks and their stories.

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Located at the junction of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, The Forks (also known as Nestawaya in Cree) has been a meeting place for over 6,000 years – located on the original lands of the Anishinaabe, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota and Lakota peoples and resides in the homeland of the Red River Métis. This place also has deep ties with Dene and Inuit peoples, operates with water from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, and has welcomed people from all walks of life to trade, visit, and build community. In this spirit, all staff and administration here respect the Treaties that were made on these territories, acknowledge the harms and mistakes of the past, and dedicate ourselves to move forward in partnership with Indigenous communities in a spirit of reconciliation and collaboration.