Vancouver Coal Harbour and Historic Gastown Walking Tour

Canada Place

Our tour starts at one of the most unique buildings in the city, Canada Place.

Duration: 10 minutes

Vancouver Convention Centre

We’ll take a secret tunnel to take us to another very important building, the Convention Centre. The views of Coal Harbour from the Convention Centre are the best in the city. We’ll see some stunning landmarks, including The Port of Vancouver, the North Shore Mountains, Stanley Park, Deadman’s Island, the Lion’s Gate Bridge, The Lions Mountains, and most importantly, the Big Yellow Sulphur Pile.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stanley Park

Views of the greatest park in the world

Coal Harbour

Views of this unique and stunning urban water setting

Duration: 5 minutes

Olympic Cauldron

See the torches we created for our 2010 Olympics

Duration: 2 minutes

The Marine Building

See one of the world's foremost examples of Art Deco architecture.

Waterfront Station

Learn about the early history of Vancouver and how the completion of the railroad changed Canada and the world.

Duration: 15 minutes

Gastown

In Gastown, we’ll head down Water Street, Vancouver’s oldest and most interesting street. We’ll learn about the decline of Water St in the early 20th century and the historic rejuvenation of Gastown in the 1970s.

Duration: 45 minutes

Gastown Steam Clock

See the centerpiece of the Gastown rejuvenation, the Gastown Steam Clock. The tour is planned to be around the Steam Clock at noon. This gets the maximum steam performance from this unique landmark.

Duration: 15 minutes

Maple Tree Square

We’ll walk along Water St to Maple Tree Square, the most important intersection in early Vancouver history. We’ll see the spot where Gassy Jack started his first bar and kicked off the whole idea of a town called Vancouver. We’ll also learn why protesters tore down the Gassy Jack statue.

Duration: 15 minutes

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Maple Tree Square is also home to Blood Alley, home of some of the oldest buildings still standing in Vancouver. We’ll check out the cool architecture and learn about the early history of Vancouver.

Duration: 10 minutes

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Visit the epicentre of the current gentrification attempts in Gastown, and learn about why they haven't taken off the way people thought they would.

Duration: 5 minutes

Victory Square

Victory Square is an very important location in Vancouver's history. It was the starting point of the great fire that burned down the whole town, as well as the starting point when they built it all over again. It was also the first terminus of the railroad and the location of our first courthouse.

Duration: 15 minutes