Upcoming events
As part of its 20th Anniversary celebrations, Save our Seine will be conducting two walks on the Seine River Greenway during the first weekend in May. Please join us in experiencing the natural beauty, history, and walkability of the Seine River.
June 26th walk in Bois des Esprits
Sponsored by Casera Credit Union - meet at 4PM at the Casera Credit Union on St. Annes and Southglen.for more details, please see the flyer
October 2 -
SOS 20th anniversary event. watch here for details.Past events:
Echos of Our Past - A Walk Along the Historic Seine River in St. Boniface
Date and Time: Sunday, May 2, 12:30 pm
Starting point: Entrance to Lagimodiere-Gaboury Park on Thibault Street in
St. Boniface, get there via Provencher Blvd. turn north at junction of
Provencher and Desmeurons. Desmeurons turns into Thibault. The park is 1 block north of Provencher off Thibault.
Duration: 90 minutes to 2 hours
Footwear: Wear hiking boots as some parts of the trail may be wet.
Join members of Save Our Seine with a walk through one of the most historic areas of Winnipeg, along the Seine River in old St. Boniface. In the course of this walk, you will
* enjoy the meandering Seine River as it navigates its way through Lagimodiere-Gaboury Park to Deschambeault Street
* walk along the refurbished St. Boniface Trail, one of the City's finest walking trails, with its many curves and changes in elevation in a natural setting.
* learn about the beginnings of St. Boniface,
* discover where Jean Baptiste Lagimodiere, Canada's most famous voyageur, and his wife, Marie-Anne Gaboury, the first white women to live in Western Canada, set up their homestead and where Louis Riel was born.
* find out where Winnipeg's oldest neighbourhood, established by the DesMeurons regiment, is located
* see the portion the Seine river that Gabrielle Roy, the famous international author, often found solace and described as 'our small Seine, a narrow watercourse that twisted its way onward like a snake between thickets filled with rose haws, a tiny river buried in the grass, muddy secret, of little danger to us, even when we plunge in headfirst, my pretty river, green as cats eyes."
* learn about the history of Belgian immigrants in St.Boniface and see the impressive memorial to Belgians Canadians solders who served in the First World War
* discover a new trail that connects the St. Boniface trail to Deschambeault Street where Gabrielle Roy's family house was located and is now a museum.
* be exposed to the sights and sounds of nesting geese, returning wood ducks and mallards and with any luck spot a white tail deer
* Learn about the largest soil and water decontamination project in Winnipeg at the IKO site on the Seine River
* find out how Save Our Seine has worked to restore the Seine River from an industrial waste site to a clean, canoeable river.
Jean-Pierre Brunet, a former long time member of the Seine Our Seine Board of Directors and author of The Seine River Trail- Echos of Our Past - Suggestions for Historical Interpretation, will guide the tour. He will be assisted by current members of the Save Our Seine Board of Directors. For more information, see http://janeswalk.net/walks/view/bois-des-esprit/www.saveourseine.com
This walk is part of Save Our Seine’s 20th Anniversary celebrations. Find out more at www.saveourseine.com.
Magical Urban Forest – A Walk in Bois-des-Esprit
Date and Time: Saturday, May 1, 12:30 pm
Starting point: John Bruce Bridge in south St. Vital at the end of John Bruce Road West. To get there, turn east off of St. Anne's Road across from the skate park and St. Vital Arena, just south of the junction of St. Anne's Road and Meadowood Drive.
Duration: 60 to 90 minutes
Footwear: Wear hiking boots as some parts of the trail may be wet.
Join members of Save Our Seine with a walk through Winnipeg newest protected urban forest, Bois-des-Esprits. The largest contiguous riverbottom and upland forest in Winnipeg, Bois-des-Esprit has been described as a magical place by people who have walked through it. In the course of this walk, you will
* enjoy the meandering Seine River as it navigates its way along the edge of this 117 acre forest.
* pass through or see five ecosystems - riverbottom forest, wetlands, oak forest, aspen forest and grassland
* discover Winnipeg's finest oxbows and some of its largest and oldest oak and cottonwood trees.
* be exposed to the sights and sounds of nesting geese, returning wood ducks and mallards and with any luck spot some white tail deer
* visit Woody, the magnificent 3 meter high carved wood spirit that guards the forest
* see four smaller tree sculptures carved this winter by well known bird carver Murray Watson
* walk along a newly constructed 2 km long gravel trail that allows for all weather use of the forest.
* visit a restored grassland where a planted tall grass prairie is thriving
* Be amazed at the haunting silence in this area surrounded by fast growing suburbs.
* See the new Royalwood subdivision that encircles the forest
* Hear the story of how this area, destined for housing development, was saved for posterity as a natural forest through the leadership of Save Our Seine
Denis De Pape, volunteer Vice President of Save Our Seine will lead this walk. He will be assisted by current members of the Save Our Seine Board of Directors. For more information,see http://janeswalk.net/walks/view/bois-des-esprit/www.saveourseine.com
Jane’s Day Walk
