Festival du Voyageur
Edmonton may be the Festival City, but Winnipeg is the place to be every February for the worlds largest kitchen party. There's no need to reinvent the wheel, the Festival du Voyageur has been embracing winter for over 40 years. As an elementary student in Winnipeg's east end, I experienced my first dog sled ride, downed a bowl of pea soup, and made my own ceinture fléchée to show off at home. Check out their site: http://festivalvoyageur.mb.ca/ ...more »
Edmonton may be the Festival City, but Winnipeg is the place to be every February for the worlds largest kitchen party. There's no need to reinvent the wheel, the Festival du Voyageur has been embracing winter for over 40 years. As an elementary student in Winnipeg's east end, I experienced my first dog sled ride, downed a bowl of pea soup, and made my own ceinture fléchée to show off at home. Check out their site: http://festivalvoyageur.mb.ca/
Edmonton may not have the same strength of connection to the voyageurs as Winnipeg, but the fur trade certainly did reach us, and was a key factor in this area's history.
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