WINNIPEG — A new viewing platform and interpretive landscape at Duff Roblin Provincial Park near Winnipeg is now open to the public.
The facility is dedicated to former Manitoba premier Duff Roblin.
“We owe such a debt to former premier Duff Roblin for his drive and determination in building the Red River Floodway, and we are pleased to incorporate educational elements about it into the facilities of this park,” said Conservation and Climate Minister Sarah Guillemard in a press release. “With a carefully thought-out blend of recreational opportunities and the chance to learn more about the floodway, the provincial park system and Duff Roblin himself, this new development offers Manitobans a place to relax and to develop a deeper appreciation of our great province.”
The park spans 56 hectares near a portion of the Red River Floodway and the floodway inlet control structure. The park amenities include strategic viewing points and interpretive spaces for observing and learning about the floodway’s history and operations. The park also educates visitors about Roblin, who served as premier from 1958 to 1967. Roblin played a key role in making the floodway a reality.
According to the province, the park is designed for passive recreation, wildlife viewing and picnicking, and provides vistas of the floodway channel and inlet control structure during high water events and throughout the year.
The new park facilities include a raised viewing platform and accessible ramp, picnic area, interpretive signs, a decommissioned bulldozer from the floodway construction era and accessible washrooms. Visitors to the new platform can also inspect a piston once used to operate the floodway gates.
“My family is so pleased to see the park completed, and we enjoy the idea that Manitobans for generations to come can visit the park and learn about the Red River Floodway, the Manitoba parks system and dad’s many other accomplishments,” said Jennifer Roblin, Duff Roblin’s daughter. “He would be most gratified and honoured.”
The designation of the park in 2007 saw the replacement of the Duff Roblin Park Reserve along the floodway channel just northeast of Winnipeg.
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