VirtualGlobetrotting: Canada: Winnipeg

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Blake Wheeler's House
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Blake Wheeler is a right winger and alternate captain for the Winnipeg Jets NHL team.

Carey Wilson's House
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Carey Wilson's pro hockey career spanned from 1981-97. He played 552 NHL games for the Calgary Flames, Hartford Whalers, and New York Rangers. He is the middle link of a three-generation NHL family.
Carey's son Colin is playing in the NHL for the Nashville Predators. Colin grew up in this home before attending Boston University in 2007 and beginning his pro career two years later.
Carey's father Jerry (aka Gerry) played three NHL games with the Montreal Canadiens in 1956-57. Knee injuries forced him to retire in 1960, and he then began studying to become an orthopedic doctor. He was employed as the team doctor for the Winnipeg Jets in the 1970's.

Canad Inns Stadium
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Home of the Canadian Football League's Winnipeg Blue Bombers

MTS Centre
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Opened in 2004, replacing the now demolished Winnipeg Arena. Home of the Manitoba Moose AHL hockey team. Possible future home of an NHL team.

Winnipeg International Airport
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Air Force Heritage Park & Museum
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The largest outdoor park of its kind in Canada features 14 aircraft tracing the history of military flight in Canada, ranging from a World War II aircraft to a CF5 fighter. The museum features a collection of rare artifacts, three Victoria crosses, and the Battle of Britain lace tapestry.

The Windmill Lunch restaurant
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In the 2012 movie "Goon", rookie hockey player Doug "The Thug" Glatt (played by Seann William Scott) has a late night conversation at this diner with the rival veteran fighter Ross "The Boss" Rhea (played by Liev Schreiber). Rhea passes along some wisdom of his years to the young up-and-comer in one of the best scenes in the film.
The booths in this diner feature small jukeboxes on the wall.

Assiniboine Park Zoo
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Airplane approaching Winnipeg International
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Red River Floodway (Duff's Ditch)
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The Red River Floodway is an artificial flood control waterway in Western Canada, first used in 1969. It is a 47 km (29 mile) long channel which, during flood periods, takes part of the Red River's flow around the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba to the east and discharges it back into the Red River below the dam at Lockport. It can carry floodwater at a rate of up to 2,550 cubic metres (91,700 cubic feet) per second. It was built partly in response to the disastrous 1950 Red River flood.
The Floodway was pejoratively nicknamed "Duff's Ditch" by opponents of its construction, after Premier Duff Roblin, whose Progressive Conservative government initiated the project. It was completed in time and under budget. Subsequent events have vindicated the plan. Used over 20 times in the 37 years from its completion to 2006, the Floodway has saved an estimated $10 billion (CAD) in flood damages. The "Duff's Ditch" term is still used affectionately.

Eva's house from "Goon"
The character Eva, played by Alison Pill, in the 2012 movie "Goon" lived in this house. A few scenes of the movie were filmed in front of this house.
Eva was the love interest of the main character Doug "The Thug" Glatt, played by Seann William Scott.

Shaw Park
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Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport (YWG / CYWG)
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Aéroport international James Armstrong Richardson de Winnipeg

Manitoba Legislative Assembly
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Winnipeg Flood Canal (Site of Spring 2009 flooding)
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Built to the east of the city to divert water flowing north in the Red River.
North Dakota has declared a Federal State of Emergency already.
Predicted to be worse flooding than 1997.
Link below to pictures and more info.

Canadian Forces Base Winnipeg
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Pat Hoolihan's house in "Goon"
Jay Baruchel's character, Pat Hoolihan, from the 2012 movie "Goon" lived in this house. Pat is the best friend of Seann William Scott's character, hockey player Doug "the Thug" Glatt. Baruchel was also the co-writer of the movie's screenplay.
The car and pop-up camper in the driveway of the Google Street View photo also appear in the movie.

