North St. Boniface
Overview
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Saint Boniface is an area of the city of Winnipeg, home to the Franco-Manitoban community. It features such landmarks as the St. Boniface Cathedral, Boulevard Provencher, the Provencher Bridge, Esplanade Riel, St. Boniface Hospital, and the Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface. It covers the southeast part of the city and includes Old St. Boniface, Norwood, Windsor Park, Southdale, Southland Park, Royalwood and Island Lakes. The population is 45,600 (Statistics Canada Census 2001).
Community radio station CKXL and Radio-Canada television station CBWFT and radio station CKSB are all located in St. Boniface.
Every February Le Festival du Voyageur takes place outdoors at Whittier Park and Fort Gibraltar.
History
Notable people from Saint Boniface
Saint Boniface is the birthplace of:
- Len Cariou - Broadway actor
- Butch Goring - professional hockey player
- Bob Hunter - Greenpeace founder
- Earl Mindell - Writer & Nutritionist
- Louis Riel - Métis
- Gabrielle Roy - French-language author
- Lorraine Rykiss - concert pianist and mother of Paula Abdul
- Lucille Starr - singer
External links
- Saint Boniface Heritage Centre
- History of St. Boniface Cathedral
- Festival de Voyageur
- St. Boniface Detailed Area Plan (1973) - (Warning: transcription incomplete)
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