Bus and
boat tours
of the city leave from the dock
beside Provencher Bridge at The
Forks
. There are walking tours of the
Exchange District from Old
Market Square (May-Aug hourly
except Mon 10am-3pm; 1hr 30min;
$5; tel 942-6716), guided walks
around local art galleries from
Winnipeg Art Gallery (July &
Aug Wed, Thurs & Sat; $4.95;
tel 786-6641) and Selkirk Avenue
in the North End (June-Aug
Tues-Sat 10am & 2pm; free;
1hr; tel 586-3445 or 586-2720).
Horse-drawn wagons are available
to take you around St Boniface,
the French quarter (June-Aug;
tel 235-1406). Wild-Wise
Wilderness Adventures (tel
788-1070, fax 788-1001)
organizes historical canoe
excursions for groups of ten
people, where you paddle along
the Red and Assiniboine rivers
in the spirit of the pioneer
voyageur guides and fur traders.
Companies operating half-day,
day-, overnight and week-long
tours out of Winnipeg include
Anishinabe Camp and Cultural
Tours (May-Sept; tel 925-2030,
fax 725-2127) to Riding Mountain
National Park, for aboriginal
culture, sleeping in tepees and
participating in traditional
ceremonies and powwow dancing;
Aurora Canada Tours (Nov-April;
tel & fax 942-8140), for
one-day to two-week tours
observing bird and plant life,
and viewing the Northern Lights;
The Great Gray Owl Wilderness
Adventure Camp (tel 237-LAKE or
tel 1-800/565-2595) for
ecologically sound trips to
Atikaki Wilderness Provincial
Park; Canadian Trails Adventure
Tours (year-round; tel
1-800/668-BIKE) for bicycle
tours; B&B Scuba (tel
257-3696 or 1-888/257-3696) for
week-long scuba diving tours
that include snorkelling with
beluga whales; Frog in the
Pocket (tel 885-0344) for
eco-tours on the natural and
cultural history of Manitoba,
with visits to boreal forests
and other ecosystems; and
Akeesha Dove (May-Oct; tel
339-1154), for a visit to the
Spirit Sands "desert".