Bill Mosienko mural
This mural honors the Hall of Fame hockey player and Winnipeg native who scored the fastest hat trick in NHL history with three goals in 21 seconds on March 23, 1952. Mosienko played 14 seasons with the Chicago Black Hawks from 1941-55.
On that fateful day, Chicago was trailing the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden by a score of 6-2 in the third period. After Mosienko scored a goal 6:09 into the period, his center, Gus Bodnar, won consecutive faceoffs which led to Mosienko's second and third goals at 6:20 and 6:30. Remarkably, Bodnar won another faceoff and fed the puck to Bill, who rang a potential fourth quick goal off of the goal post. The hat trick spurred the Hawks to come back to win 7-6.
The previous hat trick time record was 64 seconds in 1938 by Carl Liscombe. The closest anyone has come to Mosienko's 60+ year-old record was Jean Beliveau's 44 second trick in 1955.
Unfortunately, Google Street View's face-blurring feature makes this scene harder to enjoy. The more info link below provides a good photo of the painting.

Parachutist landing

Lower Fort Garry
Lower Fort Garry was built in 1830 by the Hudson's Bay Company on the western bank of the Red River, 20 miles (32 km) north of the original Fort Garry, which is now in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Treaty 1 was signed there.
A devastating flood destroyed Fort Garry in 1826, prompting the company's then governor, George Simpson, to search for a safer location down river. Governor Simpson chose the site of Lower Fort Garry because of its high ground and location below the St. Andrew's Rapids, eliminating the time-consuming portage of the heavy fur packs and York boats. However, the fort never became the administrative centre as it was intended, since most of the population of the area was centred near The Forks and objected to the extra travel required to do business at the new fort. As a result, Upper Fort Garry was rebuilt in stone at The Forks, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Air Force / Force aérienne
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John Force Racing funny car mural
A painting of John Force's NHRA nitro funny car drag racing down the track.

Government House, Manitoba
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Government House is the Official Residence of the Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba.

Health Sciences Centre
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The Guess Who mural
A mural dedicated to the 1970's Canadian rock band best known for their hit "American Woman".

The Forks
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Winnipeg Railway Museum

Formula One Racing mural
In October 2009, this was repainted with a World Cup of Soccer mural.

Joe Fafard Exhibit
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Joseph Fafard, OC, SOM (born September 2, 1942) is a Canadian sculptor.
Born in Sainte-Marthe, Saskatchewan in 1942, he received a B.S.A from the University of Manitoba in 1966 and a M.F.A. from Pennsylvania State University in 1968. From 1968 to 1974, he taught sculpture at the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus (now the University of Regina). He was visiting lecturer at the University of California, Davis in 1980-1981. Recognized for his outstanding contribution to the arts in Canada, he was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1981; awarded the Architectural Institute of Canada Allied Arts Award in 1987; and received an Honorary Degree from the University of Regina in 1989.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Fafard

Portage and Main - "The Crossroads of Canada"
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Doug's apartment building from "Goon"
Doug "The Thug" Glatt, the main character from the 2012 movie "Goon" played by Seann William Scott, lived in this apartment building.
After getting promoted to play for the Halifax Highlanders, Doug shared an apartment with his new hotshot teammate Xavier Laflamme. Interior scenes of the building were filmed on a separate set.

Winnipeg sports mural
This mural created in 2001 is located near the city's airport and features athletes from Winnipeg's three professional sports teams.
Minor league baseball's Winnipeg Goldeyes (Kevin Orga)
CFL's Winnipeg Blue Bombers (Milt Stegall)
AHL's Manitoba Moose (Zenith Komarniski)

Canwest Place
201 Portage (former names TD Centre, Canwest Place and CanWest Global Place) is an office tower at the intersection of Portage and Main in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It was built in 1990 by the Toronto Dominion Bank, and was later acquired by Canwest to serve as the company's main corporate headquarters. The thirty-three storey, 47,000 square metre (502,000 square-foot) building stands one hundred twenty-eight metres tall (420 ft), making it the tallest building in Winnipeg (3.9 metres taller than the Richardson Building, across the street). It is connected to Winnipeg Square which is the underground concourse. A smaller twin building was planned for the TD but never built. Global Winnipeg (CKND-DT) moved its operations to 201 Portage on September 1, 2008. It is the tallest building between Mississauga and Calgary.

