Capital of Manitoba, the windiest and coldest corner (Portage and Main) in the country, the beginning (or end, depending on your direction) of the prairies, Winnipeg was, for a time, going to be one of Canada's great cities. But times, economic situations, world wars, and the ever-grinding flow of "progress" managed to steal away Winnipeg's potential glory, leaving it as more of a semi-industrial, semi-rural metropolis that stands guard at the edge of the Canadian Shield, both welcoming you to and warning you of the roads ahead.
