Cathedral of St. John (Winnipeg) Cathedral of St. John (Winnipeg) St. John's Cathedral is the Anglican cathedral in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada which is the cathedral church of the Diocese of Rupert's Land. It is located in North end, Luxton neighbourhood, Winnipeg on Anderson Avenue near Main Street and the Red River. St. John's Cathedral marks the birthplace of the Anglican Church in Western Canada. In 1812, the first group of Selkirk Settlers established a burying ground immediately south of the present cathedral. It is the oldest Canadian Anglican parish west of the Great Lakes, which was established in October 1820 when the Rev. John West,
Transport in Winnipeg operations and intermodal facilities inside Winnipeg. There are approximately 5,000 people employed in Winnipeg in the rail transportation industry. Via Rail operates out of Union Station, a grand neoclassical structure near The Forks in downtown Winnipeg. The station was built by the Canadian Northern Railway & National Transcontinental/Grand Trunk Pacific Railway and was designed by the same architects responsible for Grand Central Terminal in New York City. In addition to the major commercial railways, the City of Winnipeg owns and operates the Greater Winnipeg Water District Railway, which runs parallel to the city aqueduct to Shoal Lake. The Winnipeg Bus