The road forms a portion of the city's primary diking system to defend against flooding along the Red River.

[1] The street is adjoined by Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface and Saint Boniface General Hospital.

At the northern tip of Taché Avenue is the historic site of Fort Gibraltar.

Officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 6 October 1984, the Promenade was built to allow small personal boats and water taxis to dock.

[6] Completed in June 2019,[1] the project added a 100-metre (330 ft)-long pedestrian walkway and lookout (called the "St. Boniface Belvedere") that arcs over the Red River riverbank.