The Pas
A Northern Manitoba Service Town On The Saskatchewan River With A Cree History, The Sam Waller Museum, A Dog Sled Tradition, The Trappers Festival In February And A Gateway To The Northern Lakes And Clearwater Lake. A Long Drive From Winnipeg, With Year Round Services · The Pas, Manitoba
The Pas is a town of about 5,500 people on the Saskatchewan River in northern Manitoba, roughly 630 km by road north-west of Winnipeg, with the Opaskwayak Cree Nation lying just across the river bridge. Cree people have lived and traded at this crossing for thousands of years, and a French fur post, Fort Paskoyac, stood here from about 1740. Henry Kelsey of the Hudson Bay Company is said to have passed through in 1690 on his journey onto the prairies. The railway arrived in the early 1900s and made the town the gateway to the north, and it is still the place where the highway and the Hudson Bay line meet. Visitors come for the Sam Waller Museum, the Trappers Festival each February, the Cree culture of Opaskwayak, Clearwater Lake Provincial Park and the Saskatchewan River delta. Services are those of a real regional town with a hospital, a college, hotels, shops and a long main street that stays busy through winter.
The Pas, a town of about 5,500 people on the Saskatchewan River in northern Manitoba, about 630 km north-west of Winnipeg, with the Opaskwayak Cree Nation across the river; coordinates approximate, The Pas, Manitoba, Canada
The Pas keeps ordinary small-city hours: shops and the cafes roughly 9 to 6 on weekdays, shorter on Saturdays and often closed on Sundays - confirm by phone. The Sam Waller Museum is commonly open on weekday afternoons with shorter weekend hours and a seasonal change (confirm). The Trappers Festival runs for several days in February, with dates that change each year, and the Opaskwayak powwow takes place in summer. The passenger train between Winnipeg and Churchill calls on set days, often at night, so check the arrival hour before booking a room.