There was a power outage so the nice desk person let us in for free. The trails are easy to do and…read morenice for my girlfriend to try out. The boardwalks were good for the most part but others were flooded in due to the high rainfall. There is a nature center with praire dogs and burrowing owls which was cool. There are a couple of teepees as well as other historical sites. At the very end, we walked towards the otherside away from the gift shop to see the free range bison. It was a nice day and couldn't ask for anything better. Also, there is a cafe at the front desk near the gift shop. We brought in our own sandwiches and drinks but you can always get something if they don't have a power outage (j/k).

Lovely place during all seasons! Lots of activities and always changing. The restaurant is good…read moretoo. Snowshoeing in the winter to finding birds in the summer.

Whenever I return to Winnipeg, I try to drop by The Forks. On my recent trip, I did briefly at…read morenight before flying home the following afternoon. I feel like I'm a broken record with my recent reviews when I describe The Forks. Here's the last time I say almost the same thing. The Forks is located at the junction of the Red and Assiniboine rivers. It is known as a meeting place for over 6,000 years. Indigenous peoples traded at The Forks, followed by European fur traders, Scottish settlers, railway pioneers, and immigrants. The Forks was an abandoned railyard. The area has been repurposed over the decades to include shopping, dining, skating, and more. The Forks comprise a number of areas of interest: - The Forks Market - Johnson Terminal - Canadian Museum for Human Rights - Manitoba Children's Museum - Shaw Performing Arts Centre - Citytv - Travel Manitoba Visitor Information Centre - Inn at the Forks I'll briefly summarize each of them. The Forks Market has two floors in a former horse stable and hayloft building. The main floor is a food hall with many stalls offering good eats and drinks. The second floor has local artisan and retail stores where you can pick out unique gifts. Johnson Terminal is a four-storey building across from the Forks Market. It's a municipally designated historic site. It's a fun place to check out specialty boutiques, stores, offices, and restaurants. The main and second floors have retailers and eateries. The third and fourth floors are leased to office tenants. The basement features the Johnston Terminal Antique Mall, which has more than thirty consigners. The Canadian Museum for Human Rights is also at The Forks. It's the first national museum in Canada located outside of Ottawa, which opened to the public in 2014. Its location is one of archaeological importance relating to First Nations history. This museum is fascinating and eye-opening. I highly recommend visiting it. The Manitoba Theatre for Young People is a theatre for children and young adults. It's located at the Shaw Performing Arts Centre, which used to be the Canwest Performing Arts Centre. It's a cool place for professional theatre and training in the theatre realm for both children and young adults. CItytv operates and broadcasts from the Forks Market. I remember watching its morning program before I went to work and watching the news at night. It features local news, and was helpful figure out what was going on in the city and abroad. Since The Forks is a tourist attraction, it makes sense that the Travel Manitoba Visitor Information Centre is located here. It's the visitor information centre for Manitoba, offering travel counselling and trip planning services. It's helpful to tourist and locals alike. I have never stayed at Inn at the Forks. It's a five-storey hotel with just under 120 guest rooms and suites, meeting and reception space, fitness facilities, The Current Restaurant & Lounge, and Riverstone Spa. In the summertime, it's nice to walk around and enjoy the rivers as a backdrop. There's the Assiniboine riverwalk that's enjoyable to take a walk by the water. Canada Day festivities happen here, along with outdoor concerts. In the winter, you can skate here. I have been here for New Year's Eve fireworks. I was crazy enough to watch them outdoors when it was -28°C years ago. Parking can be a bit of a challenge, especially when there's an event. It's free, which is nice. It's a cool place to visit. I learned that there's a Winnipeg sign that I need to check out the next time that I'm there. (111)

