Birds Hill Provincial Park is a provincial park in Manitoba , Canada located in the Boreal Plains ecozone . The park protects areas representative of Aspen / Oak parkland, as well as provides opportunities for recreation. It is located 24 kilometers north of Winnipeg on Highway 59 , and covers approximately 8,300 acres (3,400 hectares) or 35.1 km (13.6 square miles).
23-550: The Winnipeg Folk Festival is a nonprofit charitable organization with an annual summer folk music festival held in Birds Hill Provincial Park , near Winnipeg , Manitoba, Canada. The festival features a variety of artists and music from around the world and is sure to include a number of local artists. Begun by Mitch Podolak , Colin Gorrie, and Ava Kobrinsky in 1974 as a celebration of Winnipeg's centennial,
46-564: A factor in the Hudson's Bay Company and received a large land grant at this location. Equestrian and cycling events for the 1967 Pan American Games hosted by Winnipeg were held in the park. Every July since 1974, the park has been the site of the Winnipeg Folk Festival . September 16, 1984, Pope John Paul II celebrated mass at the park during his visit to Manitoba. On August 29, 1992, Bryan Adams performed at
69-522: Is a popular destination, receiving more than a million visitors annually. In summer, festivals and sporting events are held, the main campground is heavily booked, and families enjoy the beach and picnic areas. In winter, trails are groomed for cross-country skiing, skijoring and kick-sledding and the riding stable offers horse-drawn sleigh rides. More than half of the park is set aside as backcountry, offering visitors trails for hiking, cross-country skiing, horseback riding and mountain biking. Almost 40% of
92-534: Is located near Nimowin Road. Many early settlers of the area are buried there. The park was formed from land expropriated from more than 150 local landowners in 1964. The official opening date was marked by a ribbon cutting ceremony by Manitoba premier Duff Roblin on July 15, 1967. The park is named in honour of Dr. Curtis Bird , first speaker of the Manitoba provincial legislature in 1873, whose father had been
115-505: Is located within the Rural Municipalities of Springfield and St. Clements ; the official boundary between the two municipalities runs through the park. The park rises in a series of six low rounded hills. Those in the south and west stand 20 m (66 ft) above the surrounding land while those in the north and east are more than 40 metres (130 ft) higher. A lookout tower has been built on Griffiths Hill at about
138-681: The Canada Games . Vancouver Folk Music Festival The Vancouver Folk Music Festival (VFMF), founded in 1978, is an outdoor multistage music festival, located at Jericho Beach Park on the west side of Vancouver , British Columbia. It takes place annually on the third weekend of July, drawing over 30,000 attendees each year. The festival has attracted artists from across the world, including Adam Cohen , Ani Difranco , Utah Phillips , Pete Seeger , Tuvan throat singers , Sarah Harmer , Veda Hille , Feist , K'naan , and Ferron , among many others. The Vancouver Folk Music Festival
161-571: The Red River Formation on top of the shale and sandstone of the Winnipeg Formation . These two sedimentary layers contain aquifers important to neighbouring communities, including Winnipeg. The glacial and post glacial deposits lying directly on the sedimentary layers within the park allow precipitation to recharge the aquifer beneath. Trembling aspen and bur oak forest is the dominant plant community found in
184-619: The Waking Up the Nation Festival held at the park with the Deadbeat Honeymooners , Extreme , Sass Jordan and Steve Miller . The park hosted the 1998 Canadian Triathlon Championships. The park was the location of the road cycling , triathlon , and equestrian competitions during the 1999 Pan American Games . In 2017, the park was the venue for the triathlon, road cycling and open-water swimming events for
207-626: The Winnipeg Folk Festival showcases local Manitoba talent including Begonia , Boniface, The Bros. Landreth , John K. Samson , Leonard Sumner, Living Hour, Richard Inman, Roger Roger, Royal Canoe , William Prince and more. The first Winnipeg folk festival was held August 9 - 11, 1974 at Birds Hill Provincial Park. The free concert was staged with funding from the Centennial Committee and the CBC . The event depended on
230-489: The city. The festival offers a wide selection of music over the four-day festival. Throughout the year the organization facilitates the Hear All Year concert series. There is a large variety of music at the festival, including bluegrass , Celtic , blues , roots, indie folk , Americana , folk rock , French Canadian , contemporary singer-songwriters, and a variety of children's performers. Every year artists join
253-654: The collective work of many local volunteers so the organizers developed an organizational structure that embodied their philosophy that everyone contributing was a significant participant. Subsequent events built on the foundation of this initial idea creating a model that heavily influenced the operation of other similar festivals in Canada, particularly the Vancouver Folk Music Festival and the Edmonton Folk Festival . Performers at
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#1732766025304276-632: The edge of the huge lake, spits and beaches formed and eroded as the lake slowly dropped. Five major strandlines of this glacial lake can be found within the park boundaries. The rock layers beneath Birds Hill Park are consistent with those in the surrounding region. Deepest of all are those of the Precambrian Superior Craton , the volcano-plutonic rocks of the Bird River subprovince. The older rocks are overlaid by Paleozoic layers—the dolomitic limestone and dolomite of
