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You're planning a spring trip, but...
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Spring didn't appear quite as quickly as we'd have liked it to, in fact, this is the very latest we can ever remember the ice going out. Although we were able to move to Duck Bay last weekend, most lakes further north are still frozen over.
So if you have booked a spring trip and you won't be able to get in, we may be able to help you. We still have some openings in May and early June.
Our guides are getting anxious to be out fishing. This beautiful walleye was caught by guide Chris just a few weeks ago.
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Spring flooding in Winnipeg
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Our home province of Manitoba is flat prairie land. The capital city of Winnipeg was founded at the fork of the Red and Assiniboine rivers - an important place for fur traders around 1820. The only problem was that the fur trading fort flooded out nearly every spring, and was destroyed in 1826. The Hudson Bay Company was smart enough to move their fort downstream about 20 miles to avoid future problems. The general population wasn't quite as practical, so Winnipeg continued to thrive at "the forks" despite the ongoing flooding.
In 1950 the city experienced a devastating flood in which 10,000 homes were destroyed and 5,000 buildings were damaged. Plans were made to cut a diversion around the city to help prevent the "flood of a lifetime" from occurring ever again. The picture above shows where the floodway re-enters the Red River, just a mile or so south of our home.
Don't worry about us - that second fort the fur traders built is just across the river from our home, and it has never flooded in it's 185 year history! The fort (Lower Fort Garry) is now a National Historic Site operated by Parks Canada.
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