Spirit Way is an award-winning pathway and biking route highlighting 16 unique points of interest, wolf statues, and the world's largest lighted mural of a Robert Bateman painting.

The idea for the project came about in 2003 and grew to the point where it was once rated as one of the "Top 20 Places to Visit in Manitoba".

Volker Beckmann, one of the project’s volunteers, talks about the idea behind the project.

“We said, well let’s come up with something that would showcase assets for the community in a superlative way so can we find the biggest of this or the best of that. That’s how we started brainstorming ideas of what we can showcase or show off our community.”

This Saturday, Volker Beckmann will hold a book launch for his book titled “The Spirit Way Story.”

It takes place at 1:30 at the Thompson Public Library.