Investors Group Field
Home of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Canadair CX-144A Challenger
The oldest surviving Challenger is preserved at the Air Force Heritage park. It is former Canadair prototype C-GCGS-X that went on fly for AETE in Cold Lake for a few years before being retired in March 1993

Winnipeg Union Station
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Union Station is the inter-city railway station for Winnipeg, Manitoba. It is a grand beaux-arts structure situated near The Forks in downtown Winnipeg, and was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1976.
Constructed between 1908 and 1911, the station was built as a joint venture between the Canadian Northern Railway, National Transcontinental, Grand Trunk Pacific Railway and the Dominion government. The first train to enter the station did so on 7 August 1911, with the official opening the following year on 24 June 1912.

Juno Beach D-Day mural
This mural shows a scene of Canadian troops storming Juno Beach on June 6, 1944. 335 soldiers of the 3rd Canadian Division lost their lives in this battle.

Sugar Mountain

De Havilland Canada CS2F-2 "Tracker"
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Grumman produced 1,185 Trackers. Another 99 aircraft carrying the CS2F designation were manufactured in Canada under license by de Havilland Canada.

Cookie Monster Christmas sock
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Singing during worship service
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At Calvary Temple Church

U-Haul #107: Mississippi
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Radar on static display

Winnipeg Convention Centre

"Power Play" by Michel Saint Hilaire and Mandy van Leeuwen
In 2011, artists Michel Saint Hilaire and Mandy van Leeuwen created this mural depicting the history of ice hockey in Winnipeg.
The left side of the mural depicts kids playing outside. The right side has an NHL player in a big arena. Dispersed throughout the mural are various team logos, league trophies, and a scroll of player names who made an impact in this city.

Airbus A320 (Air Canada)
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Fort Garry Hotel

Christmas Scooby-Doo
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Keleki's Restaurant
In the 2012 movie "Goon", hockey player Doug Glatt (played by Seann William Scott) takes his family and a friend here to eat after scoring his first goal.
Keleki's has been serving Winnipeg for over 75 years.

Imperial Dry Goods Block
Originally a retail store for R.T. Whitla, this building was donated during the depression by the Steinkopf family to the Young Men's Hebrew Association for use as its headquarters. The clear span of the third floor was utilized as both a gymnasium and a theatre.

Winnipeg Law Courts

Live radio broadcast
At CFQX Winnipeg.

St. Boniface Cathedral
The architectural remnants of St. Boniface Cathedral (completed in 1908) have been preserved after a devastating fire in 1968. In 1974, a newer smaller cathedral has been built inside the remnants of the former cathedral. The cathedral received the National Award of Honour from the Heritage Canada Foundation for the preservation and integration of the facade.

Reading the book "Scared of Santa"

Canadair CF-5 "Freedom Fighter"
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Beech CT-134 "Musketeer"

Court House
In 1869 A.M. Sutherland erected a log store at this site. It was converted into a jail in 1870 and during 1873 it was expanded into a court house which served the Manitoba Legislature until 1881. On August 26, 1874 Joseph Michaud, a volunteer soldier, was the first man hanged in Winnipeg in the Court's jail. Purchased by John R. Clements in 1881, the structure became a saloon, brothel and variety theatre before it's demolition in 1884.

Provancher Bridge and Esplanade Riel
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A vehicular bridge and an adjacent pedestrian bridge in Winnipeg, Manitoba

Welcome to the Municipality of Rosser
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Rosser, Manitoba is a rural municipality lying adjacent to the northwest side of Winnipeg at 49°59′26″N 97°27′7″W. It is part of the Winnipeg Capital Region. Its population as of the 2001 census was 1,412.

