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Nominations now closed. Voting begins January 28, 2013.

Inductees will be announce at an official press conference at Voyageur Park, the day before Festival du Voyageur starts (February 14, 2013). Inductees will also be posted online.

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NOMINATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED

TO THE VOYAGEUR HALL OF FAME

This tiny taffy aficionado has been turning heads since rolling his very first maple taffy on a stick to a circumference of two feet. He's been a mainstay at the Cabane à sucre ever since, wowing audiences with his taffy-rolling mastery.

Whether he's step-kicking or side-stepping, many witnesses can attest that this young snowshoe Jedi is able to float above a snowy surface. His technique is so flawless he leaves seasoned snow-shoers in his icy dust wherever he goes.

Sporting a dizzying repertoire of steps and moves, her feet are said to be the quickest in history. Her talents are majestic and legend has it the furious pace of her jig dancing once caused her shoes to spontaneously combust during a Festival performance.

Long before the NYSE and TSX, there was Joseph "The Negotiator" Charbonneau. Brokering more furry transactions in one year than most clerks could close in a career; his negotiating skills sent countless voyageurs stumbling back to their camps reeking of humility.

Born with a fiddle in-hand, she's wowed Festival audiences year after year. Her jigs are so infectious she skillfully sends even the most ill-tempered voyageurs scrambling to the dance floor.

It has been rumored his beard is so thick and itchy that he once scratched for an unthinkable 3 straight days...and nights. He is also renowned for using his impressive chin curtain as shelter for fellow voyageurs during the coldest winter nights. His dedication truly knows no bounds.

She's known to make even the strongest arms fold up like a cheap lean-to. Employing Caribou as her performance enhancing substance of choice, she makes the burliest of voyageurs shiver at the thought of competing with her.

This bad-boy voyageur's solos have sent more than one kitchen party spinning out of control. What's more? Challenging him to an air paddle duel is a most ill-advised decision, as is evident by his many opponents who have all been thoroughly out-riffed throughout the years.

Rendez-vous on the Green Golf Tournament

Register today! Click here for the registration form.

Fort Gibraltar is open to the public!

Fort Gibraltar’s summer historical interpretive center opened its doors on Tuesday, May 21 and will offer guided tours up until September 1, 2013. Tourists and locals will have the opportunity to meet costumed historical interpreters and learn about the vibrant and fascinating history of the Red River colony!

The Fort Gibraltar summer school program also began on Tuesday! Teachers, come visit Fort Gibraltar and immerse your students in local Manitoban history! From mid-May to the end of June, we invite you to visit the Red River Colony as it was in 1815 at Fort Gibraltar. During their tour, students will make six stops and meet different costumed interpreters who will teach them about the work, the traditions and the pastimes of one of Canada’s folk heroes, the voyageur.

Reserve your tour and discover the fur trade, Fort Gibraltar, the Northwest and Hudson’s Bay companies, the voyageurs, the people of Red River and much more! Click here for more information about the public tours and the school program.

Federal funding to repair Fort Gibraltar

Sunday, February 24th, Member of Parliament for Saint-Boniface Shelly Glover announced support to repair Fort Gibraltar under the Government of Canada’s Western Economic Diversification Community Infrastructure Improvement Fund (CIIF).

The grant is of $123, 750 over two years, which covers a portion of the costs to repair the fort and will be spent to rebuild the walls as well as three of the fort’s cabins. Built in 1979, this replica of the historic North West Company fort originally located at the Forks of the Red and Assiniboine rivers is actually the longest standing Fort Gibraltar. Click here to view the press release in its entirety.