Reviews of Whittier Park (Tourist Attraction)

Peter Paley

I have walked in this part every day with my dogs for 5 years. Lots of great trails and well shaded if it's hot out.

Brent Brentnall

I am there mostly for the river trails of a few yearly events. Wide open spaces, excellent ball diamonds and lots of options for multi purpose paths not only in this park but an adjacent one and more. Added bonus Fort Gibraltar although access to the fort itself is very limited.

Michael Farris

A park in the heart of the downtown right across from the Forks but far less crowded. Parking is easy and walks along the Red are pleasant. Consider it for a bicycle destination or a picnic. With a little work you can connect to city-wide bicycle paths Facilities include historic Fort Gibraltar and high-end baseball and soccer fields. In the winter a toboggan slide and ice climbing tower. Strictly, dogs must be leashed but most aren't. It's canine heaven.

Shez Rajan

Great park and great lighting for late night games. Love playing here

David Mintz

Gorgeous grounds. The bike paths here are excellent. There is a huge ballpark, and of course the Fort

Erik Van Veggel

Beautiful park for a quick walk in the city. Lots of space to sit and have a picnic with the family. Would recommend!

Marina Havard (Marishinka)

Fun day running and playing.

Zonker Harris

I like it cause it is still somewhat wild. You can ( if lucky) see wildlife in and around this oasis. Still undeveloped. Great for hikes, moutainbiking and walking the dog( exercise caution if off-leash is your thing).

Savario Wohlgemuth

Beautiful, fair-sized park with many walking and biking trails! Also of note; this is where the Seine River meets up with the Red River so that is cool!

Ray Louie

Hidden gem of a park - very clean and some good bike trails by the river.

Martin Toews

Great location for an outdoor theatre by theater by the river

Craig Woodward

I've only every been here in winter during 'Le Festival'. Lots to see and do if you're an adult with an interest in history. Lots of music and drinking in the evenings, it's a struggle to keep kids entertained here for much more than an hour or two.

Fearocious Fearocious

A nice ball park by the river. Whittier Park is one of the 3 venues for baseball at the 2017 Canada Summer Games.

Chris Gaudry

This place is magical. I just wish it was gluten free.

Sanchit Garg

Great place to hang out with friends. The ground is clean and view is amazing.

Faria Sheikh

Hé ho! Festival du voyageur is magic! If you haven't made it out to celebrate the festival's 50th year, you are missing the biggest party of the winter!

Heidi Lamb Castle

Great walking path.

Zeev Rafaeli

Great trails and not to crowded

CINDY POERSCH

It's well groomed and beautiful trails behind along the river ????

Andrew T

Great ride through the park. I bought a bicycle last spring (an MTB) so I tried out the dirt paths, and found a few geocaches while I was passing them anyway. It adds some distance to my commute, so I might take my alternate if time is short, but this is a nice scenic ride to and from work.

James Dykstra

Though Fort Gibraltar in the park is closed due to covid, there are nice trails among the trees by the river. Just watch for cyclists. Some come by fast and they don't ring bells to warn you.

FASTEDDY Skil

Nice place for a wintertime walk. Pathways could use a bit of grooming. Would like to see a few warm-up shacks around the area especially when you have to walk against that North wind that blows off the Red River. Can be very raw on the cheeks. The walk along the tracks is nice and there is lots of sites to see. I eould advise against wearing ear buds with the Tunes going off in your ears....this is an active track and yrans can 'sneak up' on you very fast.

Roy Sommerfield

Nice walk along the river. Starts on the left side of the fort.

Tolights Flores

One of the best parks in the Winnipeg's French quarter. Summer youth baseball is usually done here. The newly renovated splash pad and the public pool is a great way to cool off the summer heat.

Kristopher Larsen

Great waking and bike trails

Gary Alderson

Whittier Park - a hidden gem in the middle of the city. Beautiful hiking/biking trails, the other Forks in Winnipeg of the Seine and Red Rivers, and Fort Gibraltar the recreation of the famous North West Company for complete with Voyagers and ladies of the period. Apparently they have Time Travelers weddings in a beautiful hall on site.

Neil & Marleen Jonker

Nice forest feeling in the city. Great trails. Peaceful.

Zach Gow

There is a fort along the river for festival. A good lenght bike path along the river. A walking trail in the park and a crawler trail for RC Cars along the train tracks

Merribeth

Festival du voyageur is always lovely to go to, would like to see similar events here in the summer. Really brings a sense of community and reminds us of our french roots.

Burga Kruse

This is a nice nature walk

Marnie Beaulieu

Home to Festival du voyager this park has lots to offer, besides the sweet sound of the music in the background for our famous festival du voyager, this park is great for hikes, jiggers or just a beautiful walk with the kids and dogs!@

Oanh Bui

A good walking at this park.

Adam Orbanski

This place is so fun to explore and good to get outside and connect with nature

Sriracha Sauce

A good place to run the pup. I've seen deer, groundhogs, a muskrat, a fox, coyotes, turtles, and a few different birds of prey around here. Fireflies also appear on early summer evenings. Please make sure to clean up after yourselves.

Steven Carlson

One a favourite places to go in the city that’s close by for biking the trails in summer as well as winter.

Dragos Nina

The park is great in the summer time and winter. Nice path to walk on through the forest. Ample free parking spaces.

Matt Winchar

One of my favourite parks near downtown. Watch a sunset from the viewing tower, check out Fort Gibraltar, watch the Remax balloon launch, trek through the trails on the riverfront, go under the train bridge into the forest, watch a baseball game, there’s tons to do here and it’s never busy.

