The core of downtown Winnipeg is referred to as the Exchange District because from 1881 until 1918 it was Canada’s epicenter for trading grain and other commodities. On the left is Bawlf Block. When Nicolas Bawlf opened it in 1882, its earliest tenants included the Winnipeg Grain and Produce Exchange and the Board of Trade. The red building on the right was the city’s second Exchange Building from 1898 until 1908.
