Peg City Parks

08/11/2025

🌳Where is the new hunt?

🌱A few hints:
It’s my mom’s favourite park
This park borders the Red River
There is a large cemetery next door
It has a boat launch and a duck pond

⬇️Drop your guess in the comments and I’ll put the correct answer there in 24 hours!

✨All standard hunts cost $10 and contain an introduction/background information about the park, trail, or area, where to begin/end your hunt, links for more learning, a set of tasks/challenges to complete, and suggestions for local food and drink in the area. Depending on your chosen mode of transportation, the hunts will usually take roughly anywhere between an hour and a half to three hours to complete.

🔎 We also have scavenger hunts for (*new/newly updated):
*Sturgeon Creek Parkway
*Bois des Esprits
Elmwood area
Churchill Dr and South Osborne
Blue Stem Trail at BHP
*Bunn’s Creek
*Swistun Family Heritage Park (aka Silver Springs Park)
La Barriere Park
St Boniface and Whittier Park
Assiniboine Forest
*King’s Park
*Henteleff Park

⬆️ Check out our website (link in bio), past posts, or feel free to message for more details!

🏹 Happy hunting!

08/09/2025

✨I just can’t stop!

🌳Went out for a lovely walk with a friend today followed by a run in this super well known park and we now have a scavenger hunt available for it!

🌱We’ll be releasing the hunt next week, so stay tuned.

But for now, any guesses? Drop your divination in the comments! ⬇️

08/06/2025

❓Can you guess before the end of the post?

🌱We have updated another one of our Park Scavenger Hunts!

🌳Our La Barrière Park hunt in the R.M. of Ritchot is a just a short drive from the south perimeter, this one is definitely worth checking out! The park has all kinds of amenities like bonfire pits, athletic fields, a batting cage, a disc golf course, a watercraft launch, and lots of trails in the forested areas - something for everyone!

✨All standard Peg’ City Park scavenger hunts contain an introduction/background information about the park, trail, or area, where to begin/end your hunt, links for more learning, a set of tasks/challenges to complete, and suggestions for local food and drink in the area. Depending on your chosen mode of transportation, the hunts will usually take roughly anywhere between an hour and a half to three hours to complete. The cost of a hunt is a bargain $10!

🔎 We have scavenger hunts for (*newly updated):
*Sturgeon Creek Parkway
*Bois des Esprits
Elmwood area
Churchill Dr and South Osborne
Blue Stem Trail at BHP
*Bunn’s Creek
*Swistun Family Heritage Park (aka Silver Springs Park)
*La Barriere Park
St Boniface and Whittier Park
Assiniboine Forest
*King’s Park
*Henteleff Park

⬆️ Check out our website (link in bio), past posts, or feel free to message for more details!

🏹 Happy hunting!

07/31/2025

🌳’Peg City Parks Challenge Answers Revealed!

🙏Thanks to all that submitted guesses for the challenge, on both IG and on FB. Two of you were able to name at least 9 of the parks - looks like I have some fellow Winnipeg park experts out there!

✨Congrats to and my friend and former colleague, Patti - I’ll be in touch about your free ‘Peg City Parks Scavenger Hunt soon!

❓Interested in purchasing a hunt for a fun family activity, a date, or kids party for just $10?

🔎 We have scavenger hunts for (*newly updated):
*Sturgeon Creek Parkway
*Bois des Esprits
Elmwood area
Churchill Dr and South Osborne
Blue Stem Trail at BHP
*Bunn’s Creek
*Swistun Family Heritage Park (aka Silver Springs Park)
La Barriere Park
St Boniface and Whittier Park
Assiniboine Forest
*King’s Park
*Henteleff Park

⬆️ Check out our website (link in bio), past posts, or feel free to message for more details!

🏹 Happy hunting!

07/29/2025

My visit to The Leaf at Assiniboine Park & Zoo this past weekend was a little different than most!

07/26/2025

🌳Are you up for the challenge?

Do you consider yourself a true Winnipegger? How well do you think you know our city parks?

✨If you can name 9 or more of the parks in this post, we’ll send you one of our scavenger hunts for FREE!

🌱Challenge rules/to submit your guesses:
Like this post
Follow us here on FB
All guess submissions must be private messaged (no guesses in the comments will be accepted)
Comment “guesses sent” and tag a friend you’d take with you when you win a free hunt!

Only submissions received by 6:00pm Tuesday, July 31st will be accepted. I will respond to all individuals who have guessed 9 or more parks correctly, and tag them in the Answers Revealed post shortly thereafter.

The map found at https://parkmaps.winnipeg.ca may be of some help.

🍀Good luck!

07/24/2025

❓Did you know?

🌳That we have 1391 parks and open spaces in Winnipeg (as classified by the city?)

In 2017, I challenged myself to visit them all on foot or bike, and I completed the task in just under a year! 🚲🏃‍♀️

A couple of years later, ‘Peg City Parks was created with the aim to encourage and help Winnipeggers get outside and explore what our city has to offer.

