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Winnipeg’s Wealthy Beginnings Self-Guided Audio Walking Tour

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Winnipeg’s Wealthy Beginnings Self-Guided Audio Walking Tour

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Winnipeg's Wealthy Beginnings

Duration: 1 hour
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Highlights

Explore Winnipeg’s historic Broadway and Memorial district on a flexible GPS-guided audio walking tour. Stories play automatically as you follow the 2.5 km route past grand buildings, monuments and leafy boulevards.


Highlights include WAG-QAUMAJUQ, MANITOBA LEGISLATIVE BUILDING, UPPER FORT GARRY, MANITOBA CLUB, FORT GARRY HOTEL and UNION STATION. Hear how wealth, politics and railway growth shaped the city.


Start whenever you like, pause for photos or museum visits and finish at your own pace. Download before you arrive; no mobile data or signal is needed during the tour.

Itinerary

  • Hudson's Bay

    5 minsAdmission Ticket Free
    FORMER HUDSON’S BAY BUILDING. See the landmark department store being transformed into Wehwehneh Bahgahkinahgohn, a major Indigenous-led redevelopment.

  • Winnipeg Art Gallery

    5 minsAdmission Ticket Free
    WAG-QAUMAJUQ. Admire the striking art gallery and its internationally celebrated collection of Inuit art.

  • Manitoba Provincial Archives

    5 minsAdmission Ticket Free
    MANITOBA ARCHIVES BUILDING. See the stately home of Manitoba’s provincial records and stories.

  • Memorial Boulevard

    5 minsAdmission Ticket Free
    FORMER VAUGHAN STREET JAIL. View the imposing surviving jail building and its sombre place in Winnipeg history from the exterior.

  • Memorial Provincial Park

    2 minsAdmission Ticket Free
    POWER HOUSE BUILDING. Pass this utilitarian heritage structure that once helped serve the surrounding government complex.

  • Teranet Manitoba - Winnipeg Land Titles and Personal Property Office

    5 minsAdmission Ticket Free
    LAND TITLES BUILDING. Admire the grand civic architecture of an institution central to Winnipeg’s early growth.

  • Edmonton Street & Broadway

    5 minsAdmission Ticket Free
    DEVON COURT APARTMENTS. See an elegant early apartment building that reflects Broadway’s fashionable residential era.

  • Carlton Street & Broadway

    5 minsAdmission Ticket Free
    TUCKWELL’S SCHOOL FOR BOYS. Picture the vanished private school through the tour’s historic image at this former-site stop.

  • Broadway & Hargrave Street

    5 minsAdmission Ticket Free
    MONARCH LIFE BUILDING. Notice the refined architecture of this prominent early Winnipeg office building.

  • Broadway & Donald Street

    5 minsAdmission Ticket Free
    KENMORE AND PRINCETON APARTMENTS. Admire two buildings once counted among Winnipeg’s most luxurious residences.

  • Winnipeg Railway Museum

    5 minsAdmission Ticket Free
    UNION STATION AND WINNIPEG RAILWAY MUSEUM. View Winnipeg’s grand railway landmark from outside; the museum remains closed during station upgrades.

  • Manitoba Club

    5 minsAdmission Ticket Free
    MANITOBA CLUB. See Western Canada’s oldest operating private club, founded in 1874.

  • Upper Fort Garry

    5 minsAdmission Ticket Free
    UPPER FORT GARRY FRONT GATE. Pass through the surviving gateway to the fur-trade post that shaped early Winnipeg.

  • Upper Fort Garry

    5 minsAdmission Ticket Free
    UPPER FORT GARRY PROVINCIAL HERITAGE PARK. Explore the urban park marking a pivotal site in Winnipeg’s founding story.

  • Fort Street & Broadway

    5 minsAdmission Ticket Free
    FORT GARRY PLACE AND PRAIRIE 360. Contrast a modern residential complex with Winnipeg’s distinctive revolving tower.

  • The Fort Garry Hotel, Spa and Conference Centre

    5 minsAdmission Ticket Free
    FORT GARRY HOTEL. Admire Winnipeg’s landmark château-style railway hotel, an enduring symbol of the city’s boom years.

  • Naval Museum of Manitoba

    5 minsAdmission Ticket Free
    NAVAL MUSEUM OF MANITOBA. Pass the museum’s exterior and discover Manitoba’s surprising naval history.

  • Donald Street

    5 minsAdmission Ticket Free
    PATERSON BLOCK. See this handsome historic apartment block along Winnipeg’s grand Broadway corridor.

  • 75 Hargrave St

    5 minsAdmission Ticket Free
    GLINES HOUSE. Admire one of the tour’s distinguished heritage homes and the story preserved in its architecture.

  • 65 Hargrave St

    5 minsAdmission Ticket Free
    GILROY HOUSE. See a graceful heritage residence linked to one of Winnipeg’s early prominent citizens.

  • Dalnavert Museum and Visitors' Centre

    5 minsAdmission Ticket Free
    DALNAVERT MUSEUM. Admire the beautifully restored Victorian home, now a museum preserving Winnipeg’s early social history.

  • 75 Kennedy

    5 minsAdmission Ticket Free
    ROBERT BURNS STATUE. Meet Scotland’s celebrated poet in bronze on the Manitoba Legislative Building grounds.

  • Assiniboine Avenue & Kennedy Street

    5 minsAdmission Ticket Free
    BEE BETTER MANITOBA BUTTERFLY GARDEN. Take a short optional detour through a pollinator-friendly garden near the Legislative Building.

  • Assiniboine Avenue & Osborne Street North

    5 minsAdmission Ticket Free
    LOUIS RIEL STATUE AND FOUNTAIN. See the towering memorial to Manitoba’s Métis leader beside the Legislative Building grounds.

  • VVM2+JF Winnipeg

    5 minsAdmission Ticket Free
    THE GOLDEN BOY. Look up to Manitoba’s iconic gilded figure shining from the Legislative Building dome.

  • Manitoba Legislative Building

    5 minsAdmission Ticket Free
    MANITOBA LEGISLATIVE BUILDING. Circle the monumental Beaux-Arts landmark and admire its celebrated architecture from the public grounds.

  • All Saints' Anglican Church

    5 minsAdmission Ticket Free
    ALL SAINTS’ ANGLICAN CHURCH. View the historic stone church that has anchored Broadway since the late 19th century.

  • Memorial Provincial Park

    5 minsAdmission Ticket Free
    SIR WILLIAM STEPHENSON MEMORIAL PROVINCIAL PARK. Finish beside the statue honouring the Winnipeg-born intelligence legend known as Intrepid.

  • Winnipeg(Pass by)

    Admission Ticket Free
    HISTORICAL PLAQUES. Pause along Broadway to discover markers that preserve the people and events behind Winnipeg’s early prosperity.

  • Winnipeg(Pass by)

    Admission Ticket Free
    MOUNT ROYAL APARTMENTS. View the 1926 brick apartment block at 36 Navy Way, a surviving example of Winnipeg’s early multi-family housing.

  • Manitoba Legislative Building(Pass by)

    Admission Ticket Free
    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.

What's included

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

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 HUDSON’S BAY BUILDING: redevelopment underway; exterior viewing only.
Parking fees
In-person tour guide

Additional information

Must Know
Mobile or paper ticket accepted
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

Location

Address
450 Portage Ave, Winnipeg, MB R3C 0E7, Canada

Provider

Tripvia Tours

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