Reviews of Bois-des-Esprits (Tourist Attraction)

Cory Chatwell

Lovely place to walk with the kids or take a bike ride, no bathrooms and a bit awkward to find parking by the entrance.

John Morris

A hidden treasure in Winnipeg. Peaceful, quiet and filled with wildlife. The City should complete asphalt installation so the path is accessible all year round.

Christine Sharla

My favorite urban hiking trail. In the city, but still an out of city feel. Always spot deer, and we always love looking for Woody. Also my favorite city paddle

Natali Geva

Love to walk and find the carvings on the trees. Some ware just added a few weeks ago. Beautiful!

Val Taraska

Good walking trail in the city. Can launch canoes and kayaks into the Seine River.

Brent Brentnall

Well used Greenspan with asphalt, gravel, as well as mud paths along the river. Great bird watch, keep your eyes out for painted turtles along the Seine River, and wood carving thru out the forest.

Rob Cuthbert

Great place for a good walk. Uneven trail at times.

Benjamin Lindsay

Had a very deep think session while there. More questions then answers. I would recommend thiscplacevto anyone doing some soul searching and or just want to enjoy the beauty nature has to offer. There is also a little play structure corvette little ones.

Shez Rajan

Nice little walk through royal wood neighborhood area. So many trees surrounding you can't tell you are in a residential neighborhood. In the summer it's full of beautiful trees and colors. Fall is still really beautiful nice quite walk an s you can even ride your bike through the paths Def recommend for nice stroll. The many many trees help the block the wind from gusting through

Joao Gilberto Magalhaes (JG)

I use to ride the bois-des-espirits trails with my bike. It is calm and a very beautiful view.

Miranda Rempel

Lovely walking trail! There's a smaller biking trail nearer to the water and a wider gravel walking trail a little further up. Perfect for long chats.

Alexander Chernyakov

Almost no humans where. Just a nature.

Travelvana

One of the best trails in Winnipeg!

Justin DeBattista

Beautiful escape right in our city. Trails are well maintained recently

Lars Larsson

Most folk share the path.

Denis Vandale

Beautiful fall day, lots of people out walking.

V Hieb

Great trail with lots of deer!

Logan Edwards

Great little trail, fun looking for all the hidden faces and creatures! :)

Donald Taylor

Beautiful place that is very peaceful.

Cam Mayor

Beautiful place to go for a walk but the bikes zipping by hidden by the trees will almost knock you over

Alex McMillan

Picturesque walking/cycling trail tucked away in a corner of southern Winnipeg in what is described as a 117 acre urban forest. The main pathway is crushed rock that is plenty wide enough to accommodate both cyclists and those on foot.

Landon Wark

It's a nice walk through the woods. There's a little playground for smaller kids there.

C G

A really nice place to walk and cycle. Walking along the river is pleasant.

Flavio C.

Great trail in the city

Ryan Nother

Great place to bike or walk with the kids and connect with nature.

Yuriy Vityk

Beautiful park

Lisa Isakov

Delightful place to walk around!

Brittany Thiessen

The Bois des Esprits is a beautiful forested area with pathways leading through the woods. The path began off Shorehill Drive. There was no street parking that I could find in the area so I parked in the No Frills lot across from St. Anne’s. It was a pretty trail leading through the forest. There were some interesting wood carvings in some of the trees along the way! I enjoyed how peaceful the setting was and it didn’t even feel like I was in the city. I made a loop at one of the junctions and went back along the Seine River (but you could continue on the same trail up to John Bruce Road). The path along the river was narrower but really pretty with nice views! This was my first time exploring this trail system and really enjoyed my time there. Great place to go for a walk or run!

Ren DaCosta

Incredible, phenomenal, you have to walk by the river and experience the animals

Daniel Legal

Great walking/biking/jogging path. Lots of dips and turns to keep things interesting. Keep your eyes open for deer.

Simin Islam

Beautiful area and a fun hike by a stream of water, however watch for weather conditions as it could get too muddy.

Sean Lindgren

Urban nature at its best

Zhang Barry

love here!

Maksym Tazetdinov

Good for working.

Trevor

Very nice walking trails, decently off the beaten path. Little loud with screaming children though.