My favourite go-to place in Winnipeg. I used to come here all the time when I lived in Manitoba…read more While I was back in town, I knew I had to come here. I'm happy to report that the place is still just as charming and beautiful as I remember it. There's something to do for everyone here, from the riverwalk to the antique shops to a children's museum to a hotel to a travel info centre to the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. I could go on and on about more specifics about what you can find here, but I won't do that. I LOVE how everything you find here is locally made and not commercialized. There's also excellent food options here, the majority of them all local! This is great to see, especially if you want to get a taste of Winnipeg. Classics like Fergie's Fish and Chips and The Original Pancake House can be found here, as well as some delicious pizza and food from all over the world. There's also a small observatory you can go up to get a good view of The Forks, and during winter time, from what I remember, there's an ice skating rink too. Parking can be a bit tricky sometimes but there should be plenty, regardless of when you visit. If you're debating whether or not to visit... DO VISIT. It's 100% worth the trip. I'll certainly be back here the next time I'm in the Winnipeg area.

Best park I have been in north of the USA. This is a beautiful place with nice ambience from the…read morestaff to the wildlife and views. Lakes to swim in with showers and beaches to be lazy on. Lots of space everywhere. Really a nice change for US parks. This park seems very lightly used and I appreciate they follow the leave no trace guidance. There are places to camp, get fresh ice cream, do laundry and get a hot shower.

So since it's been two years and I've been back twice two this lovely campground it's definitely…read moretime for an update. Last year I was so pregnant and this year I was there with the kiddo! One thing you know for sure, I got to be intimately familiar with the services. We took advantage of the awesome and gorgeously designed and sustainable comfort station. It's a lot of concrete, clean lines, and natural light. Lovely. We unfortunately couldn't find a family shower or wheelchair accessible shower in the main comfort station so we all had to pile in to do the kids bath but it was spacious and alright! We did laundry and explored the take a book leave a book library and had so much fun. The actual campsites are pretty big and open, it's the prairies after all, but there are also lovely trees here. And tons of cute prairie dogs. And also tons of poison ivy so watch out!

Love the grounds and swimming areas. We spent 4 hours, arrived early, met a lot of nice people and…read morefriendly dogs. Stayed and had a picnic after picking Saskatoon berries and nibbling on the many raspberries growing wild.

Love that they paved the road! Great park!…read moreLots of trails Good dog community Friendly people 1 dog to look out for big bull mastiff that owner trained to attack other dogs on command

The only reason that I'm giving the zoo a 4 star instead of a 5 is the price and not all animals…read morewere out to see, not many bathroom locations. First, I love the zoo especially my special needs sibling loves it even more and had been waiting months to go, but because it is literally so expensive we had to save up as we're both low income and can't afford that. Now that brings me to another point and question, why is it that low income and people with disabilities have to pay for their ticket but their support get into the zoo free? that doesn't make any sense, why isn't it the other way around? you would think that the support person should have to pay and the person with the disability should get in for free. Now onto the zoo second, this trip was fun we actually went on a perfect day where it wasn't super hot just right and just missed the rain when we left. Felt bad for the people just getting there as it started raining. There's so many amazing animals but I felt so bad for those ones who were all alone: the red panda, birds, tiger, etc. They need companions, the red panda just looked so sad and it made me so sad. I like that the Loo was there just as you walk out of the doors when just getting to the zoo, but I wish there were more bathroom locations. Especially for kids or special needs people who can't hold it, like my sibling. There was one other location we found. The restaurant; the big one by the polar bears was nice, like the restaurant itself. I didn't buy anything from it, maybe next time but one of the people i was with did. I did try some chips and they were good. This one group of people who came to sit near us literally pushed their bloody chair against our chairs to try and get us to move: it worked. They were so bloody rude that made the dining experience a bit of a disaster. We moved tables because clearly they really wanted ours and instead of going to sit at the already huge table they took 2 small tables and put them together? where's the logic or common decency? They were also letting their children jump and climb on tables, oh it was a big mess. Those people need to learn manners and teach their kids not to climb on tables and chairs at restaurants: it's not your property or playground. The gift shop was nice but expensive so I wouldn't actually purchase anything from it just because it isn't in our budget but if it were there were some nice things I'd maybe consider. For transportation I like that the 18 goes right to the Zoo on the weekends, not during the week though that is unfortunate. But other busses go there that make it easy to get to and from the zoo, there is a bus stop right across the street from the zoo that has a few bus options from what i remember. There's also the option of walking from the zoo to the park if you're feeling adventurous. If you drive there's parking available from what I saw there's a decent sized parking lot. The Zoo is for sure an all day experience, I'd recommend to start in the morning, bring water pack a lunch or bring food with you to eat there.

