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Upper Fort Garry park clears final civic hurdle

Upper Fort Garry in downtown Winnipeg, seen in a 2007 file photo.

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Upper Fort Garry in downtown Winnipeg, seen in a 2007 file photo. (JOE BRYKSA/WINNIPEG FREE PRESS)

WINNIPEG — The plan to create a heritage park at the site of Winnipeg's birthplace has cleared its final hurdle at city hall.

City council voted unanimously to approve the sale of surplus city land at and next to the former site of Upper Fort Garry to the Friends of Upper Fort Garry, provided the volunteer group completes the park by 2014.

The Friends take possession of the land, located north of Assiniboine Avenue between Main Street and Fort Street, on June 1.

 

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