Explore Winnipeg’s historic meeting place at the junction of the Red and Assiniboine rivers on a flexible GPS-guided audio tour. Stories play automatically as you walk the roughly 2.5 km route through public art, museums, riverfront paths and gathering spaces.
Highlights include THE FORKS MARKET, CANADIAN MUSEUM FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, OODENA CELEBRATION CIRCLE, NIIZHOZIIBEAN, JOHNSTON TERMINAL and the ESPLANADE RIEL. Hear how more than 6,000 years of Indigenous, fur-trade and railway history shaped this remarkable place.
Start whenever you like, pause for photos, food or museums and finish at your own pace. Download before you arrive; no mobile data or signal is needed during the tour.
The Forks Market, 1 Forks Market Rd, Winnipeg, MB R3C 4L8, Canada
Tour starts in the middle of The Forks National Historic Site, a cultural meeting place where the Red and Assiniboine Rivers meet.
This activity ends back at the meeting point.
THE PLAZA AT THE FORKS. Begin among riverfront paths, public art and gathering spaces shaped by more than 6,000 years of history.
Duration: 5 minutes
MAHATMA GANDHI STATUE. Pause at this dignified memorial celebrating peace, human rights and Gandhi’s enduring legacy.
Duration: 5 minutes
CANADIAN MUSEUM FOR HUMAN RIGHTS. Admire the museum’s dramatic glass architecture at this exterior stop beside The Forks.
Duration: 5 minutes
BLUE CROSS PARK. Look across the river to the lively home field of the Winnipeg Goldeyes.
Duration: 5 minutes
HIGH FIVE SCULPTURE. Discover five soaring steel forms inspired by flight and the energy of human connection.
Duration: 5 minutes
RED RIVER. Take in the historic waterway that meets the Assiniboine and helped shape Winnipeg as a gathering and trading place.
Duration: 5 minutes
ESPLANADE RIEL. Pass beneath Winnipeg’s striking cable-stayed pedestrian bridge linking The Forks with St. Boniface.
Duration: 5 minutes
THE FORKS NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE. Explore a nationally significant meeting place layered with Indigenous, fur-trade and railway history.
Duration: 5 minutes
MANITOBA CHILDREN’S MUSEUM. See the family museum housed in a restored railway building at this exterior stop.
Duration: 5 minutes
OODENA CELEBRATION CIRCLE. Enter an evocative Indigenous gathering place designed around the sky, seasons and ancient traditions.
Duration: 5 minutes
FORKS HISTORIC RAIL BRIDGE. View the 1914 landmark from the accessible side while it remains closed for structural restoration.
Duration: 5 minutes
NIIMAAMAA. Encounter a monumental Indigenous sculpture whose name means “my mother” in Cree, Ojibwe and Michif.
Duration: 5 minutes
NIIZHOZIIBEAN. Discover this reflective Indigenous gathering space, currently approached from the Main Street path while the rail bridge is closed.
Duration: 5 minutes
THE FORKS HISTORIC PORT. Pause where river landings have connected people, trade and travel for generations.
Duration: 5 minutes
THE FORKS MARKET. Step into a restored railway-era building filled with local food, shops and lively gathering spaces.
Duration: 5 minutes
MANITOBA THEATRE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE (MTYP). See the acclaimed theatre in its characterful home at The Forks.
Duration: 5 minutes
JOHNSTON TERMINAL. Admire this handsome restored railway-era warehouse, now home to shops, dining and creative spaces.
Duration: 5 minutes
PUBLIC ORCHARD & URBAN GARDEN. Wander past an edible landscape where fruit trees and community growing flourish.
Duration: 5 minutes
VARIETY HERITAGE ADVENTURE PARK. Discover an imaginative, inclusive play space inspired by The Forks’ rich history.
Duration: 5 minutes
PATH OF TIME. Trace thousands of years of human history through an evocative circular stone installation.
Duration: 5 minutes
CN STAGE AND FIELD. See The Forks’ landmark outdoor stage and open gathering space beside the riverfront.
Duration: 5 minutes

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