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~Population
of approximately 650,000
~Closest city
to the geographical center of North America
~Home
of Winnie The Pooh
~Winnipeg means "Muddy
Waters"
~Famous Winnipegers include:
Monty Hall
(Let's Make a Deal)
Neil
Young
Burton
Cummings (Guess Who - American Woman)
Randy Bachman
(Backman Turner Overdrive)
Crash
Test Dummies
~We have the largest number
of publicly owned trees in the
world (60,000!)
~Harlequin Romance publishing
empire was started in Winnipeg
~Winnipeg's
Rainbow Stage is Canada's oldest outdoor
theatre
~Fort Gary
Hotel, Room 235 - watch out, it's said to
be haunted! ;)
~Folklorama,
North America's largest cultural festival
with over 60 countries
represented
~First city to develop the
911 emergency system
~Portage & Main
is said to be the windiest corner in North
America -- been there,
I believe it! lol
~The Royal Canadian
Mint, located in Wpg has minted not only
Canada's coins but also has minted currency
for 60 more countries
~The
Christmas capital of Canada...in fact, Santa
picks up his mail here
and his elves write back to all the kids
who include a return address.
Just address it to:
Santa
Claus
North
Pole
HO
HO HO
~Last but not least and my personal
favorite because I know
I'm a *big* contributor, Winnipeg is the
Slurpee capital of the
world! That includes are cold, cold, but
very sunny winter months
(officially Wpg is the sunniest city during
the winter months).
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LINKS
Destination
Winnipeg
Tetres
Inc Web Cam
over
looks the Legislative Bldgs,
beautiful
at sunset!
Winnipeg
Free Press
Winnipeg
Sun (Newspaper)
Official
City of Wpg Site
Winnipeg
Folk Festival 2004
Official
Wpg Blue Bombers Site
Official
Wpg Gold Eyes Site
Fringe
Theatre Festival Site
Power
97 FM
My
personal favorite ;)
& you can listen
live online
The
Forks (Park)
...more
to come!
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