299-511: The event was changed to take place the third weekend of July at Jericho Beach . Late in the year, the Vancouver Folk Music Festival Society was established as a non-profit organization and given control of future versions of the festival. In early years, the organization operated a dedicated record label called Festival Records. The 46th annual festival was held July 14–16, 2023. The 42nd annual festival
322-410: The festival itself has grown into an event exceeding 70,000 attendees to the festival annually. The festival is held over the second weekend of July, beginning on Thursday night and running through to Sunday night. Beyond the four-day festival, the organization offers year-round concert programming at venues throughout the city bringing in artists as well as organizing free concert programming throughout
345-528: The first festival included: 50°02′01″N 96°52′48″W / 50.0335°N 96.8801°W / 50.0335; -96.8801 Birds Hill Provincial Park Birds Hill Provincial Park was designated a provincial park by the Government of Manitoba in 1964. The park is considered to be a Class III protected area under the IUCN protected area management categories. Birds Hill Provincial Park
368-471: The halfway point of the Chickadee hiking trail. The park's landscape today is still defined by the events of 11,000 to 12,000 years ago as a Pleistocene glacier retreated and melted into glacial Lake Agassiz . Initially the glacier melt water deposited sand and gravel in a complex of eskers . As the glacier continued to retreat, Lake Agassiz submerged the eskers adding silt and clay around them. At
391-1164: The lineup from all over North America and across the world. The Winnipeg Folk Festival hosts over 70 artists annually from nearly 10 different countries including Australia, Colombia , Iceland , Ireland, Mexico, Netherlands , Niger , United Kingdom and more with the majority of the acts coming from Canada and the United States. The festival showcases several genres every summer. Past performers include Bahamas , Joan Baez , Barenaked Ladies , Blue Rodeo , Oscar Brand , Brandi Carlile , Bruce Cockburn , City and Colour , Courtney Barnett , Ray Davies , Death Cab for Cutie , Elle King , Mimi Farina , Feist , Fleet Foxes , Stephane Grappelli , Great Big Sea , Arlo Guthrie , Half Moon Run , Emmylou Harris , Japanese Breakfast , Levon Helm , John Hiatt , Jason Mraz , Kacey Musgraves , k.d. lang , K'naan , Lyle Lovett , Nick Lowe , Natalie MacMaster , Odetta , Passenger , Pete Seeger , Sheryl Crow , The Shins , Stan Rogers , The Strumbellas , Sudan Archives , Jeff Tweedy , Townes van Zandt , Kurt Vile , Weyes Blood , and Wilco . Each year
414-409: The park boundaries. These include Northern goshawk , Northern shrike , Boreal chickadee , Red-breasted nuthatch , American woodcock , Northern saw-whet owl , Sprague's pipit , Indigo bunting , Eastern towhee , and Lark sparrow . Western Silvery Aster , a species protected under federal and provincial Endangered Species laws has been found growing in the park. Since the area is higher than
437-474: The park is classified for recreational development use, including the campgrounds, the beach and picnic sites, the scenic roadways, the riding stable and other equestrian facilities, the festival site and the pioneer homesteads. Three scenic roadways were added when the park was developed, North Drive, South Drive and Festival Drive. The paved shoulders of these roads are frequently used for walking, running, roller sports, and cycling. Birds Hill Provincial Park
460-417: The park. Prairie species are found in drier upland sites. Wetlands in the park include marshes, black spruce / tamarack bogs and a cedar bog. Other trees found within the park include Manitoba maple , jack pine , paper birch , white spruce , and balsam poplar . Birds Hill Park is home to over 40 mammal species including White-tailed deer . Over two hundred species of birds have been found within
483-403: The surrounding terrain, what is now Birds Hill Park served early settlers as a refuge from flooding in the years 1826 and 1852. Between 1895 and 1899, the settlers of Pine Ridge built a Lutheran church on land then owned by John Uhrich, now within the park. The church closed in 1920 and its building was removed to another site, and later demolished. The church graveyard , Pine Ridge Cemetery,
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#1732766025304506-645: Was founded in 1978 by Mitch Podolak and Colin Gorrie, who also helped establish the Winnipeg Folk Festival; Ernie Fladell and Franz Fitzgibbon, employees at the City of Vancouver's social planning department; and Gary Cristall, who coordinated the event. The inaugural festival took place from August 11 through 13, 1978 in Stanley Park , and an estimated 10,000 people were in attendance. Performers included Mary McCaslin and Jim Ringer, Odetta , Stan Rogers . Leon Redbone , Leon Bibb , and John Hammond . In 1979,
529-437: Was held July 19–21, 2019. The 41st annual festival was held July 13–16, 2018. The 40th annual festival was held July 13–16, 2017. The 39th annual festival was held July 15–17, 2016. The 38th annual festival was held July 17–19, 2015. The 37th annual festival was held July 18–20, 2014. The 36th annual festival was held July 19–21, 2013. The 35th annual festival was held July 13–15, 2012. The 34th annual festival
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