VIDEO: Toilography visits Assiniboine Park
Posted: June 3, 2018 Filed under: Canadian Toilets, Manitoba, Outdoors, Toilet videos Leave a commentDan from Toilography went to Assiniboine Park in Winnipeg and saw these funky shipping container toilets, as well as a statue of a rather famous bear named Winnie. Take a look at the video here:
The park’s washrooms were constructed in 2013 and have even picked up a couple of design awards in the years that followed. I was definitely glad to have had the chance to come here!
Composting toilet at MEC
Posted: May 21, 2018 Filed under: Canadian Toilets, Composting Toilets, Manitoba, Toilets at Shops Leave a commentIt might not be the most interesting loo to look at, but it’s a pretty cool concept. MEC in downtown Winnipeg has a composting toilet on their second floor, the contents of which is collected in the floor below and used as fertilizer.
I’ve since found out MEC has a Green Buildings initiative, of which the Winnipeg outlet was the first retail building in the country to comply with a national standard of reducing energy consumption by 50%. The composting toilet is of course part of this initiative. Good stuff!!
HBC Winnipeg
Posted: May 21, 2018 Filed under: Canadian Toilets, Manitoba, Toilets at Shops Leave a commentIt had been mentioned on Reddit that the restroom at Hudsons Bay in downtown Winnipeg hadn’t been renovated for a very long time. The toilet fixtures themselves were modern but the room in general had a wonderful early 20th century feel to it. I wonder how much of the room is still original to its 1926 opening?
The Cavern
Posted: May 20, 2018 Filed under: Canadian Toilets, Dive Bars, Manitoba, Urinals Leave a commentI came to the sister venue, Toad In The Hole, the day before but the downstairs Cavern bar was closed. I was pretty keen to check out their free open mic comedy night though so I returned and wasn’t disappointed with their divey downstairs dunnies.
Note the hole in the wall on the left:
The Brazen Hall
Posted: May 20, 2018 Filed under: Canadian Toilets, Manitoba, Texture, Tiles, Toilets at Bars & Pubs Leave a commentSome eerie lighting shining down upon this black & white tiled restroom at Brazen Hall
Hecla Island Wildlife Viewing Platform
Posted: May 20, 2018 Filed under: Canadian Toilets, Composting Toilets, Manitoba, Outdoors Leave a commentOn the way out of Hecla Island I spotted a trail at the side of the road which led to a wildlife viewing platform.
And here, ladies & gentlemen, is where I stubbed across the most peaceful setting for a loo in a long time, certainly in all of my Manitoban travels and maybe even in the past year or two of toilet tourism altogether. Isn’t this such a peaceful place in the bush to go about your business?
Some bonus photos of the viewing platform itself (I saw no wildlife aside from some mosquito kinda things) and a nearby lake:
Hecla Village
Posted: May 20, 2018 Filed under: Canadian Toilets, Composting Toilets, Manitoba, Outdoors Leave a commentOn the Sunday I took a drive about 2 hours north of Winnipeg to the Hecla Provincial Park. It’s a beautiful little peninsula that extends out into Lake Winnipeg, with pleasant roads, trails, fishing, scenery and opportunities to see Manitoba wildlife up close & personal.
Drop toilets featured prominently across the park, I guess because of the limited plumbing & electricity service. I stopped briefly in Hecla Village and found this tidy-on-the-outside but messy-on-the-inside drop toilet by the fishing pier:
A little up from the pier was this beautiful & secluded old church next to a graveyard. Note the drop toilets at the back of the cemetery, next to the red shed:
How’s this for toilet tranquility! Much cleaner inside this one too.
King’s Head Pub
Posted: May 19, 2018 Filed under: Canadian Toilets, Manitoba, Toilets at Bars & Pubs Leave a commentA brick wall adds some nice texture to this restroom at Winnipeg’s lively King’s Head Pub
Toad In The Hole
Posted: May 19, 2018 Filed under: Canadian Toilets, Dive Bars, Manitoba, Urinals Leave a commentI’d heard that Toad In The Hole was the must-see British / whisky bar in town and had some pretty filthy (but potentially interesting!) toilets so I couldn’t help but head to the Southside of the river for a beer.
It’s not often you see a corner trough like this. Troughs in general are few & far between in Canada but a trough with a corner is a true rarity.
And how about a high view of a Toad stall:
Manitoba Legislative Building
Posted: May 19, 2018 Filed under: Canadian Toilets, Manitoba, Urinals Leave a commentYou can’t miss the grand Manitoba Legislative Building along Winnipeg’s Broadway. Completed in 1920, its magnificent dome, rotunda and staircase are an impressive sight – as are the roomy and affluent washrooms in the building’s basement.
Pollies need their potties, I guess?
Around the other corner of the building I spied this smaller but equally as tidy mens room as well:
Toilets aside, here’s a few snaps of the outside & inside of this awesome old building:
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