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Canada's World-Class Heritage
Winter doesn't get any more Canadian than when St-Boniface — Winnipeg's French-Quarter
— surges with historic merriment and revelry during Le Festival du Voyageur. From February
14 to 23, the 300-year-old voyageur traditions come to life on the prairies in honour of the
pioneering souls who ventured west from Montreal to forge fur-trade relations with First Nations bands.
Journeying fearlessly into the heart of the continent — down the Mississippi River and as far North
and West as the Columbia and McKenzie rivers and over countless unnamed rivers and lakes —
these adventurers were the backbone of the fur trade. Their annual grand rendezvous united them in a
celebration of their wilderness exploits.
Much more than a way to survive Manitoba's long winter months, Le Festival du
Voyageur was founded in Western Canada's largest French-speaking community in 1969 to preserve and
promote Franco-Manitoban heritage and culture. Showcasing the fur-trade era and reviving its joie de vivre,
the community gathers to celebrate the legacy of voyageur heritage and culture with fireworks, feasts,
historical exhibits, arts and crafts, live entertainment, sled-dog races, world-class snow sculpture
and fiddle and jigging contests.
For more information on Le Festival du Voyageur,
visit www.festivalvoyageur.mb.ca/festival_site/homeang.htm
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