University Of Winnipeg Student Housing

515 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3B 2E9, Canada | Hotel

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The Little Train that could...

A travel blog entry by leighge

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... car" which also included a domed upper section where you could see a fair distance, and I spent a few hours with some other ladies watching a 'chick flick'. At 7pm there was a Canadian wine tasting which was a bit of fun, the white was quite nice but I would not recomment Canadian red wine! All wines on the train were Canadian so it was an adventure tasting them! I was booked into the 8pm dinner slot and after three courses I was full, ...

Connection to Canada

A travel blog entry by french_rhubarb

... was straightforward enough thanks to a girl standing at the arrival gate directing everyone to their connections (God bless actual human interaction). I had to walk for about half an hour at quite a pace, taking advantage of moving walkways, before I reached my gate though. But once there I had time to relax a little before boarding the tiny little regional jet to Winnipeg. Small plane = lots of turbulence (or as Jo calls it, "popcorn"). ...

A second day in Winnipeg

A travel blog entry by pixelrev

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... called Netley Marsh - sounds familiar! It was possible to travel from the east by canoe through Lake Superior and hook up with the Red River and continue west.

In 1738 French traders built a fort at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers - already an important trading post for the indigenous aboriginal peoples. It was to become the modern day city. As the new continent was carved ...

Home Sweet Home

A travel blog entry by lindsey-canada

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... was really special for me. I was able to reconnect with old friends and make special new ones. It was a little disappointing for me that I was not able to spend more time with Dave but the time we did get to spend together was fun as always! It was really hard for me the days leading up to leaving when it came time to leave the Aran Islands I remember walking by the ocean, it was a little cool but a perfect day I could smell the ocean air and felt it on ...

Another time zone crossed

A travel blog entry by old-troopers

... of the park was quite interesting and inovative we felt we had been spoilt with our visit to the splendid gardens of Montreal. With all we had come to see in Toronto taken care of we boarded our train at 8 p.m for the first leg of our trip across Canada with Via Rail. We set off out of town for about half an hour and then stopped. Thought nothing of it until the train set off again only this time it was going in reverse which had many of us a little ...

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This hotel, located in the Colony area of Winnipeg, is near Provincial Legislative Building, Winnipeg Art Gallery, IMAX Theatre, and Winnipeg Convention Centre.
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