A popular nature centre and educational facility in Winnipeg is now accessible via public transit for the first time ever as a new and long-awaited visitor centre has opened.

FortWhyte Alive's new Buffalo Crossing facility officially opened on Wednesday. The new two-storey, 18,000-square-foot multipurpose building sits on a four-hectare site and will become the "southern gateway" to the property, FortWhyte Alive said in a news release.

Shovels first hit the ground on the site of the new building …