Where am I?
The French quarter of Winnipeg, home to Festival Du Voyager
St. Boniface
Traditional footwear of the First Nations
Moccasins
Traditional Metis dancing is known as
Jigging
This "musical" food was high in protein and a staple of the Voyager diet
Beans
Horses pulled these in the winter
Sleigh
If you are attending Festival Du Voyager, you will have to walk in this park.
Whittier Park
Voyagers traditional headwear
Tuque
The rhythm section of traditional jigging music will play these.
Spoons
A quick and easy to make bread the Voyagers cooked over an open fire
Bannock
These were very important to help Voyagers walk over deep snow
Snowshoes
The North West Company fort that is host to Festival Du Voyager
Fort Gibralter
Voyagers wore it around the waist
Sash
The music played for traditional dancing is played on this
Fiddle
This popular Voyager food made from cornmeal was so good that someone would be willing to steal it from a baby bear, because it is just right.
Porridge
This cart, named after a waterway that runs through Manitoba, was developed by the Metis in Manitoba to help hunt bison.
Red River Cart
Im wet, I pass by Fort Gibralter, and I have a history of growing to destructive size when the snow melts.
The Red River
Mittens
These are the shoes worn for traditional Metis dancing
Taps
This meat was heavily salted to help preserve it for Voyagers on long trips
Pork
The main method of transportation for Voyagers, these were about 8 metres in length and made out of birch bark
Canoes
After a flood destroyed me, I was rebuilt, eventually seized by Louis Riel, and then eventually torn down to make way for Main Street.
Hint: My "Lower" sits between Lockport and Selkirk
Upper Fort Garry
This fashionable European hat was often made from the pelt of a beaver and was seen as a symbol of status and power in European culture in the 1800s.
Top Hat
This traditional Metis dance group was started by and named after a family that could also set you up with curling supplies.
The Asham Stompers
This mixture of tallow, dried meat, and berries was an important part of Voyager cuisine.
Pemmican
To carry a canoe and its contents over land between bodies of water.
Hint: Think of the a place almost at the halfway point between Winnipeg and Brandon
Portage