Where are the Winnipeg snow sculptures?

Provencher Boulevard alone will host five large snow sculptures, creating a beautiful drive through experience. Make some to-go hot chocolates, hop in their cars, and use this interactive map to visit each sculpture!

Where are the Festival du Voyageur snow sculptures?

The International Snow Sculpture Symposium will take place February 11 to 16th, 2020 in Whittier Park in Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada during the Festival du Voyageur, Western Canada’s largest winter festival. No theme will be imposed this year keeping in mind we have a general audience of all ages.

What do people do at the Festival du Voyageur?

The festival includes music, dance, a snow sculpture contest, a parade, period food, a sugar shack, a bar, a live presentation on the life of the voyageurs, and so on. Thousands of people take part in the uninterrupted activities in Whittier Park, Fort Gibraltar and St. Boniface, over a period of ten days.

What happens at Festival du Voyageur?

Is Festival du Voyageur Metis?

Festival du Voyageur gathers by the Red River, on the ancestral land of the Cree, Oji-Cree, Ojibwe, Dene, and Dakota people, the Homeland of the Métis Nation, and Treaty 1 Territory. In 2021, we will be commemorating 150 years since the signing of Treaty 1.

Who is Leo La Tuque?

Léo La Tuque became the festival’s official mascot in 1972. The largest winter festival in Western Canada is celebrating its fiftieth year. Festival du Voyageur takes place in Saint Boniface, Winnipeg’s French quarter, and promotes French-Canadian culture.

What food does Festival du Voyageur have?

For Festival Du Voyageur 2021, online attendees can order their choice of meal from the comfort of home, ranging from mouth-watering Smashed Tourtière Poutine to Vegan Wild Mushroom Strudel. A staple of the festival, the annual Pea Soup Competition is also going virtual.

Why did the Festival du Voyageur start?

The concept of a winter festival celebrating Manitoba’s Francophonie took root in 1967 among a few brave citizens of Saint-Boniface who organized themselves under the banner of the Saint-Boniface Chamber of Commerce. They approached the City of Winnipeg with a plan in the hopes of obtaining some financial backing.

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What did the Voyageurs wear?

Voyageurs could be identified by their distinctive clothing. They often wore a red toque and a sash around their waist. The white cotton shirt was protection from the sun and mosquitoes. They also wore breeches with leggings and moccasins.

What did a voyageur do?

Voyageurs were independent contractors, workers or minor partners in companies involved in the fur trade. They were licensed to transport goods to trading posts and were usually forbidden to do any trading of their own. The fur trade changed over the years, as did the groups of men working in it.