The Forks

Description:
The Forks is a historic site and meeting place in Downtown Winnipeg located at the confluence of the Red River and Assiniboine River. For at least 6000 years, the Forks has been the meeting place for early Aboriginal peoples, and since colonization has also been a meeting place for European fur traders, Métis buffalo hunters, Scottish settlers, riverboat workers, railway pioneers and tens of thousands of immigrants.

Today, the Forks is a major local and tourist attraction, featuring parks, river walks, shops, restaurants, bars, a hotel, museum, skate park, and outdoor activities year round, including the worlds longest skating rink. It also serves as a site for many special events and festivals.