🔎 We have scavenger hunts for (*newly updated):

*Sturgeon Creek Parkway
*Bois des Esprits
Elmwood area
Churchill Dr and South Osborne
Blue Stem Trail at BHP
*Bunn’s Creek
*Swistun Family Heritage Park (aka Silver Springs Park)
La Barriere Park
St Boniface and Whittier Park
Assiniboine Forest
*King’s Park
*Henteleff Park

✨All standard hunts contain an introduction/background information about the park, trail, or area, where to begin/end your hunt, links for more learning, a set of tasks/challenges to complete, and suggestions for local food and drink in the area. Depending on your chosen mode of transportation, the hunts will usually take roughly anywhere between an hour and a half to three hours to complete.

🌱Check out our website (link in bio), other posts, and highlights for more information. Feel free to contact me at [email protected] with any questions!

⭐️P.S. We will be posting an online challenge in a couple of days that could nab you one of our hunts for free - so make sure to follow us to not miss it!

🍀Happy Hunting!

07/02/2025

06/29/2025

🌳We have updated another one of our Park Scavenger Hunts!

❓Were you able to guess the park before the last frame?

Our Swistun Family Heritage Park/Silver Springs Park hunt in East St.Paul ranges between 2.5 - 5.5 km with an option of accessible gravel trails and/or more narrow single track fun! Just a short drive from the north perimeter, this one is definitely worth checking out!

✨All standard hunts contain an introduction/background information about the park, trail, or area, where to begin/end your hunt, links for more learning, a set of tasks/challenges to complete, and suggestions for local food and drink in the area. Depending on your chosen mode of transportation, the hunts will usually take roughly anywhere between an hour and a half to three hours to complete.

🔎 We have scavenger hunts for (*newly updated):
*Sturgeon Creek Parkway
*Bois des Esprits
Elmwood area
Churchill Dr and South Osborne
Blue Stem Trail at BHP
*Bunn’s Creek
*Swistun Family Heritage Park (aka Silver Springs Park)
La Barriere Park
St Boniface and Whittier Park
Assiniboine Forest
*King’s Park
*Henteleff Park

⬆️ Check out our website (link in bio), past posts, or feel free to message for more details!

🏹 Happy hunting!

06/17/2025

👣Provincial park trails are still closed, you might be getting a little antsy… and we have the solution!

🌳 There are still plenty of places to explore in Winnipeg! Did you know that there are more than 1300 parks and open spaces in the city? And we now have scavenger hunts for eleven parks/areas!

🌸 Our newest hunt is Henteleff Park in South St Vital, and we’ll be creating more soon!

🔎 We have also have hunts for (*freshly updated):

*Sturgeon Creek Parkway
*Bois des Esprits
Elmwood area
Churchill Dr and South Osborne
Blue Stem Trail (to be saved for trail opening)
Bunn’s Creek
Swistun Family Heritage Park (aka Silver Springs Park)
La Barriere Park
St Boniface and Whittier Park
Assiniboine Forest

✨All standard hunts contain an introduction/background information about the park, trail, or area, where to begin/end your hunt, links for more learning, a set of tasks/challenges to complete, and suggestions for local food and drink in the area. Depending on your chosen mode of transportation, the hunts will take roughly anywhere between an hour and a half to three hours to complete.

❓You can find more information on our website (link in bio), or feel free to contact us with any questions.

👀Happy hunting!

06/14/2025

🌳Do you want to try one of our newly updated park hunts for free?!

*In exchange for sharing your adventure on social media (tag us!), writing us a review on our FB page, and providing me with some helpful feedback about your experience, I am giving away six FREE HUNTS!

✨All standard hunts contain an introduction/background information about the park, trail, or area, where to begin/end your hunt, links for more learning, a set of tasks/challenges to complete, and suggestions for local food and drink in the area. Depending on your chosen mode of transportation, the hunts will take roughly anywhere between an hour and a half to three hours to complete.

🌱To get your free hunt:

1 - follow us and like this post
2 - tag two friends you would bring with you on the hunt
3 - pm me with your email address and which of the two hunts you prefer (Bois-des-esprits or Sturgeon Creek)!

The first 3 people for each hunt that meets all the requirements will be the lucky recipients!
*please note, you must be able to complete your hunt and the above mentioned by June 23

😊Thanks in advance for your interest and supporting my little Winnipeg business!

06/02/2025

🥾Hiking trails in the provincial parks may be closed, but…

There are still plenty of places to explore in Winnipeg!

🌳Did you know that there are more than 1300 parks and open spaces in the city? And we have scavenger hunts for ten parks/areas!

✨Promotion until June 10 - purchase our newly updated Sturgeon Creek Parkway Hunt for $10 and get a second hint of your choice for half price (we are hoping to update all of these this summer!) Cheaper than a movie and provides outdoor, active fun for the whole family!

🔎We have hunts for:
Sturgeon Creek Parkway
Bois des Esprits
Elmwood area
Churchill Dr and South Osborne
Blue Stem Trail (to be saved for trail opening)
Bunn’s Creek
Swistun Family Heritage Park (aka Silver Springs Park)
La Barriere Park
Bunn’s Creek
St Boniface and Whittier Park
Assiniboine Forest

❓You can find more information on our website (link in bio), or feel free to contact us with any questions.

👀Happy hunting!