The Festival du Voyageur (literally translated as Festival of the Traveller) is an annual 10-day winter festival which takes place in St. Boniface, Manitoba, Canada during February. "Voyageur" refers to those who worked for a fur trading company and usually travelled by canoe. A festival is an event, usually staged by a local community, which centers on some unique aspect of that community. ... Saint Boniface is an area of the city of Winnipeg, home to the Franco-Manitoban community. ... An Alberta fur trader in the 1890s. ... A wood-and-canvas canoe evokes the heritage of canoeing in North America. ...
This event is held in the Winnipeg's French Quarter, Saint-Boniface and is Western Canada's largest winter festival. The event celebrates Canada's fur trading past and her unique French heritage and culture through entertainment, arts and crafts, music, exhibits and displays. Saint Boniface is an area of the city of Winnipeg, home to the Franco-Manitoban community. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...
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