BY THE NUMBERS Festival du Voyageur

The largest winter festival in Western Canada is celebrating its fiftieth year. Festival du Voyageur takes place in Saint Boniface, Winnipeg’s French quarter, and promotes FrenchCanadian culture. Georges and Anita Forest were the festival’s first “official voyageurs,” dressing in historical clothing everywhere they went to promote the event. The giant winter party celebrates voyageur, Métis, and Indigenous histories and features traditional food, live music in outdoor tents, and snow sculptures by international artists.