The word Winnipeg is loosely translated as "dark water", from the Cree language, and refers to the many lakes and rivers of the region. The city itself wraps around a river and has many fine views. The city has a substantial population of more than 600,000 people and is home to the University of Manitoba.
If you are driving a rental car in Winnipeg from CRX, don't forget to stop by the famous intersection at Portage and Maine. Watch out for the winds there in April, the windiest month of the year. On the weather scene, Winnipeg is one of the coldest large cities in the world but has great sunny days during the summer.
Winnipeg has a diverse cultural identity, as the home of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, the Winnipeg blue bombers football team, and the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Like many Canadian cities in recent years, it houses at least one large casino on the Eastside.
While driving your Winnipeg rental car from CRX, you can take advantage of the Ring Road, a double lane highway which circumnavigates the city, and enables those traveling on Highway 1 across the country, to travel through or around.
If you are visiting Winnipeg one of the notable attractions is the Royal Canadian Mint. Or you might run across filming from one of the productions from a large independent film industry that operates in the community.
Winnipeg is unique in that has direct US rail connections like the Burlington Northern Railway. This helps make it a hub of commerce and commodities. And to round out notables, there is the Canadian Forces Base, CFB Winnipeg.
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