Winnipeg, Canada
Winterpeg, Mosquito Capital of the Prairies
"Where -40°C Meets 40°C, Sometimes in the Same Week"
Official Coat of Arms
A shield quartered by the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers, bearing a windswept figure clutching a parka at the famously blustery intersection of Portage and Main, flanked by two rampant mosquitoes, with a bison rampant above holding a hockey stick, and the motto scroll reading 'We Have Bug Spray For This.'
TripAdvisor Review
★★★☆☆ 3/5
"Visited in January and lost feeling in my face within four minutes of leaving The Forks. Came back in July and got eaten alive by mosquitoes the size of sparrows near the river. The Human Rights Museum is genuinely excellent and Portage and Main is exactly as windy as legend suggests, possibly windier. Three stars because the perogies at the local diner nearly made up for the near-death experience of the weather."— Derek Thornbury, Kelowna BC
Property Listing
Charming prairie metropolis offering UNBEATABLE value real estate, four distinct and deeply committed seasons, and a vibrant arts scene that thrives specifically because everyone is indoors from October to April! Bonus: your basement will double as a natural walk-in freezer at no extra cost.
Twinned With
Yellowknife — Both cities have built entire identities around surviving winters that would make a penguin reconsider its life choices.
Supporting Evidence
Portage and Main was so notoriously windy and cold that a pedestrian barrier was built around the intersection for decades to stop people from freezing while trying to cross it.