Tobiasz Osicki

My only suggestion is for bikers: please just announce yourself. Either with a bell or your voice. Thank you.

ISpy WithMyLilEye

Beautiful trails, scenery, and occasionally deer. Best to walk before 4pm when it starts getting dark. Highly recommended.

Irina Loginova

Lots of deer and squirrels, beautiful park

JohnDavid Pankratz

Wonderful trails, carvings. A great place to relax with a child.

Clayton Drysdale

Beautiful forested paths along the river with almost guaranteed views of wildlife including deer, ducks, turtles and birds. Always enjoyable.

Holmey

My awesome neighborhood walking trail!

Martin Toews

As always, this trial was wonderful, the multiple sightings of deer, the tree carvings, and of course watching people meet Woody for the first time. If you live in Winnipeg you should visit.

CC Stebankey

Beautiful park in St Vital.

Chris Haaksma

Beautiful fall colors

Paige

Hiking and seeking the carved trees is a really lovely way to spend an evenings or afternoon. Well carved pathways and charming views of the Seine River make this a must see. Make sure you look down too, I saw a couple stumps transformed into people.

Patrick Villacorta

Nice nature trail for cycling / jogging / walking along a small river (Seine). You can make a decent 9+ km loop combining this with the South St Vital trail and the trail through the man-made lakes. There are warnings about ticks so be aware.

Wornick Price

Beautiful trails and nature. A real hidden gem, give yourself time to enjoy walking through it.

Ingrid D. Johnson

Great place for walks.

Trevor Walcer

//This review is for the Bois De Esprits Forest.// The forest is a very nice and amazing place to go. There is lots of wildlife to see and it gets very quiet at some times with the only sound be bull frogs. I come here often to clean my mind and it does help. Other times I come here for the mountain biking trails.

Kris Leclaire

Paths that make you feel like you are away on vacation. Quite. In the middle of a forest. Streams. I'll be going back to this path again and again

Harvey Ranville

I go through the trail a lot. Never noticed the trees. Ill take a better look next time I'm there

Liudmyla Zinovieva

(Translated) A very picturesque place. You can meet deer here (Original) Очень живописное место. Тут можно встретить оленей

bibban Mehendiratta

Found this by chance and glad that we decided to go on this trail , the sculpted trees make you want to keep a lookout for more.It’s an easy trail .The benches are a welcome , one can sit and absorb the natural beauty. Also saw a lot of birds , will definitely come back for birding.

Daniel Beaupre

My family always has so much fun walking down the paths through here. It's a beautiful area, lots of wildlife, and my kids love finding the sculptures in the trees.

Eric Carter

Good for biking, jogging and short adventures. Love the faces carved into trees.

Josiah Wiebe

Great park and path. Recommend bringing your bike!

Lessa Dar

Place where you can get peace of mind.

Travelot

Very nice place for a walk

Alex Militsyn

Cool!

Mohammad

I see a deer every-time I go there

Taylor LaBonte

Great trails for walking. In the center is a large carved tree spirit that makes the walk so much better!

Junior Mogatas

Beautiful Park!

Albert Riezebos

Nice walk in the woods!

Guy Wilde

Worst place to go for a hike with the family, including our Irish Wolfhound, Murphy. It would be much better without the locals. The trail near the Seine River is a narrow mud trail and you always have to keep an eye out behind you as cyclists of all ages come up behind trying to get by, without warning. The ones who had their dogs with them were acting as thoughr Murphy was going to eat their precious "purse" dogs. Either that, or relating to us how so"so and so's dog was attracted and killed. The most insulting, rude and ignorant people that we have ever encountered in the city and for that matter in the province.

Louise MM

(Translated) Good place! (Original) 好地方!

Stephanie Bansee

Nice short trails along the river with tons of hidden wood carvings in the forest.

CINDY POERSCH

Love this little space in the middle of our city !! What a wonderful place!

Mag Jigs

Nature is all around you.

Kristin Naayen

Lots of awesome little trails to follow ????

Trent Cheney

Cute little park. Lots of mosquitoes.

