Photos of descendants of Métis Leader Louis Riel form a large poster on the outside wall of Fort Gibraltar in St. Boniface.
A couple of tepees silhouetted outside the fort which remind visitors that Native women were not permitted to live in the voyageur fort.
Many winter nights were spent around the campfire singing, eating and storytelling.
A long snow wall carved with historical and mythical images from Canada's past.
A festival highlight: making taffy from maple syrup on snow.
Snow sculpture of a Métis family greeted visitors to Voyageur Park.
The Festival du Voyageur is Western Canada's largest winter festival, an annual 10-day event that takes place in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The festival, held each February in St.-Boniface, Winnipeg's French Quarter, across the Red River from downtown. Manitoba is the largest French community outside of Quebec. This year's celebration was held from February 12 to 21, 2016.
"Voyageur Snow Sculpture Contest-the next generation" was held in Voyageur Park from February 6 to 11, 2016. Sculptors were from several different countries.
Singers and bands both French and English, highlighted the evenings throughout the festival including Carmen Campagne, Al Simmons, Nicolas Pellerin et les Grands Hurleurs, Kacy and Clayton, Sweet Alibi, Dirty Catfish, Les Hay Babies, Bend Sinister, Patti Kusturok, Poules a Colin, and JD and the Sunshine Band.
