Canada has a large domestic and foreign tourism industry. The second largest country in the world,Canada's incredible geographical variety is a significant tourist attractor. Much of the country's tourism is centred in the following regions:Toronto,Montreal,Quebec City,Vancouver/Whistler,Niagara Falls,Vancouver Island,Canadian Rockies,British Columbia's Okanagan Valley,Churchill,Manitoba and the National Capital Region of Ottawa-Gatineau. The large cities are known for their culture,diversity,as well as the many national parks and historic sites.
The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco –Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture is a museum in San Francisco,California that specializes in Asian art. It was founded by Olympian Avery Brundage in the 1960s and has more than 18,000 works of art in its permanent collection,some as much as 6,000 years old. Its logo is an upside down letter A,which also looks like a letter V with a line through it.
The University of Winnipeg is a public research university in Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada,that offers undergraduate faculties of art,business and economics,education,science and kinesiology and applied health as well as graduate programs. UWinnipeg's founding colleges were Manitoba College and Wesley College,which merged to form United College in 1938. The University of Winnipeg was established in 1967 when United College received its charter. The governance was modelled on the provincial University of Toronto Act of 1906 which established a bicameral system of university government consisting of a senate (faculty),responsible for academic policy,and a board of governors (citizens) exercising exclusive control over financial policy and having formal authority in all other matters. The president,appointed by the board,was a link between the bodies to perform institutional leadership.
The Winnipeg Art Gallery (WAG) is an art museum in Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada. Its permanent collection includes over 24,000 works from Canadian,Indigenous Canadian,and international artists. The museum also holds the world's largest collection of Inuit art. In addition to exhibits for its collection,the museum has organized and hosted a number of travelling arts exhibitions. Its building complex consists of a main building that includes 11,000 square metres (120,000 sq ft) of indoor space and the adjacent 3,700-square-metre (40,000 sq ft) Qaumajuq building.
The Winnipeg City Council is the governing body of the city of Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada. The Council is seated in the Council Building of Winnipeg City Hall.
The Manitoba Museum,previously the Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature,is a human and natural history museum in Winnipeg,Manitoba,as well as the province's largest,not-for-profit centre for heritage and science education.
Leonid Molodozhanyn,known as Leo Mol,was a Ukrainian Canadian stained glass artist,painter and sculptor.
The Manitoba Legislative Building,originally named the Manitoba Parliament Building,is the meeting place of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba,located in central Winnipeg,as well as being the twelfth provincial heritage site of Manitoba. Along with the Legislative Assembly,the building also accommodates the offices for Manitoba's Premier,the Lieutenant Governor,and the ministers and deputy ministers of provincial government departments.
Kildonan Park is a park in the West Kildonan area of northern Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada.
Assiniboine Park is a park in Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada,located along the Assiniboine River.
Winnipeg,or Winnie,was the name given to a female black bear that lived at London Zoo from 1915 until her death in 1934. Rescued by cavalry veterinarian Harry Colebourn,Winnie is best-remembered for inspiring A. A. Milne and E. H. Shepard's character,Winnie-the-Pooh.
Winnipeg Beach is a town in the Interlake Region,in the Canadian province of Manitoba. The town was founded in 1900 by Sir William Whyte and is located at the junction of Highway 9 and Highway 229 on the southwestern shore of Lake Winnipeg,about 56 kilometres (35 mi) north of Winnipeg. It is bordered by the Rural Municipality of Gimli,the Rural Municipality of St. Andrews,and Dunnottar as well as Lake Winnipeg. Nearby towns are Ponemah,Whytewold,and Matlock,Gimli,and Sandy Hook,,as well as Teulon,and Selkirk. Its permanent population is 1,145.
Downtown Winnipeg is an area of Winnipeg located near the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers. It is the oldest urban area in Winnipeg,and is home to the city's commercial core,city hall,the seat of Manitoba's provincial government,and a number of major attractions and institutions.
The Forks is a historic site,meeting place,and green space in downtown Winnipeg located at the confluence of the Red River and the Assiniboine River.
Manitoba Centennial Centre is an arts and cultural district that covers a 34-acre area in the east Exchange District of the Point Douglas area in Winnipeg,Manitoba,linking several of Manitoba's important arts and cultural facilities. It includes the Centennial Concert Hall,the Manitoba Museum,Planetarium and Science Gallery,the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre,Manitoba Production Centre,Artspace,three nearby surface parking lots,and the building at 11 Lily Street. Founded as an urban renewal program in 1960,the Centre now sees 930,000 patrons annually at its venues. The Manitoba Centennial Centre Corporation (MBCCC)—a Manitoba Crown corporation established in 2005—manages the centre.
Assiniboine Park Zoo is an 80-acre (32 ha) zoo at the west end of Assiniboine Park in Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada. It has been best known for decades for its polar bear exhibit,of which the old enclosure was replaced in 2013 with Journey to Churchill.
Ivan Kenneth Eyre was a Canadian artist best known for his prairie landscapes and compositionally abstract,figurative paintings. In addition,Eyre was a Professor Emeritus of painting and drawing at the University of Manitoba where he taught for 33 years,from 1959 until his retirement in 1992. He has been described as a "visual philosopher" and "a true outsider and visionary".
This is a timeline of the history of Winnipeg.
hockey for all centre is an ice hockey facility located in Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada. The 172,000-square-foot (16,000 m2) building is owned and operated by True North Sports and Entertainment (TNSE),which also owns Canada Life Centre in downtown Winnipeg. The Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League and Manitoba Moose of the American Hockey League use the hockey for all centre as their practice and training facility.
The Cornish Library,is a branch of the Winnipeg Public Library,located in Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada. Like the St. John's Library,the Cornish is one of two Carnegie libraries in the city. It is a Grade II listed building and a Winnipeg Landmark Heritage Structure. It was gazetted on January 15,1993. It is named in honour of Winnipeg's first mayor,Francis Evans Cornish.
