Trans Canada Trail | The Great Trail is great, but together it’s even better!

By Patriq Chenier

During our first-ever Instameet, organized in collaboration with Travel Manitoba, I had the chance to join a group of Instagrammers on a guided tour of The Great Trail of Canada in Winnipeg. For more than three years, your humble servant has worked as the Digital Outreach Coordinator for The Great Trail. And, as you probably know, I work behind a screen. I know that Canada is massive and magnificent, and I’ve been lucky to visit many parts of it. But this time, I had the chance to talk about The Great Trail while actually walking and experiencing it.

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Wow was the sunset ever unreal a few nights back! I’m glad it was a great sunset because it was the night @travelmanitoba invited me out to shoot the @thegreattrail out in the forks!! I’ve walked around the Forks hundreds of times but still I I learnt so much about the history of the forks and got some new locations for photos, as you will see in the next few days! I also shot this whole series primarily on the 70-300 just to get a different perspective on everything! Enjoy your Sunday everyone! @legrandsentier #bettertogethertgt #mieuxensemblelgs #makeitgood

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We met at the Forks and walked for almost three hours, over a distance of almost five kilometres. Philippe, our guide, knows his city very well. The participants, who are all from Winnipeg, said they discovered places along the Trail that they didn’t even know about! At the end of this marvellous evening, I pointed out to the group that the five kilometres we had covered was part of the longest network of recreational multi-use trails in the world, which stretches over 24,000 kilometres!

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When Travel Manitoba DM’s you and says they are doing a meet, you make sure you’re there. Unfortunately I had to leave early so I’m at a disadvantage having missed half the photo opportunities.. But I can, and will win this contest! So like, share, comment, do all that stuff YouTubers tell you to do at the end of their videos. I also really love this photo. * And a big thanks to @thegreattrail @legrandsentier @travelmanitoba @clifbar * #bettertogethertgt #mieuxensemblelgs #exploremb #makeitgood

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This fun, non-virtual experience will happen again. We are already in the process of organizing similar events across Canada. All kinds of adventures could be happening in your back yard (after all, 80% of Canadian live within 30 minutes of a section of the Trail!)

So, stay tuned – I might even meet you on The Great Trail in your community!

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I recently had the opportunity to learn about something I never knew existed, The great trail. As the longest recreational trail in the world, The Great Trail offers a wide range of activities through a variety of landscapes, urban, rural and wilderness. They just hosted an insta meet the other day, this a shot from a section of the trail which goes through Winnipeg.

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