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The Forks is a public space where the Red and Assiniboine rivers meet in the heart of what is now the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba. It occupies the waterfront zone east of Main Street and south of the CN mainline rail bridge. The Forks has played a complex role in the history of the region and of Canada as a whole.
The Forks National Historic Site is on Treaty No. 1 territory: the traditional territory of Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Anisininew, Dakota, and Dene peoples, and the homeland of the Red River Métis. Featured things to do. One Heart, Two Rivers, Four Directions.
Jul 15, 2023 · The Forks is a place to grab a Manitoba made souvenir, or to simply support local makers. Photo Credit: Ron Pradinuk. In the shops—we can always find “Manitoba Made,” where new entrepreneurs offer locally created unique items and art.
The Forks has served as a meeting place for thousands of years: for Indigenous peoples, for settlers and for those in Winnipeg today. Learn more about the cultural and natural history of this fascinating location.
The Forks (French: La Fourche) is a historic site, meeting place, and green space in downtown Winnipeg located at the confluence of the Red River and the Assiniboine River. The Forks was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1974 due to its status as a cultural landscape that had borne witness to six thousand years of human activity ...
Based upon a comprehensive pubic consultation process, The Forks Renewal Board concluded that the overall vision for The Forks should be a ‘meeting place’, a distinctive all-season gathering and recreation resource at the junction of the Red and Assiniboine rivers.
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A Brief History. Located at the junction of two major rivers that form part of a vast continental network, The Forks has witnessed many key events in the history of Western Canada. As the site of the first permanent European settlement in the Canadian West it would become the cradle of the province of Manitoba and the nucleus of the city of ...