FASTEDDY Skil

Nice day for a walk in mid-October. Crushed stone walking/cycling paths offer a variety of challenges for people of all ages, skills and apparatuses. Trail travel markers would be an assets, not only for the mileage walked, but in event of a problem on the trail. I liked the carving that you find along the way that a local artist has completed for your enjoyment. Wildlife is present, from rabbits to white-tail deer, and chatty squirrels, woodpeckers and song birds bring you closer to Nature. Be prepared to spend anywhere from a half hour to two hours for a walk in the riverbank forest. Dress accordingly for the season, keep hydrated, a good grip sole on shoes keep slipping to a minimum on the slick clay trails, keep to pathways until you become familiar with the area, walk with a buddy of similar strength and endurance. Rest benches are available. Limited parking is available. An Emergency phone would be a welcomed addition to the area. Cell service is adequate at present. And, above all, have fun!

Brian Buchan

Very nice walking path park in the city Lots of wildlife

Dimitris Protsios

Nice hiking trails and different loops available. Forest throughout and easy to walk trail. Lots of bikers in the same trails but overall not so busy. The entrance by the bridge has no parking spots so you would have to park further away and walk to the trail.

Joy Levesque

Awesome walk

Janet Dunstan

Beautiful . Very good place to be at one with nature

Mike Wiebe

This is a great trail, for a walk, run or a bike ride. The main trail is gravel, and has gradual slight dips as it weaves its way through the forest and by the river. The secondary trails that are closer to the river are dirt, with “unofficial” wood bridges made of 2 by 8 boards over areas that have a drainage ditch type dips. Most of the “unofficial” wooden plank bridges are in good shape, but a few of the boards are beginning to rot, so bikers need to be cautious. The trail to the north ends at John Bruce Rd E, but you can continues north to Bishop Grandin on trails if you go west a little on John Bruce Rd E and turn north just before crossing the walking bridge over the Seine River. The trail that continues north is in John Bruce and Orchard Hill Parks, is very flat asphalt, and joins the Bishop Grandin Greenway asphalt trails. To continue on gravel trails south of the park, head west when you exit the south part of the trail at Shorehill, and either take the steeper gravel path under the Royalwood Bridge to get to the south side of Shorehill, then take the gravel path going south which is just west of the bridge, or walk west on the sidewalk on Shorehill over the Royalwood Bridge to the intersection of Shorehill and St Anne’s Rd., cross to the south side of Shorehill, head slightly east on Shorehill to the path that goes south just before the bridge. The gravel path will continue for another 2km, and end at Creek Bend Rd.

Pamela Vodrazka

Nice walk!!

Zoltan Veress

Love this place! So close to home and a wonderful place for the whole family.

Jennifer Fisher

Fantastic! A beautiful little hiking trail with tree carvings along the route.

Alexandra Allen

Great place for a walk, stroll or bike ride. Doesn't feel like you're in Winnipeg! Surrounded by nature in mature trees, creeks and wildlife.

Lorna Coss-Barahona

Beautiful carvings in the trees, all over the trails

Claude Forest

Very nice and peaceful. Main path is nice. There are also alternate paths along the river. Good place to see wild life, frequent deer sightings.

Richard de Chevigny

Loved the walk!

David Smith

Amazing walking and bike path immersing you in nature. Absolutely worth the visit.

Caroline Desjardins

Beautiful walk

Sykes 23823

Gorgeous, gorgeous walking and bike path. Theres so many animals, its my favourite place to walk in the city.

Kathrina Enns

Very nice. Beautiful carvings

Tim & Anna Moore

Sad to see the demise of Woody.

Ron Hogue

Stellar Fall day. Get out for a walk before the winds blow the beauty away!

Sky

Beautiful trail!! I love seeing all of the art work

Heinz Hofmann

Dream Winter Wonder Land

PotatoDotexe

I one time found a deer skull there and me and my friends chased people with it

Victor Renan Leitao

Great forest for a stroll, hike, bike ride and so on!

Kelly Bilski

Great place to walk, run and bike ride - beautiful trails

Erica de la Rosa

Beautiful trails. It doesn't feel like you're in the middle of the city.

angie bigourdan

Awesome bike ride????????️❤️and enjoyed seeing tree carvings of wildlife birds!

Ady F.

