Winnipegs must do for first timer?

Ok,

So my gal and I are moving to winnipeg in april and want to make the most of it for her, what are the must see must do's?

Assiniboine Park/Zoo
Forks/ballpark/??
Canada day on Osbourne
Folkfest
Free stage at the fringe is ussually fun

What else?, I need some help!

cc

Grand Beach. Best to go by yourself first, just to check it out.

BDI on a hot day.

Sal's on the bridge. Just kidding.

By all means visit the Forks. It might be under water in April. Maybe not though. A walk down Corydon Avenue might be nice. Manitoba Museum? Exchange District?

The hot day is scheduled for July 19th.

Do you both golf? check out some courses.

When are you getting here?
Try the Morris Stampede
Red River Exhibition
Take a drive to Gimli
goto the WAG
see the Moose play at the MTS Centre
take a tour of the Leg
check out the Manitoba Museum
take a boat tour of the Red River (if they can get under the bridges)

fishing at the Locks
all of the bigger parks.
teddy bear picnic
Children's museum
take in a Northern Lights soccer game or three...
Labour day weekend Bomber game in Regina and/or following weekend in da Peg.
Prarie dog Railway
weekend run to Fargo or Grand Forks for shopping
morris Stampede
shopping at the St Norbert Farmers Market.


Manitoba Museum and touch the universe or whatever its called.

red river ex is really a meh... the loss of the farm/exhibition component it used have really detracts from the whole reason to have a massive exhibition like that.

Spend a day in the Exchange. If she's not shy, bring a camera and do a photoshoot of each other. Or bring a friend to do a photoshoot of the two of you. There are a lot of great new places in the Exchange. I'd hit up the Pastry Castle or the Royal Diner (in the Albert).

Catch a play at one of the many theatres or a local concert.

Make it a mission to find the restaurant with the "best" of something - perogies, burgers, cheesecake, etc.

Get tours of local do-gooder organizations and find a way to connect with the community. Siloam's facility surprised me. If she's interested in helping with immigrants/refugees, also look into the International Centre. There's also tons of women's organizations and neighbourhood groups.

Go to the St. Norbert Farmer's Market.

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On a related note, what's new in Winnipeg that I should check out? I was away between May '08 to Feb '09. Hydro tower is looking great in our skyline, I must say. I can't wait for the Human Rights museum to go up. I wish they'd renovate the Children's Museum.

anny wrote: I can't wait for the Human Rights museum to go up.

oh...them's fightin' words in this forum

Deank wrote:red river ex is really a meh... the loss of the farm/exhibition component it used have really detracts from the whole reason to have a massive exhibition like that.

how so?

when did it leave?

i was there last year..and the animals and exhibitions were all there.

were there 3 years ago when i had gone, and 5 years ago as well.

six pines haunted farm in October...and/or Boo at the zoo
corn maze and/or sunflower maze in the fall.
paddlewheel cruise
red river exhibition park Christmas light show.
the guy just off assiniboine park christmas light show riding on his train through the forest.

AGEsAces wrote:

Deank wrote:red river ex is really a meh... the loss of the farm/exhibition component it used have really detracts from the whole reason to have a massive exhibition like that.

how so?

when did it leave?

i was there last year..and the animals and exhibitions were all there.

were there 3 years ago when i had gone, and 5 years ago as well.

yeah you are referring to not much actually. ( like petting zoo and Major manufacturers and such )

I am referring to the (probably more then 10 years ago now ) REAL farm exhibition stuff that you can better find at the Morris stampede now.

oh...don't forget the Morden Corn & Apple Festival.

yeah yeah.. definately dont forget that one...heh once summer rolls around there is a festival of some sort (or two) every weekend within a two hour drive of Winnipeg.

Also.. winter.. take in an ice fishing derby and a "poker derby" again almost every weekend once the ice freezes.. some of the bigger ones are just mind boggling to behold.

here is a old list of the different events from travel Manitoba.. not sure why they have not updated the dates but it gives an idea of what to look for.
http://www.travelmanitoba.com/trade/documents/english/Major%20Manitoba%20Festivals.pdf

maybe take a drive out to stonewall and stop at the kilm. I love the kilm. yum!

heh, neither of us are much for golf, but shes definately into photography so good tip re the exchange photos

fishing will be definately done, as will the red river ex, though i wish it were still at the polo park location, just nastalgia for me, shes an animal lover/ecohippie so penned animals arent her thing with the small exception of maybe seeing animals in a zoo that couldn't otherwise be released.

good tips folks, any more??

I will definately be hitting the BDI for a goog special

cc

Any of you been to the Algonquin Wind farm south west of the city? Can you get close enough for decent photos?

cc

Algonquin Wind Farm?

there is the St Leon Wind Farm is that the one you mean?

and yeah... totally close enough just take any of the roads there

heck some are right off the highway
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/13286339

"shes an animal lover/ecohippie "

hmmm.. maybe see if you can arrange a tour of the City's Recycling depot.

casualchris wrote:shes an animal lover/ecohippie so penned animals arent her thing

cc

then maybe a visit to the new Human Society building? .

Though, the red river ex animals are only partially penned...it's more of a "petting zoo" where you actually can touch the animals (if they let you).

Deank wrote:"shes an animal lover/ecohippie "

hmmm.. maybe see if you can arrange a tour of the City's Recycling depot.

haha, i'm guessing thats a joke, but thats totally up her ally, just talking now over breakfast and she says "im totally excited that my recyclables will get recycled now" because as it is right now, being so remote, the only things recycled are things with deposits and whatever we put in the compost.

cc

Yeah, the st leon windfarm is part of Algonquin.

no no seriously.. it might be something that she finds interesting.. heh... got me thinking of maybe doing it now..

ooo ooo oo Birdshill park... yeah definately do that. sure its not Mountain Hiking like she may be used to, but lots of nice hiking, biking, horseback riding paths there.