A decent zoo with a great variety of animals and well-designed exhibits. The Journey to Churchill…read moresection, featuring polar bears and other Arctic wildlife, is definitely the highlight -- beautifully done and unique to this zoo. Unfortunately, the polar bears weren't out when I came here, but that's OK. The overall experience of being at this zoo was still great. The grounds are clean, spacious, and easy to navigate, and there's plenty for both kids and adults to enjoy. Staff are friendly, and the overall experience feels well-organized and educational. Only reason for not giving 5 stars is that some areas could use a bit more shade and seating during warmer months, but overall it's an attraction worth checking out when in Winnipeg.

Really nice camping area. Large sites, hot showers. Camp store with everything out need. Portable…read morewater, fire rings and pick tables. Lots of tent sites. Very clean and lots of Nice trees for shade and hammocks.

I wanted to write this review for future employee workers. Today was my last day, and I wanted to…read moreexpress the humiliating treatment that happens at Tinkertown. There is no place to start but just to mention all the horrible things us workers deal with. This is my second year working for Tinkertown, and having a bit of experience, I can say that the person named Kyle does not know how to manage his employees. There is no communication whatsoever, and he is harsh on certain people. For example, if I speak to a colleague for one minute, he starts yelling at us. On the other hand, some people hold conversations in front of him, laugh, and do no work whatsoever, and he ignores them. Another point is that during my final exam week, when time was valuable for me to study, Kyle would let me off for one or two hours unpaid, and I had to wait for other people to finish their shifts so they could pick me up. Kyle knew about it, and he still made me wait two hours until they were done. The same goes for these people. Even if you don't ask to leave early, he will give you a 30-minute unpaid break and even let you off two hours early so the place looks full of employees and not empty. What a waste of everyone's time. Another thing I wanted to mention is that last year I was asked to work a month straight without a single day off because so many employees kept quitting due to the treatment at Tinkertown. I agreed to help because they were short-staffed, but having to work an entire month without one day of rest was unreasonable. Since this is my second year working at this place, I requested an extra shirt because mine had shrunk to my waist. He didn't care whatsoever and even questioned me about why I came to work once without my shirt. That just shows how stingy Kyle can be. Last year, Kyle even forgot to buckle the seatbelts on three little kids when he covered my bathroom break and started the ride with the kids on it. They were not buckled whatsoever, 50 feet in the air on Gunslinger, the big swings. Also, on the Pirate Ship, he got a kid's finger stuck in the lap bar while closing it down. No safety whatsoever. I left a two-week notice as a courtesy, but I honestly regret doing such a thing. I think the best option for my dignity would have been to do a no-call, no-show. There are so many things I would like to say, but I think what I have said is enough to echo what us employees get to experience and how we are treated by Kyle.

Great times for kids if all ages and sizes!…read more This great "little" amusement park is perfect for a family with smaller kids. They can ride most of the rides. That being said...there were a couple of instances of parents attempting ti convince the park staff to allow them to let toddlers on rides alone or accompanied. Some people just can't figure out why the rules are in place...and are content to waste everyone's time while they argue fruitlessly with staff... But I digress... We had a blast! Prices are fair and lines are reasonable. Kids wore themselves out! We were there for about 5 hours. Only reall complaint us the complete lack of Tinkertown souvenirs. The shop is instead stocked with cheap toys and...Disney stuff? Who want's a frozen doll from Tinkertown? I guess their management knows what's best... I really wanted an "old fashioned" fridge magnet fir our collection! Lol Awe well.

Great pools and walking track. Large change rooms and large parking lot…read more Situated for easy access from main roads.

Horrible showers and stands need an upgrade. Concrete hurts back sitting for a long time. My…read moredaughter used to attend swimming here. Could never properly wash her hair and I could never sit for long. Track nice to walk but concrete so hurts fabia.