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The Forks (French: La Fourche) is a historic site, meeting place, and green space in downtown Winnipeg located at the confluence of the Red River and the Assiniboine River. The Forks was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1974 due to its status as a cultural landscape that had borne witness to six thousand years of human activity. [1]
In January 2008, Winnipeg, Manitoba, achieved the record of the world's longest skating rink at a length of 8.54 kilometres but with a width of only 2 to 3 metres wide [56] on its Assiniboine River and Red River at The Forks. In response, the Rideau Canal was rebranded as "the world's largest skating rink".
The Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum is a Canadian museum in Winnipeg, Manitoba, dedicated to honoring the history and achievements of sports in Manitoba.The organization began in 1980, and then opened a museum in The Forks in 1993.
Starting in the 1990s The Forks area of Winnipeg, where two rivers join, has also been used as a skating trail, and by 2008 was longer than the Rideau skateway (though much narrower). Due to natural variations in ice conditions, the Assiniboine Credit Union River Trail , as it is officially called varies in length each year.
Winnipeg has a number of skateboard parks- some leftovers from the 1970s and many more recent additions to the skateboard scene. [6] In 2006, Winnipeg completed a project that saw the construction of a large skate plaza at the Forks. The plaza was visited by Tony Hawk in his Secret Skate Park Tour in the same year. In 2007 and 2008 the plaza ...
Pan Am Games monument at The Forks, Winnipeg. The 1999 Pan Am games have been "seen by many Winnipeggers as a chance to put their city squarely in the international spotlight". [28] Winnipeg mayor Glen Murray became nationally well known as a result of the Games and thanks to extensive coverage by the CBC, anchored by CBC Sports' Brian Williams ...
Hockey for All Centre (stylized as hockey for all centre) is an ice hockey facility in Winnipeg, Manitoba, near the Red River Exhibition.. Owned by True North Sports & Entertainment, the 172,000-square-foot (16,000 m 2) complex contains four arenas, and serves as the practice and training facilities of the Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League and Manitoba Moose of the American Hockey ...
The Winnipeg International Children's Festival, also known as Kidsfest, is a children's festival held annually at The Forks National Historic Park. [3] The festival is run by "Winnipeg International Children's Festival", which is a charitable, non-profit, community-based organization.