Taché Avenue (

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: ''Avenue Taché'') is a

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in the neighbourhood of

St. Boniface Boniface, OSB (born Wynfreth; 675 –5 June 754) was an English Benedictine monk and leading figure in the Anglo-Saxon mission to the Germanic parts of Francia during the eighth century. He organised significant foundations of the church i ...

Winnipeg Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Manitoba. It is centred on the confluence of the Red River of the North, Red and Assiniboine River, Assiniboine rivers. , Winnipeg h ...

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. The road forms a portion of the city's primary diking system to defend against flooding along the Red River. The street is adjoined by

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and Saint Boniface General Hospital. Other nearby landmarks include the

Saint Boniface Cathedral St. Boniface Cathedral () is a Roman Catholic cathedral in St. Boniface, Winnipeg, St. Boniface, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is an important building in Winnipeg, and is the principal church in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Boniface, ...

, Provencher Bridge, St. Boniface Public Library, St. Boniface Museum, and the Taché Dock. The street is also a connecting route for

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(Main Street) and

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(Marion Street). At the northern tip of Taché Avenue is the historic site of

Fort Gibraltar Fort Gibraltar was founded in 1809 by Alexander Macdonell of Greenfield of the North West Company in present-day Manitoba, Canada. It was located at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers in or near the area now known as The Forks i ...

. The street is named after

Alexandre-Antonin Taché Alexandre-Antonin Taché (; 23 July 1823 – 22 June 1894) was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest, missionary of the Oblate order, author, and the first Archbishop of Saint Boniface in Manitoba, Canada. Early life Alexandre-Antonin Taché ...

, the first Archbishop of St. Boniface.

Taché Promenade

The Taché Promenade (French: ''Promenade Taché'') is a

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on the banks of the Red River along Taché Avenue from the Provencher Bridge to the Norwood Bridge in

. Interpretive plaques along the walkway explain the early development of the St. Boniface area. Officially opened by

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on 6 October 1984, the Promenade was built to allow small personal boats and

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s to dock. It received its first upgrade between 1987 and 1989. A further $4-million (later $10 million) expansion of Taché Dock was announced in the 2010s. Completed in June 2019, the project added a -long pedestrian walkway and lookout (called the "St. Boniface Belvedere") that arcs over the Red River riverbank. It also connected the paths that run between St. Boniface Hospital and

Esplanade Riel Esplanade Riel is a pedestrian bridge located in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It was named in honour of Louis Riel. It is a side-spar cable-stayed bridge which spans the Red River connecting downtown Winnipeg and The Forks historic area with St. Bon ...

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