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The Forks Historic Site: a Smartphone Audio Tour
- Duration1h 30m
- Max Travelers10 people
- Free CancellationUp to 24 hrs
- CategoryAgent Low Quality Product, Audio Guides
Overview
Listen to a tour guide through your smartphone as you explore the incredible Forks!
You’ll see & hear about many historical buildings, statues, people, museums & parks that make up this thousand-year old heart of Winnipeg!
Highlights from the first indigenous people to fur traders to new features of today including Shaw Park, Esplanade Riel, Johnston Terminal, Niizhoziibean & the iconic Red River!
GPS map shows where you are and where to go next. As you get close, tour guide commentary will automatically play.
The tour also comes with a fun location based trivia game. After the commentary plays, look at your device and tap your answer.
Keep the professional tour guide experience, ditch the crowded tour groups, tight schedules and high prices.
Enjoy anytime, not just on your booking date. Stop & start anywhere along route.
The number of travelers you select is the number of devices you can download the tour to.
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What's included
No time constraints, take as long as you like to complete the tour
Download on WIFI before (no signal required or data used during tour)
Live GPS map shows route & your location
Tour guide commentary automatically plays at each point of interest
Flexible dates - tour is yours to keep and enjoy anytime on Tripvia Tours app for Android & iOS
What's Not included
Attraction tickets
Headphones (optional - audio will play from device speaker too)
Smartphone or tablet
FORKS HISTORIC RAIL BRIDGE: closed for structural repairs; follow posted detours.
Parking fees
In-person tour guide
Itinerary
THE PLAZA AT THE FORKS. Begin among riverfront paths, public art and gathering spaces shaped by more than 6,000 years of history.
MAHATMA GANDHI STATUE. Pause at this dignified memorial celebrating peace, human rights and Gandhiu2019s enduring legacy.
CANADIAN MUSEUM FOR HUMAN RIGHTS. Admire the museumu2019s dramatic glass architecture at this exterior stop beside The Forks.
BLUE CROSS PARK. Look across the river to the lively home field of the Winnipeg Goldeyes.
HIGH FIVE SCULPTURE. Discover five soaring steel forms inspired by flight and the energy of human connection.
RED RIVER. Take in the historic waterway that meets the Assiniboine and helped shape Winnipeg as a gathering and trading place.
ESPLANADE RIEL. Pass beneath Winnipegu2019s striking cable-stayed pedestrian bridge linking The Forks with St. Boniface.
THE FORKS NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE. Explore a nationally significant meeting place layered with Indigenous, fur-trade and railway history.
MANITOBA CHILDRENu2019S MUSEUM. See the family museum housed in a restored railway building at this exterior stop.
OODENA CELEBRATION CIRCLE. Enter an evocative Indigenous gathering place designed around the sky, seasons and ancient traditions.
FORKS HISTORIC RAIL BRIDGE. View the 1914 landmark from the accessible side while it remains closed for structural restoration.
NIIMAAMAA. Encounter a monumental Indigenous sculpture whose name means u201cmy motheru201d in Cree, Ojibwe and Michif.
NIIZHOZIIBEAN. Discover this reflective Indigenous gathering space, currently approached from the Main Street path while the rail bridge is closed.
THE FORKS HISTORIC PORT. Pause where river landings have connected people, trade and travel for generations.
THE FORKS MARKET. Step into a restored railway-era building filled with local food, shops and lively gathering spaces.
MANITOBA THEATRE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE (MTYP). See the acclaimed theatre in its characterful home at The Forks.
JOHNSTON TERMINAL. Admire this handsome restored railway-era warehouse, now home to shops, dining and creative spaces.
PUBLIC ORCHARD & URBAN GARDEN. Wander past an edible landscape where fruit trees and community growing flourish.
VARIETY HERITAGE ADVENTURE PARK. Discover an imaginative, inclusive play space inspired by The Forksu2019 rich history.
PATH OF TIME. Trace thousands of years of human history through an evocative circular stone installation.
CN STAGE AND FIELD. See The Forksu2019 landmark outdoor stage and open gathering space beside the riverfront.
Good to know
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.