Royal Canadian Mint

We spent yesterday settling in here at Traveller's RV Resort. Symphony and I did laundry at the campground laundromat and bought groceries at a Safeway near here.

After lunch the four of us visited the Royal Canadian Mint which is only 4 miles from the campground. The entrance to the Winnipeg Royal Canadian Mint is lined with flags that represent the foreign countries that have their coins minted here.

From Manitoba

Once inside the Mint we signed up for the 1:30 English tour of the mint - $5 each for the tour. We wondered around the Boutique while we waited for our tour to begin. You can actually pick up a gold bar to see how much it weighs! Of course, there is an armed guard standing there and the bar is secured with a large chain to the stand.

From Manitoba

Our tour started on the second floor of the mint. We learned that the Winnipeg facility mints all of the Canadian circulation coins. They also mint coins for over 70 foreign countries. The facility in Ottawa mints all of the commemorative coins. We learned about coin production starting from raw metal to the final stamped coins. Unfortunately, we weren't allowed to take photos on the tour. After our tour we stopped by the Boutique to purchase some souvenirs.

Before heading back to the campground, we drove over to Costco on the west side of Winnipeg do some shopping.

It's really feeling like summer now; our high today was 77°F (25°C).