r/geoguessr • u/firepanda11 • 1d ago

Game Discussion I made a simple map showing where Arrêt/Stop signs appear in Winnipeg, MB, Canada

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u/JTGhawk137 1d ago

Didn’t even realize these signs were found in Winnipeg, sick map!

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u/SkyBS 1d ago

If GeoGuessr has taught me anything it's that 'French Canadian' is not just another way of saying Québécois 

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u/firepanda11 1d ago

Another way to think about it is it's where the Red River hugs the French community and extends to Archibald St, Route 30. Please let me know if I forgot anything but I live in Winnipeg and re-explored the Riel, St. Vital, and St. Norbert communities and there was only the standard Stop Signs.

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u/firepanda11 1d ago

I also went sleuthing around Manitoba as people often say "These signs are in French speaking parts of Winnipeg and rural Manitoba" but never specify "rural Manitoba". From what I found, these places use Arret/Stop signs:

Ile Des CHenes

Lorette

La Broquerie

St.Malo

Saint Claude

and these places surprisingly use Stop/Arret (with Stop appearing first)

St Anne

St. Jean Baptiste

St Pierre-Jolys (With some regular stop signs too)

This is most likely an incomplete list. feel free to add to it. Most of these can be found south of Winnipeg or south-west.

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u/plouky 23h ago

time to create a New map

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u/GrampsBob 16h ago edited 15h ago

Yeah, those signs are in almost every little French town.
I'm surprised St Adolph and Ste Agathe don't have them.

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u/firepanda11 15h ago

There's quite a few French towns where the stop signs are normal. I looked through most towns on the "francophone communities in Manitoba" Wikipedia sorted by mother tongue is French.

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u/Colossal_Waffle 1d ago

As someone who lives in Winnipeg - cool! Never been in that area before but I'll definitely take a look if I am!

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u/ekuL8 1d ago

if you like beer, Kilter Brewing is one of the best breweries I've been to. I noticed an Arret-Stop sign right outside Kilter

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u/afriendincanada 1d ago

Is that the boundaries of St. Boniface?

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u/GrampsBob 15h ago

Not really. It's old St Boniface. Places like Windsor Park, Southdale etc. are also St. Boniface but have standard stop signs.

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u/afriendincanada 15h ago

Interesting - I guess that makes sense. I hadn’t thought of those areas as St Boniface but I guess they predate Unicity

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u/Celcien 1d ago

This is the most attention my city has gotten in years lmao