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4 unusual facts about Assiniboine Park


Assiniboine Park

A large rose garden (with more than 400 bushes of Floribunda, Grandiflora and Rugosa varieties), broken into four sections, surrounds a central, fish-filled lily pond.

Winnipeg Route 95

It is named Roblin Boulevard west of Assiniboine Park, where it then becomes Corydon Avenue for the remainder of its route.

Winnipeg the Bear

Winnipeg's eventual destination was to have been the Assiniboine Park Zoo in Winnipeg, but at the end of the War, Colebourn decided to allow Winnie to remain at the London Zoo, where she was much loved for her playfulness and gentleness.

Wishmaster 4: The Prophecy Fulfilled

In a scene where the Djinn shows Lisa an illusion of paradise, they are standing on a pond in Assiniboine Park, a notable locale for the city.


Charleswood, Winnipeg

It is located in the southwestern part of the city, and is bordered by the Assiniboine River to the north, the Rural Municipality of Macdonald to the south, the Rural Municipality of Headingley on the west and the Assiniboine Park and Forest to the east.

Green Party of Manitoba candidates, 2007 Manitoba provincial election

Bennet-Clark moved to Winnipeg in 1999, and has been involved in public debates over malathion spraying and condominium construction in Assiniboine Park.


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