Winnipeg Manitoba - A Beautiful Friendly Summer City

They call it the Legislative Building -
not the Capitol - for the
Province of Manitoba

The plaque honors Americans
who came north during the
Revolutionary War

We are in Winnipeg because Lulu is conducting a workshop at the University of Manitoba. Today at noon she will be done - and we will have 6 days to enjoy a section of Canada we have never visited. We will also drive down into North Dakota and Minnesota. 

The 700,000 people of Winnipeg have a beautiful city they are very proud of - and should be. they are very tolerant of immigrant - they are welcomed with open arms. It started back in 1776 - when they welcomed the Tories from America that refused to rebel against the king. There is a large population of Asians and Latinos. 

They have new plastic money. It is transparent and hard to fake. It also lasts over 20 times as long as paper money. It is easy to identify - the 5s - 10s - 20s - 50s - are each a different color. They have different people on them - the Queen is on the 20. I was able to buy a chip for my iPhone for $8 US total for 1 GB of data. Mainly I got it so cheaply because there was a $30 rebate for new customers. I can use the phone for a month or until 1 GB runs out. I used 2% the first day - mainly for email and maps. 

Downtown is 3 miles north of our hotel. I drove downtown and walked all over. It is a simple grid and easy to find your way around. You can tell winter is cold. Fire hydrants are marked by high red poles. the bus stops are completely enclosed in glass. There is glass enclosed high sidewalk habit-trails. 

I took a lot of pictures with my iPhone. I was amazed at how clean and well kept the public buildings are. They are old but very up to date. 

Portage place a downtown mall

Art Museum

Province Archives

WWI Memorial

Honoring Flyers that died training
WWII

Queen Victoria was the queen

The Legislative Building is
pure democracy

The Dome

Prime Minister

The cleanest halls I ever saw

Entrance to Legislative Building

Democratic Caucus

Legislative Reading Room

Queen Elizabeth visited in 1970

Office windows open - no AC

Postal Boxes

Union Train Station

Train Station Lobby

Educational Train Cars - mobile classrooms
for teaching

Hotel Fort Garry - top of the line

Covered walkways downtown

Enclosed bus stops

Neat sign - Maple Leaf

Winnipeg Jets Hockey plays here