Nice trails just be careful there will be tons of bikes coming your way

Corey Van Slyke

Surprisingly beautiful

Jason Joseph

Beautiful Urban Trail, great for walks and cycling (fun novice MTB trail).

Michael Fazio

Beautiful park!

Brendan Guyot

Bike, walk, or run along the trails and enjoy beautiful nature right inside the city! Deer, frogs, garter snakes, turtles, geese, and lots of other animals can be seen when you're patient.

Sean Checkley

Fantastic walking trails!!!! Winter or summer.

Wayne M Pestaluky

Tree carving

Robert Langtry

It's nice, however coming from north Winnipeg, there are other trails I'd invest my time in closer to me. Birds Hill, Little Mountain, Bunn's Creek to name a few. Worth a visit to experience however.

Beth Kettner

Beautiful

Mike Penner

Love biking through here. A gem in the heart of St Vital

OSCAR NAVARRO

Paceful and beautiful

Diego Lanchuske

Beautiful paths to walk or bycicle around

Corey Jansen

Gorgeous place to go for a walk, bike ride or a kayak

Passionfull Info

Just wonderful

Daiventures

Great ????

robyn palmer

Great easy walking trail. Keep your eyes peeled for carvings in the trees along the trail. A bit busy for my taste

Steve H

Great urban trail with lots of wildlife. What makes it special is the carvings found throughout. Very unique place to visit.

Cheryl Hooper

Lovely trails

James Scrapneck

It's just so peaceful and serene...with many beautiful hidden carvings throughout.

Mario Fernando Arango

Fresh start new day!

ocharuk

Beautiful park lots of trails feels like you are not in the city anymore. Seine River runs through it. Has a big herd of deer running around.

Eduardo M. Portella

Very nice woods. Can't wait to see it in the summer

Dragos Nina

Very nice kids playground. More for younger kids. Great views of the lake and a very safe area!

Jude Gosselin

Beautiful, natural!

Yifei Sun

The trail is quite easy for just hanging about and chatting with friends. Plus you can always find cute animals, squirrel, bird, deer and snake... Wood carvings are sooooo funny, but "woody" had already half-broken... I do hope it can be repaired one day...

Arshad ch.

Nice hiking place.

Laís Cisneiros

Loved it! Good hiking trail

Cian Kenshin (zenmindhacker)

So serene

Jon Alford

Excellent walking path within the city. Great spot to listen to nature and enjoy a nicely shaded walk. Noticed quite a few bike trails within, may also be a good spot for a bike ride!

MK

Great park to take kids to, they can play on the structure, run around or go look at the water. Only downfall is lack of parking.

André Péloquin-Hopfner

Fantastic trails through stands of aspen poplar and bur oak trees along the winding Seine River. Keep your eyes peeled for beautiful wood carvings throughout. I see deer every time I walk there. I have also seen foxes, turtles, crayfish, and all sorts of birds. Totally amazing in all seasons. Vernal ponds in the spring, lush greenery in the summer, beautiful colours in the fall, and beautiful snowy woods in the winter.

Jacquelyn Kelly

A great trail...so peaceful

Sahana Rao

Good place

Andrew Kampen

Super cool walking and hiking trails with a river and lots of wildlife.

Sandra Comas

Very nice park for walking, biking, etc.

Davey's Dash

It truly is a magical place. Beautiful carvings, in a landscape of it's own.

Pablo Listingart

The place is beautiful. However, it is too crowded and because the paths are narrow many people just don't care and there is not much social distance. If you are looking for an open outdoor space,this probably not the best place to go

FREDDIE MERCURY

Okay

Jeremy Rempel Smith

Good place to go for a walk, run or bike ride. Can connect to the larger network of trails at various points, notably at Bishop Grandin and at the Hindu centre.

Anthony Cruz

Beautiful walking trail. It's hard to believe that it's behind a neighborhood, with it being so peaceful

pardeep kaur

I like it

Trevor Wiebe

great place to walk and explore

Lori

Very beautiful.

Janesh Rupasinghe

Never knew there is such a great trail close to home. Went biking on a rainy day, so, was kind of muddy and so fun. Full of birds, wild flowers and deers. Sprit Tree is getting old now. Part of it now decayed and on the ground. I recommend this to all trail lovers

Rob Everitt

A hidden jem that you must seek out!

