The Forks | |
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Historic Meeting Place | |
 The Forks Market Tower | |
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| Coordinates: 49°53′13″N 97°07′50″W / 49.88694°N 97.13056°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Manitoba |
| City | Winnipeg |
| Owner | The Forks North Portage Partnership |
| Website | www |
| Official name | The Forks National Historic Site of Canada |
| Designated | 1974 |
The Forks (French: La Fourche) is a historic site, meeting place, and green space in downtown Winnipeg located at the confluence of the Red River and the Assiniboine River.
The Forks was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1974 due to its status as a cultural landscape that had borne witness to six thousand years of human activity.[1] The site's 5.5-hectare (14-acre; 0.021 sq mi) grounds are open year-round.[2]
- ^ "The Forks National Historic Site of Canada". Canada's Historic Places. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ^ "A Walk Through the Site". The Forks National Historic Site of Canada. Parks Canada. 22 June 2009. Archived from the original on 18 June 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2012.