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Winnipeg’s Wealthy Beginnings: a Smartphone Audio Walking Tour
- Duration1 hour
- Max Travelers10 people
- Free CancellationUp to 24 hrs
- CategoryAgent Low Quality Product, Audio Guides
Overview
Listen to a tour guide through your smartphone as you explore the Broadway & Memorial area!
On this easy to walk 2.5 km tour, you’ll explore historical buildings, statues & monuments making up this must-see section of the city.
Highlights include the Legislative Building, Manitoba Club, Land Titles Building, Union Station & Fort Garry Hotel. Don’t just see the city, hear what it has to say!
GPS map shows where you are & where to go next. As you get close, tour guide commentary will automatically play.
The tour also comes with a fun location based trivia game. After the commentary plays, look at your device and tap your guess at the answer.
Keep the professional tour guide experience, ditch the crowded tour groups, tight schedules & high prices.
Enjoy anytime, not just on your booking date. Stop & start anywhere along route.
The number of travelers you select is the number of devices you can download the tour to.
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What's included
No time constraints, take as long as you like to complete the tour
Download on WIFI before (no signal required or data used during tour)
Live GPS map shows route & your location
Flexible dates - tour is yours to keep and enjoy anytime on Tripvia Tours.
Tour guide commentary automatically plays at each point of interest
What's Not included
Attraction tickets
Headphones (optional - audio will play from device speaker too)
Smartphone or tablet
WINNIPEG RAILWAY MUSEUM: closed for Union Station upgrades; exterior viewing only.
FORMER HUDSONu2019S BAY BUILDING: redevelopment underway; exterior viewing only.
Parking fees
In-person tour guide
Itinerary
FORMER HUDSONu2019S BAY BUILDING. See the landmark department store being transformed into Wehwehneh Bahgahkinahgohn, a major Indigenous-led redevelopment.
WAG-QAUMAJUQ. Admire the striking art gallery and its internationally celebrated collection of Inuit art.
MANITOBA ARCHIVES BUILDING. See the stately home of Manitobau2019s provincial records and stories.
FORMER VAUGHAN STREET JAIL. View the imposing surviving jail building and its sombre place in Winnipeg history from the exterior.
POWER HOUSE BUILDING. Pass this utilitarian heritage structure that once helped serve the surrounding government complex.
LAND TITLES BUILDING. Admire the grand civic architecture of an institution central to Winnipegu2019s early growth.
DEVON COURT APARTMENTS. See an elegant early apartment building that reflects Broadwayu2019s fashionable residential era.
TUCKWELLu2019S SCHOOL FOR BOYS. Picture the vanished private school through the touru2019s historic image at this former-site stop.
MONARCH LIFE BUILDING. Notice the refined architecture of this prominent early Winnipeg office building.
KENMORE AND PRINCETON APARTMENTS. Admire two buildings once counted among Winnipegu2019s most luxurious residences.
UNION STATION AND WINNIPEG RAILWAY MUSEUM. View Winnipegu2019s grand railway landmark from outside; the museum remains closed during station upgrades.
MANITOBA CLUB. See Western Canadau2019s oldest operating private club, founded in 1874.
UPPER FORT GARRY FRONT GATE. Pass through the surviving gateway to the fur-trade post that shaped early Winnipeg.
UPPER FORT GARRY PROVINCIAL HERITAGE PARK. Explore the urban park marking a pivotal site in Winnipegu2019s founding story.
FORT GARRY PLACE AND PRAIRIE 360. Contrast a modern residential complex with Winnipegu2019s distinctive revolving tower.
FORT GARRY HOTEL. Admire Winnipegu2019s landmark chu00e2teau-style railway hotel, an enduring symbol of the cityu2019s boom years.
NAVAL MUSEUM OF MANITOBA. Pass the museumu2019s exterior and discover Manitobau2019s surprising naval history.
PATERSON BLOCK. See this handsome historic apartment block along Winnipegu2019s grand Broadway corridor.
GLINES HOUSE. Admire one of the touru2019s distinguished heritage homes and the story preserved in its architecture.
GILROY HOUSE. See a graceful heritage residence linked to one of Winnipegu2019s early prominent citizens.
DALNAVERT MUSEUM. Admire the beautifully restored Victorian home, now a museum preserving Winnipegu2019s early social history.
ROBERT BURNS STATUE. Meet Scotlandu2019s celebrated poet in bronze on the Manitoba Legislative Building grounds.
BEE BETTER MANITOBA BUTTERFLY GARDEN. Take a short optional detour through a pollinator-friendly garden near the Legislative Building.
LOUIS RIEL STATUE AND FOUNTAIN. See the towering memorial to Manitobau2019s Mu00e9tis leader beside the Legislative Building grounds.
THE GOLDEN BOY. Look up to Manitobau2019s iconic gilded figure shining from the Legislative Building dome.
MANITOBA LEGISLATIVE BUILDING. Circle the monumental Beaux-Arts landmark and admire its celebrated architecture from the public grounds.
ALL SAINTSu2019 ANGLICAN CHURCH. View the historic stone church that has anchored Broadway since the late 19th century.
SIR WILLIAM STEPHENSON MEMORIAL PROVINCIAL PARK. Finish beside the statue honouring the Winnipeg-born intelligence legend known as Intrepid.
HISTORICAL PLAQUES. Pause along Broadway to discover markers that preserve the people and events behind Winnipegu2019s early prosperity.
MOUNT ROYAL APARTMENTS. View the 1926 brick apartment block at 36 Navy Way, a surviving example of Winnipegu2019s early multi-family housing.
IN REMEMBRANCE OF STATUE (NEXT OF KIN MONUMENT). Honour the Winnipeggers who died in the First World War at this solemn Legislative Building grounds memorial.
Good to know
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Wheelchair accessible
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.