Thierry Marchildon-Lavoie

Nice escape from the concrete jungle, there's a community garden, don't know how to get on the waiting list for a plot though. While you're there might as well visit For Gibraltar, a recreation of a North West Company trading fort that used to stand at the forks of the Red and Assiniboine rivers. There's an interpretive program during the summer and during Festival do Voyageur in February you can look into.

Christopher Daniels

Went for a RC adventure on the bike trails near the river. Really great time out there! Met a few friendly folks, great way to get outside and enjoy yourself. Lots of people out jogging and walking on the path too, hope you enjoy your time out there too!

Benjamin Nye

Nice layout. Very close to Fort Gibraltar in the St. Boniface area.

Teri Patey

Very beautiful scenery, absolutely breathtaking.

Yu liu

Nice place to get away from your city life.

Jubnx

I love the sick jump lines they build. Especially the one with the 4 big jumps on the south side of the train tracks, those are sick. It’d be sick for the trail builders to take some of the field next the baseball diamond and make a pavement (or dirt) pump track with jumps and a bunch of rollers.

Michael Etkin

Beautiful green space right on the water. Interesting wooden structures including Fort Gibraltar next door. Very interesting residential houses to look at. No play structure or other entertainment for kids.

Grambo !

Great little park Good section for dogs Great little trail along a river

Doug VandeKamp

Lots of fun things to see and do (especially during Festival du Voyageur); location less than ideal if traveling from west aide of Winnipeg.

Jarrod Jaskow

An absolutely beautiful and for me unknown park. The fort is cool. Fyi bathrooms are NOT open and their are 0 washrooms. Get out for a walk kiddy Korner to the forks ans waterfront!

Ram Selvarajah

Fun place to visit for families

Stephen Ishmael

I came here to try the hiking but the walkways were flooded. The riverbank are eroding severely. It looks like The City is just letting the bank give way and nothing is being done to stop it. It will be gone in a few years.

terry hollands

A park in the middle of the city, with an out of town feel. The path along the Red River goes to the Seine River, following that river until you exit the park, perhaps 2 km covered.

Britanne Jolicoeur

Paid $18 to get in at 7pm just to wait in line till after 11pm to see The Revival play at Festival du Voyageur. Finally gave up since the band started playing at 10:30 pm and we had already missed most of their set.

Andrew Peters

Well I wasn't at the park but if you park on the street in front, near the south steeetend you can get free wifi.

Melmo M

I love walking to this park with my dog. People are friendly in the area so I've never had trouble. I also bike the trails by the river in summer n fall when its a bit more dry. Its a nice relaxing park.

Maurice Senecal

Great place for a Saturday morning walk

Andre Savard

Pleasant Park for a walk or bike riding on the gravel path, monkey trails in the trees. Decent spot for fishing at the junction of the Red River and Seine River.

Tyrone Fowler

Decent park has good access to cycling trail.

David P

I’ve been to Whittier Park mostly to attend Festival du Voyageur. The festival occurs yearly in winter and it’s a lot of fun with various snow sculptures, performers, French Canadian food (e.g., spit pea soup, sugar pie, tourtière, etc.), and live music to listen and dance to. During the day, the Festival has more family friendly activities often with an appreciation of earlier pioneer living and other activities. Definitely worth checking out. It’s often very cold out … they do have heated small venues and fire pits, but dress warmly nonetheless!

Michael Minor

A hidden gem. Quiet spot with lots of space.

Organic in Winnipeg

It's a hidden gem with trails along the river, but be careful. Lot of people take dogs off-leash! I wouldn't bring my dog there ever knowing there's too many off-leash dogs.

Souradeep Saha

Absolutely loved the place! Whittier park is perfect for any types of festivals, no matter how grand it is. The environment is quite nice, and overall had an amazing experience there!

Mark Schollenberg

Amazing oasis right in the heart of Winnipeg. Great spot for a quiet break or a short hike.

Panda Goodie

Nice park - well maintained. Good for a quiet morning walk.

donovan montgomery

Festival is the best, especially if youre underage ! I never got ID'd once nore did I get patted down, if you wanna have a blast sneak in a little Mickey crush that then skip the lines because you've arrived earlier and party your ass off !

Asia Grant

It was a nice space to walk my dog and enjoy the historical settings! Its a nice area by the river. Lots of trees. No garbage cans or dog bags in the dog park area tho. Noticed people werent picking up after their dogs. Maybe thats why.

Devon

Festival was good. Had some interesting street shows. Food and alcohol was expensive and the tents were crowded because it was so cold. Sculptures were good and really the only reason I went

Dinis Prazeres

A great historical place in Saint Boniface. Also home to the annual Festival du Voyageur which is always well worth visiting - great sculptures, activities, food and of course music!

Dan wiebe

Trails are wide and well-groomed great place to take your dog for a walk open field if you want to throw a frisbee or set up some badminton access to the river for the fisherman all around good experience

James Bernard

Absolutely disgusted. They over sold their tickets, they had to, since you had to buy day passes this year. Waited 2 hours in line and finally gave up. People were sneaking into the tents left right and Centre. I want my money back. Worst Festival I've ever been to. I'm going to skip next year.

Tannis Hewitt

My son plays baseball here. Phenomenal views and the lights make it really special.

Al Little

It is nice to have a new perspective upon downtown Winnipeg. People will enjoy the virws Whittier Park has to offer. It would be nice to have more parking available.