The amphitheatre
Over the river.
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The Forks is a historic site, meeting place and green space in downtown Winnipeg, Canada, where the Red and Assiniboine rivers meet. It became a National Historic Site in 1974 for witnessing six thousand years of human activity, and its 5.5-hectare grounds are open all year. The French form of the name is first recorded by the La Vérendrye brothers in 1738, and the English name was settled by the late 18th century. The site was a trading meeting point for Indigenous peoples and later fur traders and settlers. Today it holds an indoor market, restaurants, gardens and a riverside walk. You see wide green lawns and paved paths between tall trees, and a round stone amphitheatre looking over the river. Across the water stretches the Esplanade Riel footbridge with its white leaning mast, and in winter the frozen river becomes a skating trail. It is in downtown Winnipeg near the railway station, and it is free to visit.
Over the river.
A leaning mast.
River skating.
Downtown Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
The Red and the Assiniboine.
Skating on the frozen river trail.