Parks Canada, Manitoba

09/13/2026

Did you know that Canada is home to about 55% of the global bald eagle population? While they’re most common on the west coast, it’s possible to spot them at Parks Canada administered places in Manitoba like Lower Fort Garry or in Churchill, near Wapusk National Park.

📸: Kyle Dingwall

09/08/2026

Lower Fort Garry is ready for its closeup! 🤩 Keep an eye out for the Stone Fort on tonight’s episode of The Amazing Race Canada on CTV. 🍁
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09/08/2026

Parks Canada has issued a request for proposals for the installation, maintenance and operation of a food and beverage concession at The Forks National Historic Site.

Tuesday, September 8, is the last day to request the information package in advance of the mandatory site visit on September 9. ⚠️

The closing date is Oct. 5, 2026 at 2:59 pm Central Daylight Time.

For more information, visit https://parks.canada.ca/lhn-nhs/mb/forks/info/demande-request.

09/07/2026

Staff at Lower Fort Garry have been working hard all summer, and they’ve got one last day of labour to welcome you on this fine Labour Day! The Stone Fort is open until 4:30 pm. Admission is free through the Canada Strong Pass initiative.

09/06/2026

On World Shorebirds Day, we’re looking at Motus towers in Wapusk National Park and at York Factory National Historic Site. More than 2,400 Motus stations stand in 34 countries, tracking not only birds, but bats and insects as well.

The Wapusk and York Factory towers have detected the short-billed dowitcher, semipalmated plover, ruddy turnstone, Hudsonian whimbrel, red knot, stilt sandpiper, Canada goose, common tern, eastern whip-poor-will, brown-headed cowbird, semipalmated sandpiper, sanderling, American robin, least sandpiper, Bicknell’s thrush, black-throated blue warbler, and eastern red bat.

For more, including an interactive map of Motus stations, visit www.motus.org.

09/01/2026

Parks Canada has issued a request for proposals for the installation, maintenance and operation of a food and beverage concession at The Forks National Historic Site.

Tuesday, September 8, is the last day to request the information package in advance of the mandatory site visit on September 9. ⚠

The closing date is Oct. 5, 2026 at 2:59 pm Central Daylight Time.

For more information, visit https://parks.canada.ca/lhn-nhs/mb/forks/info/demande-request.

08/31/2026

You have one final week to make the most of the Canada Strong Pass at Lower Fort Garry! Head up for free admission and add on a From Beavers to Buicks tour once you’re there. Be quick, though, as Lower Fort Garry’s last day of operation is Sept. 7.

https://parks.canada.ca/lhn-nhs/mb/fortgarry/activ/interpretation/payants-paid/castors-beavers

08/31/2026

The Land Guardians from Fox Lake Cree Nation and York Factory First Nation returned to York Factory National Historic Site with Parks Canada staff this summer to continue stewardship efforts at the site.

In particular, the Land Guardians built on their cemetery restoration work that started in 2025, with cribbing for 27 gravesites now complete.

Read up on the Land Guardians and their connection to York Factory in this blog covering their first year at the site in 2025.

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The Parks Canada Guardians program is active at York Factory National Historic Site!

Land Guardians from York Factory First Nation and Fox Lake Cree Nation have been busy performing restoration work at the site’s cemetery.

Check out our latest blog for more about what all they are doing and how these efforts honour their connection to this place.

https://parks.canada.ca/lhn-nhs/mb/yorkfactory/culture/blog/cimetiere-cemetery

08/29/2026

Parks Canada has issued a request for proposals for the installation, maintenance and operation of a food and beverage concession at The Forks National Historic Site.

The closing date is Oct. 5, 2026 at 2:59 pm Central Daylight Time.

For more information, visit https://parks.canada.ca/lhn-nhs/mb/forks/info/demande-request.