Portage la Prairie
This vibrant hospitable city of 13,000 boasts a wide array of accommodations, conference and meeting facilities and recreational amenities. Attractions include the national award-winning Island of Lights, Fort la Reine Museum, Splash Island and Island Park.
Fort la Reine Museum and Pioneer Village depicts life in the 1800s. Includes a replica of the original fort built in 1738 by the French-Canadian explorer Pierre Gaultier de la Vérendrye, a railway caboose, 1882 official superintendent car of William Van Horne, builder of the Canadian Pacific Railroad. Canada's only Allis Chalmers Museum houses unique farm equipment.
