Lake Winnipeg Visitor Centre
Summer Hours
May long weekend – September long weekend, 7 days a week, 10:00-6:00
New Exhibit
Drop by a see the new exhibit about the Lake Winnipeg Watershed and the changing Lake Winnipeg with a 30×7 foot long mural by Heather Hinam, Second Nature, Creative Interpretation
My name is Heather Hinam. I’m a naturalist, educator, artist, and interpreter based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. I founded Second Nature in 2011 with the goal to share nature stories through engaging experiences and interpretation.
It started out as a tour company, offering small, personalized nature-based experiences. Then, one day, a colleague asked if I could help them create an interpretive nature trail. I jumped at the chance to combine my backgrounds in science, interpretation, and art, and the rest, they say, is history.
Lake Winnipeg Visitor Centre
Open seasonally, the Lake Winnipeg Visitor Centre pays tribute to the fishing industry and interprets the natural history of Lake Winnipeg.
Discover the mysteries of the lake in a 500 gallon fish tank containing local fish species. See a full size 1940’s whitefish boat and a miniature replica of the original fish packing plant that was once on this site.
People of the Lake
Their first attempts at fishing on Lake Winnipeg were not successful but Icelandic fishing families persevered and adapted their old country skills to the new challenges of commercial fishing on Lake Winnipeg.
This mural acknowledges donations made by fisher families to the establishment and on going development of the Lake Winnipeg Visitor Centre.
For more information on Gimli families have a look at the “Book of Life”
