Winnipeg Square Winnipeg Square Winnipeg Square (also known as "The Shops of Winnipeg Square") is a shopping mall in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It was built in 1979 by Trizec Corporation, and is located downtown at Portage and Main with 45 stores and restaurants. Winnipeg Square is connected to the Winnipeg Walkway through the Concourse which links all four corners of the city's main office district via an underground roundabout. The mall was purchased from Oxford Properties Group and GE Capital Canada Inc in September 2007 by Crown Realty Partners, a Toronto-based company. The purchase included both the Winnipeg Square shopping mall and
Geography and climate of Winnipeg Geography and climate of Winnipeg Winnipeg lies at the bottom of the Red River Valley, a low-lying flood plain with an extremely flat topography. This valley was formed by the ancient glacial Lake Agassiz which has rich deposits of black soil. Winnipeg is on the eastern edge of the Canadian Prairies in Western Canada; it is known as the 'Gateway to the West'. It is relatively close to many large Canadian Shield lakes and parks, as well as Lake Winnipeg (the Earth's 11th largest freshwater lake). Winnipeg is bordered by tallgrass prairie to the west and south and the aspen