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Winnipeg
Real
Estate
News
October
31,
1997
Residents
and
visitors
to
Winnipeg
will
soon
be
able
to
discover
the
natural
beauty
of
the
Seine
River
with
the
development
of
a
new
pedestrian
interpretive
trail.
Development
of
a
three-kilometre
walkway
along
the
river
from
Provencher
Boulevard
to
south
of
Marion
Street
has
begun
and
will
be
completed
in
the
spring
of
1998.
Financial
assistance
for
the
project
is
through
the
Winnipeg
Development
Agreement.
The
walkway,
which
will
be
six
feet
wide
and
made
of
loose
aggregate
rock,
is
the
first
phase
of
an
interpretive
trail
that
may
eventually
extend
through
to
the
south
Perimeter
Highway,
as
proposed
by
the
Seine
River
Task
Force.
The
$55,000
walkway
project
is
one
aspect
of
a
$262,000
project
being
carried
out
by
Save
Our
Seine
Environment
Inc.
to
restore
and
beautify
the
environment
along
the
river.
Work
will
include
the
removal
of
debris,
riverbank
stabilization,
planting
of
indigenous
trees
and
shrubs,
seeding
of
habitat
grasses
and
construction
and
grading
of
the
walkway.
"This
walkway
will
be
a
huge
recreational
asset
to
the
neighbourhood,"
Manitoba
Urban
Affairs
Minister
Jack
Reimer
said.
"It
will
provide
area
residents
and
visitors
with
enhanced
access
to
the
river
to
enjoy
activities
such
as
canoeing
or
cross-country
skiing."
It
will
also
give
people
an
opportunity
to
walk
between
Marion
Street
and
Provencher
Boulevard
in
a
quiet
setting
where
they
can
enjoy
nature,
rather
than
being
surrounded
by
traffic."
"Accessible
open
community
spaces
and
recreational
facilities
where
families
can
spend
quality
time
together
are
an
important
part
of
our
communities
and
an
attraction
for
tourists,"
said
MP
Ron
Duhamel
(Liberal-St.
Boniface).
"The
Seine
River
Interpretive
Trail
project
is
an
excellent
example
of
what
can
be
achieved
when
all
three
levels
of
government
work
together
with
the
community
towards
a
common
goal."
"Winnipeg's
rivers
are
one
of
our
most
important
assets,"
said
Winnipeg
councillor
Dan
Vandal
(St.
Boniface).
"The
Seine
River
Walkway
will
make
it
possible
for
people
to
enjoy
the
natural
beauty
of
the
area."
Save
Our
Seine
each
year
organizes
a
clean-up
of
the
Seine
River,
as
well
as
plants
trees
and
shrubs
and
native
plants
along
its
riverbank.
The
group
has
long
advocated
the
creation
of
an
interpretive
trail
running
along
the
riverbanks
from
Marion
Street
to
the
historic
site
where
Jean-Baptiste
Lagimodiere
and
Marie-Anne
Gaboury
built
their
homestead
to
become
the
first
Canadian
couple
to
settle
in
Western
Canada.
They
were
the
grandparents
of
Louis
Riel,
who
led
Manitoba
into
Confederation
in
1870.
The
only
reminder
of
their
pioneer
homestead
is
a
bronze
plaque
erected
by
the
federal
department
of
Canadian
Heritage
on
a
grassy
knoll
at
a
bow
in
the
Seine
River
off
Rue
Thibault,
one
block
north
of
Provencher
Boulevard.
SOS
began
a
clean-up
of
the
homestead
area
in
the
spring
in
anticipation
of
the
walkway.WDA
assistance
for
the
walkway
comes
from
the
$2
million
(Manitoba)
Riverbank
Development
program
designed
to
build
on
existing
networks
of
riverbank
pathways
and
enhance
riverbanks
as
recreational
and
tourism
resources.
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