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Originally Posted by BigRichard
Anyone on here ever been up to Wasagaming in Manitoba Canada? The wife and I just booked our campsites for a week up there. Might swing by Winnipeg on the way up to check things out as well. Any cool places to go? We just want to veg for a few days but love to bike and hike too.
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I've never been to Wasagaming, but have spent some time at Lake Winnipeg and it's great. Really nice little cabin towns, beautiful country up there. I have some very fond memories of Victoria Beach.
in Winnipeg locals will tell you to go to The Forks but it's is dumb. Generally just a crappy indoor mall/market kind of thing. Might be some events there in the summer I guess.
Smoke's Poutinerie, if you want poutine.
Culture is going to be in the Exchange District. There's a (small) French quarter called St. Boniface. The area where younger people hang out is The Village (Osborne Street) There's a decent art gallery. Assiniboine Park has a zoo, if you've got kids. Assiniboine Downs is a horseracing track.
Fort Garry Brewing makes good microbrews, highly recommended, but I think you have to arrange for a tour. By the way, anyplace in Canada where you put a beer to your lips (bar, restaurant) you're going to be paying US ballgame prices. Prepare thy anus
Winnipeg is only about the size of Omaha, but there's a decent amount to do for a city of that size.
Don't go in the winter.