Winnipeg's most famous intersection, Portage Avenue and Main Street, had surprisingly humble beginnings as the location of Henry McKenney's store. When McKenney arrived in the settlement where the Assiniboine River joins the Red River in 1859, the main route was the Portage Trail, which followed the Assiniboine River to the main road at Upper Fort Garry, whose location is now commemorated by Upper Fort Garry Provincial Park