Winnipeg, Manitoba

Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than sixty percent of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red River and Assiniboine Rivers
(a point now commonly known as The Forks).


FESTIVAL:-
                    Festival du Voyageur, western Canada's largest winter festival, celebrates the early French explorers of the Red River Valley. Folklorama is the largest and longest-running cultural celebration festival in the world.The Jazz Winnipeg Festival and the Winnipeg Folk Festival both celebrate Winnipeg's music community. The Winnipeg Music Festival offers a competition venue to amateur musicians. The Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival is the second-largest alternative theatre festival in North America. The Winnipeg International Writers Festival (THIN AIR) brings writers from all over the world to Winnipeg for workshops and readings. Reel Pride is an annual gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and two-spirit film and video festival produced by the Winnipeg Gay and Lesbian Film Society.

SPORTS:-
                Winnipeg has been home to several professional hockey, football, and baseball franchises. The MTS Centre is home to the AHL's Manitoba Moose. It is currently ranked the world's 19th-busiest arena among non-sporting touring events, 13th-busiest among facilities in North America, and 3rd-busiest in Canada.

THE MTS CENTRE:-                             

                            The MTS Centre is an indoor arena at 300 Portage Avenue in Downtown Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, at the former Eaton's site. It is owned by True North Sports & Entertainment Limited, at a cost of $133.5 million CAD, and is 440,000 square feet (41,000 m²) in size.

DOWNTOWN WINNIPEG:-
                                             Downtown Winnipeg is centered around Portage Avenue and  Main Street, and is bounded by the Assiniboine River on the south, Colony and Balmorals Streets on the west, Notre Dame Avenue,

Princess Street, and Logan Avenue on the north, and the Red River on the east. It includes the Exchange District, Central Park, The Forks, and Winnipeg's Chinatown.

CHINA TOWN:-
                              The first Chinese settlers came by stagecoach in 1877.The area we now know as Chinatown was established in 1909, with official designation in 1968.There are currently over 20,000.Chinese in Winnipeg.Chinatown offers a variety of restaurants; Szechuan, Cantonese, Mandarin and dim sum styles.Chinese publications are available in the new Dynasty Building, it also has very beautiful gardens.There is also a beautiful structure known as the Mandarin Building.Both the Dynasty and Mandarin Buildings are connected by the China Gate.

THE ASSINIBOINE RIVER:-
                                        The Assiniboine River is a 1,070-kilometre (660 mi) river that runs through the prairies of Western Canada in Saskatchewan and Manitoba.It is a typical meandering river with a single main channel embanked within a flat, shallow valley at some places, and a steep valley at other places.

THE RED RIVER :-                           
                           The Red River is a North American river. Originating at the confluence of the Bois de Sioux and Otter Tail rivers in the United States, it flows northward through the Red River Valley and forms the border between the U.S. states of Minnesota and North Dakota before continuing into Manitoba, Canada.

THE RED RIVER VALLEY:-
                                  The Red River Valley is a region in central North America that is drained by the Red River of the North. It is significant in the geography of North Dakota, Minnesota, and Manitoba for its relatively fertile lands and the population centers of Fargo, Moorhead, Grand Forks, and Winnipeg. Pale geographic Lake Agassiz laid down the Red River Valley silts.

LAKE WINNIPEG:-
                                Lake Winnipeg is a large (24,514 square kilometers) lake in central North America, in the province of Manitoba, Canada, about 55 kilometers (34 mi) north of the city of Winnipeg. It is the largest lake within the borders of southern Canada, and it is part of the most undeveloped large watershed of southern Canada.