A voyageur on stilts entertains a young boy and was entertaining for young and old alike.
Above: Festival volunteers dress in the traditional dress and act out various activities of the voyageur in Canadian history.
Just as teepees were fixtures of the landscape, so were the cultures of the Metis and Aboriginal in playing a large part in the development of hunting and trapping as settlers moved across the continent.
The snow sculptures that survived were few. This modernistic geometric design stood when others crashed and melted.
Even above freezing temperatures for the opening weekend couldn't keep enthusiastic attendees away from the 2017 Festival du Voyageur, Western Canada's largest winter festival. Although the snow sculptures barely made it through the first week, over 94,000 people attended this annual event.
Only the Red River Winter Trails were closed for most of the festival. But all the dining and entertainment in the tents at Fort Gibraltar were open as usual.