Manitoba Museum
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The Manitoba Museum, previously the Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature is the largest museum in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Maytag Men
Two Maytag repair men looking bored with the caption "Still Lonely". Maytag has featured a lonely appliance repairman in advertisements since 1967.

Imperial Bank of Canada
On this site the Imperial Bank of Canada opened the first branch of the bank in Winnipeg on January 4, 1881. The original Robertson Block was replaced in 1906 with the present building which later became the main branch of the Imperial Bank of Canada as well as housing the offices of the Western Superintendent. The Imperial Bank later amalgamated with the Canadian Bank of Commerce in 1961 to become the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.

GE Jet Engine - Cold Weather Test Cell
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Uniquely shaped facility. Article at link below

Half Pints Brewing Company

Golfing Santa

Christmas Grinch

Canadian flag at half mast
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'Canadian Museum for Human Rights' by Antoine Predock
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Winnipeg Jets graffiti
I'm not positive on who this is supposed to depict (if anyone), but it shows the uniform worn by the team from 1990 until the team moved to Phoenix in 1996.
UPDATE - this depicts local musician Burton Cummings (of Guess Who fame), who was a celebrity face of the team.

Murray maze
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Manitoba Moose
The Manitoba Moose was a minor league hockey team in Winnipeg from 1996-2011. It existed during the city's absence of NHL hockey between the time the Jets moved to Phoenix in 1996 and the arrival of the second version of the Jets (former Atlanta Thrashers) in 2011.
The Moose played in the International Hockey League from 1996 until the league folded in 2001. It was one of six former IHL teams who joined the American Hockey League as expansion teams in 2001. During its ten seasons in the AHL, the Moose were the top minor league affiliate to the NHL's Vancouver Canucks.
The Moose never won a league championship, but came close with a Calder Cup Final loss to Hershey in 2009.
After the Moose's ownership group, True North Sports and Entertainment, brought the NHL back to Winnipeg in 2011, the Moose were moved to St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, and were renamed the IceCaps.
Before 1996, the team played for two seasons in the IHL as the Minnesota Moose in St. Paul.

Burton Cummings Theatre

Giant candy hearts
A collection of what appears to be discarded pieces of colorful artwork sits behind a building in Winnipeg.
These hearts appear to be part of an exhibit entitled "All Hearts All the Time" by Erica Swendrowski.

Mural
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Pink Floyd - "The Wall"
Direct link below (goo.gl)

Upper Fort Garry

'Be still and know that I am God' (Psalm 46:10)
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Manitoba Centennial Centre
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The Manitoba Centennial Centre is an arts centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It began as an urban renewal program began in 1960. The Centennial Concert Hall, as part of the Centennial Centre, was built as a Canadian Centennial project. The 253,014-square-foot (23,505.8 m2) concert hall cost $8 million. The venue presently has a seating capacity of 2,305.

Mural
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Lyon Block
This building was constructed for the pioneer grocery merchant, W.H. Lyon. From 1900 to 1903 the Manitoba (Winnipeg) Free Press occupied this building, and in 1906, with the addition of two storeys. The building was devoted to office space. The facade is of yellow orche brick with limestone capitals and a metal cornice.

Union Bank Building
Canada's oldest surviving skyscraper

Dalnavert

Bisons mural

Battle of Seven Oaks Monument

Canadian Pacific Railway Station Winnipeg

Sugar Mountain Express
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Pantages Playhouse Theatre

Chocolates By Bernard Callebaut

Ralph Connor House

Wayne Arthur Gallery

WestJet Boeing 737-800 "Fantasia"
At James Armstrong Richardson International Airport (YWG)

Garage Graffiti
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Extreme Steepness
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'No 1 Northern' by John Nugent
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1976
at the Canadian Grain Commission

Elvis Presley - "I Need Your Love Tonight"

Historic reenactors at Riel House

Holy Trinity Anglican Church

WestJet Boeing 737-8CT "Disney's Mickey Mouse" [C-GWSZ]
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Hutch Mansell's house
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Nobody (2021) filming location.

Earth Globe