Winnipeg’s Wealthy Beginnings Self-Guided Audio Walking Tour

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

• 1

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

  5 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 2
  Winnipeg Art Gallery

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

  5 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 3
  Manitoba Provincial Archives

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

  5 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 4

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

  5 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 5

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

  2 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 6

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

  5 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 7

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

  5 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 8

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

  5 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 9

  MONARCH LIFE BUILDING. Notice the refined architecture of this prominent early Winnipeg office building.

  5 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 10

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

  5 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 11
  Winnipeg Railway Museum

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

  5 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 12

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

  5 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 13

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

  5 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 14

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

  5 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 15

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

  5 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 16
  The Fort Garry Hotel, Spa and Conference Centre

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

  5 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 17
  Naval Museum of Manitoba

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

  5 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 18

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

  5 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 19

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

  5 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 20

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

  5 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 21

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

  5 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 22

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

  5 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 23

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

  5 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 24

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

  5 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 25

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

  5 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 26
  Manitoba Legislative Building

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

  5 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 27

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

  5 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 28

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

  5 minutes • Admission ticket free
• Winnipeg (Pass by)

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

  Admission ticket free
• Winnipeg (Pass by)

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

  Admission ticket free
• Manitoba Legislative Building (Pass by)

  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.

  Admission ticket free

Additional info

• 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

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