Travis Kelsch

Great trails. People need to stop putting their garbage trinkets in the trees though.

mike sun

silent

Linda M

Great place to go for a walk, especially during this pandemic. Lots of nice carved trees.

Cindy Cordeiro

Great walking, running & biking trail.

Marc Lagace

Some of the best walking trails in the city

Steve Ens

Such a fun place to be.

Sidney Shapira

We visited the Bois des esprit area from John Bruce Dr, but went north instead of South. We had a lovely time on the Louis Riel Sr Trail.

Ryan Gugenheimer

Love walking in this forest. Have had many deer encounters here.

Patrick Thomas

beautiful Parkbut very

Ian Cook

Nice place for a walk within the city. The tree carvings are an added bonus!

Sandy Hudson

Beautiful spot

Jaron Wiebe

Looks very neat

Jon Dunne

Awesome forest with in the city

Ron Krueger

Nice trails to walk, some really cool carvings to see and enjoy the work these artists done, wouldn't be a waste of time going for a walk through there, it would be a nice afternoon..

Jay Wolf

Lovly Forest lots of deer beavers garter snakes Spirit tree wood carvingss

Sabrina

So much to see, lots of nature around , definitely a hidden gem in Winnipeg

Chris Novakowski

Such a beautiful park, with wonderful trails. Great for families of any age.

Maurice Senecal

One of the best trails in Winnipeg

Jarecki

Beautiful place for walk or bike ride.

Judy Henry

Met an old friend

Tony Gural

Very nice trails for hiking or cycling. Trails aren't too hard for beginner riders. Some nice scenery and wildlife too.

Norman Garcia

Great hiking place

Deb Regehr

A wonderful forested area filled with enchanting spirit carvings plus deer. I would suggest going before 11 am as it gets busy later in the day but the forest is huge so you dont really feel tge crowds that much, I prefer to be mostly alone in the forest. I would suggest parking at No Frills, then walking to the well marked trail head, there are no washrooms nor garbage baskets. Many trails off the main gravel path, I loved the path along the Seine River. Great for families.

Tyler kehler

Beautiful forest.

Tammy Poole

Love seeing nature in the city

Mandy Barnes

Beautiful and lots of wildlife!

Justin C

Lots of smaller carvings to find. Fun for the kids

Del Fast

It was a great walk on a beautiful day.

Liz Curtis

Wonderful nature trail with lots of wildlife to be seen on route!

Susan Rebizant

Peaceful beauty in a time of uncertainty.

Sheilagh Surinx

The children I took there enjoyed the nature and the carvings.

Guy Prefontaine

Wilderness right at the heart of the city A real treasure.

Linton McGill

Nicely maintained walking paths. Lots of bike trails. Friendly people. A few city deer, that seem to not care that my family was their. But most of all, lots of semi-hidden tree carvings. My kids love being the first to find them.

Mike Thorsson

Very nice walk along the river.

Alyssa Chartrand

Love this trail

Jack Smith

Great park. Sometimes bikers are a pain - youngish males going too darned fast!

Steve Q

Nice trail

R P

Great trails

Sally Nystrom

So much wildlife! This year we've watched ducks, geese, beavers, hawks, rabbits and deer raise their young. Sighted fox, turkey vultures, pelicans, muskrat, and most recently, river otters. Watched a turtle lay her eggs, and now we're waiting to see the babies hatch. We've eaten Saskatoons and plums and chokecherries. Nature's bounty! And then of course, the man made wonders...the carved trees!

Rémy Nguyen Binh

Short walk with beautiful view. Good for relaxing time with friends and family. It take 30 minutes of walking.

Amrinder Singh

Beautiful trail.

Lisa Ramsay

Whether you walk or ride a bike, this park has many winding trails through the forest that follow the Seine River starting from Bishop Grandin almost out to the Perimeter Highway. I never tire of cycling through the trails as you can choose multiple routes either on an asphalt trail or winding through single track trails beside the river. There are a number of beautiful carvings on the trees and people have hung up cute little bird houses throughout the trail. Many deer live in the forest as well, making the Bois-des-Esprits a wonderful destination.

