What is The Forks, Winnipeg?
{{more sources|date=November 2018}} '''The Forks''' is the name given to the place that the [[Red River of the North]] and the [[Assiniboine River|Assiniboine]] Rivers join (their [[confluence]]). It is located in the city of [[Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]], [[Canada]]. The location of The Forks was the same for 700 years. Before that, the Assiniboine River joined the Red River of the North near the end of the [[La Salle River]].<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.nrcresearchpress.com/action/captchaChallenge?redirectUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nrcresearchpress.com%2Fdoi%2F10.1139%2Fe89-156&|title=Canadian Science Publishing|website=www.nrcresearchpress.com|doi=10.1139/e89-156}}</ref> [[Canada Day]] is celebrated at The Forks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theforks.com/events/signature-events/rogers-canada-day|title=Canada Day at The Forks presented by Rogers - The Forks|date=9 August 2012|access-date=26 November 2018|archive-date=9 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120809033052/http://www.theforks.com/events/signature-events/rogers-canada-day|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> <gallery> File:The Forks, Winnipeg - panoramio.jpg File:The Forks Winnipeg.jpg File:The Forks, Winnipeg (440049) (9445436258).jpg File:The Forks, Winnipeg (370492) (9444569002).jpg </gallery> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Canada-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Forks, Winnipeg, The}} [[Category:Winnipeg]]