Assiniboine Park
Regional park in Tuxedo (Winnipeg), Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Assiniboine Park (formerly known as City Park)[1] is a park in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, located along the Assiniboine River.
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Location | 55 Pavilion Crescent Winnipeg, Manitoba R3P 2N6 |
Coordinates | 49°51′46″N 97°14′40″W |
Area | 1,100 acres (450 ha) |
Created | 1904 |
Open | July 7, 1908 |
Public transit access | 11 Portage-Kildonan (Mon.–Sat. evening, Sunday/Holidays) 18 North Main-Corydon (Weekends/Holidays) 21 Portage Express (Mon.–Sat.) 67 Charleswood Express 79 Charleswood |
The Winnipeg Public Parks Board was formed in 1893, and purchased the initial land for the park in 1904. Although in use before then, the park officially opened in 1909.[2] It is named for the Assiniboine people. The park covers 1,100 acres (450 ha), of which 400 acres (160 ha) are designed in the English landscape style.
The park includes the 700-acre (280 ha) Assiniboine Forest, Assiniboine Park Zoo, Assiniboine Park Conservatory, the historic Assiniboine Park Pavilion, formal and informal gardens, a sculpture garden, a miniature railway, an outdoor theatre for performing arts, and numerous other attractions.
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