Quena Silva

Loved it

Debra Sigvaldason

Great park to walk !! Even saw a deer on the trail ..well maintained and hidden wooden carvings to spot in the trees..wonderful !!

J C

Excellent trail. A walking and biking trail. Fun to keep an eye out for the wood carvings along the way. Even saw a deer and her fawn. As it rained heavily yesterday, some part of the trail was a bit muddy. Saw a few people and dogs but mostly secluded. Overall a great trail. Will visit again.

Godeht Eifos

Beautiful park, lots to do. Great paths for walking and photo shoots. Also excellent play structures. Good single track if you're into biking. The paths are not paved so roller blading is out.

SYLVIA -

(Translated) The car needs to be parked in a residential area on the side of the road. In the words of a friend: no frills are very appropriate and suitable for those who like to hike and bike. (Original) 车需要停在路边的居民区。用朋友的话说：no frills 非常贴切，喜欢徒步和自行车的人适合光顾。

Amy Fransen

Beautiful trails. They're secluded enough that you can feel closer to nature, but still within the city. So you can spend a few hours hiking/exploring there or use them for a quick jog or stroll.

Bill Lucenkiw

Very pretty unfortunately developers are encroaching on this lovely park

Dolores Rintoul

Can't hate it if we couldn't go. Google Maps, big fail. Clearly I was in a car. It's no good telling me my destination was reached when there was no place to park, and no suggestions as to where parking might be. We had to drive on past.

Susan Bernier

Beautiful relaxing during this pandemic!!!

Shaundra Llewellyn

Beautiful biking and hiking trails

Adora Tuason

Great place to go for a walk trails are wide and you feel safe, nice tree carvings to look for, there's a river trail as well ...bring your bike as well...might spot a deer

judy C

It's so peaceful in the a.m. ...and there is always something new to discover..????

Sean Bird

Nice park on a good weather dsy

Joanne PH

Beautiful

Kim Rozwadowski

Great walk with the grandkids.

Justin Martin

Wonder walk nice view an beautiful neighbourhood

Andrew Ashett

Lovely park

Brendan Rex

A very good place to walk if you want to feel lost in the woods without leaving the comfort of your own home. Good restaurants nearby too.

Barrie Davidson

Hidden gem in the city

Stephanie Clement

this place is awesome would totally recomend. has anyone found all 21 of the carvings

Catherine Padua

Same old same old.

Domanie Schadek

Lovely afternoon. So many things to ignite a child's imagination.

Ivan Magdić

Trails was awesome, wood carvings are awesome. It was nice to go and enjoy in nature in city of Winnipeg

john reichel

Great trails nice views

Don Mauthe

Great nature trail

Arthur Ducharme

First time at this park, nice pathways through the woods brings you by the creek, saw a lot of deers. When summer comes will definitely go through this park more often.

Taras Veryha

Beauty at its best

Bob Martens

Most people have no idea of the trails and the beautiful nature we have here in Winnipeg along our rivers

Kathy Yost

It's a great place for walking, enjoying nature.

Kayla

Nice trail

Brandon Campbell

Great beginner biking trails.

cherif Mihoubi

(Translated) Pleasant (Original) Agréable

Janet Higgs

A real hidden gem in south Winnipeg

Dinis Prazeres

Beautiful and peaceful park. Great for a leisurely stroll, run, hike, cycling or picnic. Beautiful surroundings.

Benoit Carrière

Amazing place to watch birds, plants, and get some fresh air. Just beautiful.

Bert Delaquis

Beautiful scenery

Brittany Demers

This is a beautiful hidden gem within the city. Walking the full trail is a wonderful way to get some exercise and fresh air. There is a lot to see inside, from the fun wood carvings to the abundance of deer. It's a lovely and quiet space. We walk there with our dog, and she just loves it. If you want to get away from the city without leaving it, spend a few hours in here!

R. B.

Beautiful place!!! Didn't see any deer but we had a great and calming walk!!

Cathy Bohn

1st time I'd been here. Nice trail, goes from Bishop Grandin to the Perimeter. Lots of bike trails. You will also see deer. Keep an eye out on the trees and will see some carvings. Will definitely go again.

E J

Beautiful trail.