CONFLUENCE - Assiniboine River - Red River
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member PeterNoG
N 49° 53.168 W 097° 07.673
14U E 634481 N 5527650
The confluence of the Red River and Assiniboine River in downtown Winnipeg is a historic site and meeting place called The Forks.
Waymark Code: WM2JCN
Location: Manitoba, Canada
Date Posted: 11/11/2007
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member silverquill
Views: 76

At the junction of the Red and Assiniboine rivers is the Forks National Historic Site, which has been a trade and meeting place for over 5,000 years. First natives, then fur traders and settlers found this river confluence a perfect place for settlement.
The area was redeveloped in the late 1980s when the old Canadian National rail yard was extensively redeveloped and The Forks is a major "meeting place" once more.
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