Winnipeg's Wealthy Beginnings: a Smartphone Audio Walking Tour

Hudson's Bay

Listen to a tour guide through your smartphone as you explore the Broadway & Memorial area! On this easy to walk 2.5 km (return) tour, you'll explore the historical buildings, statues & monuments that make up this must-see section of the city. Highlights include the Legislative Building, Manitoba Club, Land Titles Building, Union Station & the Fort Garry Hotel. Don't just see the city, hear what it has to say! Live GPS map shows where you are and 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 and high prices. Enjoy anytime, not just on your booking date. Stop & start anywhere along route. Note: the number of travelers you select is the number of devices you can download the tour to.

Duration: 5 minutes

Winnipeg Art Gallery

We'll point out the uniquely shaped building and tell you a bit about why you may want to plan a visit!

Duration: 5 minutes

Manitoba Provincial Archives

We'll briefly tell you about this impressive building and what it contains inside. It's actually a bit surprising!

Duration: 5 minutes

Memorial Boulevard

Former Vaughn Street Jail. We'll point this out to you and give you some cold hard facts on why you might want to keep walking.

Duration: 5 minutes

Memorial Provincial Park

You'll see this old building and learn a bit about it's function back in the day.

Duration: 2 minutes

Winnipeg Land Titles Building

You'll see & hear about one of the most important buildings in the development of Winnipeg.

Duration: 5 minutes

Edmonton Street & Broadway

Devon court apartments. Learn all about the fantastic old apartment buildings.

Duration: 5 minutes

Carlton Street & Broadway

Tuckwell's School for Boys. It's not here anymore, but we put a picture on the tour so you can see what it used to look like while you listen to it's importance to the area.

Duration: 5 minutes

Broadway & Hargrave Street

Monarch Life Building. We'll point out this impressive building and tell you about the award it ALMOST won for it's architectural style.

Duration: 5 minutes

Broadway & Donald Street

Kenmore / Princeton Apartments. We'll point out these apartments that at one time were Winnipeg's most upscale & luxurious!

Duration: 5 minutes

Winnipeg Railway Museum

If you're into trains, you'll definitely want to visit this museum located inside Union Station. If not, we'll give you the gist.

Duration: 5 minutes

Manitoba Club

You'll see & hear about western Canada's oldest operating private club, founded in 1874.

Duration: 5 minutes

Upper Fort Garry

You'll walk through the historical gates and learn a bit about why they are here and what they signify.

Duration: 5 minutes

Upper Fort Garry

You'll take a brief stroll through this urban heritage park and hear about it's importance to the creation of Winnipeg.

Duration: 5 minutes

Fort Street & Broadway

Fort Garry Place & Prairie 360. We'll point out the super modern condo complex and the towering Prairie 360 restaurant.

Duration: 5 minutes

The Fort Garry Hotel, Spa and Conference Centre

One of the most iconic hotels in the city, you won't miss this one.

Duration: 5 minutes

Naval Museum of Manitoba

You're in the navy now! Well, briefly if you decide to visit the museum. If not, we'll give you a brief overview while you walk past.

Duration: 5 minutes

Donald Street

Patternson Block. We'll point out this historic apartment block.

Duration: 5 minutes

75 Hargrave St

The Glines House. One of the three historical homes on the tour, we'll tell you about it's significance.

Duration: 5 minutes

65 Hargrave St

The Gilroy House. We'll point out this heritage home and tell you a bit about it's original owner.

Duration: 5 minutes

Dalnavert Museum and Visitors' Centre

You'll stroll past this incredibly beautiful old home while we tell you about it's past and present as a museum.

Duration: 5 minutes

75 Kennedy

Robert Burns Statue. As you walk alongside the Manitoba Legislative Building, we'll point out the 'ol Scot and maybe even sing you one of his lullabies.

Duration: 5 minutes

Assiniboine Avenue & Kennedy Street

Butterfly Garden. It's just off the route, but we'll point it out if you want to stroll through. We'll also point out some polar bears! Seriously.

Duration: 5 minutes

Assiniboine Avenue & Osborne Street North

Louis Riel Statue. We'll point out the towering statue and tell you why he was so historically important.

Duration: 5 minutes

VVM2+JF Winnipeg

Golden Boy. We'll show you Winnipeg's Golden Boy, perched atop the Legislative Building for all to see.

Duration: 5 minutes

Manitoba Legislative Building

The route takes you around the grounds, so we figured we would give you a brief history on the building itself.

Duration: 5 minutes

All Saints' Anglican Church

We'll point out this historical church across the street and tell you a bit about it.

Duration: 5 minutes

Memorial Provincial Park

The tour concludes with a stroll through this small urban park. As you walk, we'll point out the statue of Sir William Stephenson, Manitoba's own James Bond.

Duration: 5 minutes

Canadian Museum for Human Rights

Not a point of interest on the tour, but you'll pass by and can spend as much time here as you like.

The Forks Market

Not a point of interest on the tour, but you'll pass by and can spend as much time here as you like.

Government House of Manitoba

Not a point of interest on the tour, but you'll pass by and can spend as much time here as you like.

Dalnavert Museum and Visitors' Centre

Not a point of interest on the tour, but you'll pass by and can spend as much time here as you like.

RBC Convention Centre Winnipeg

Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's nearby and can spend as much time here as you like.

The Forks Market

Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's nearby and can spend as much time here as you like.

Travel Manitoba Visitor Information Centre

Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's nearby and can spend as much time here as you like.

Manitoba Children's Museum

Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's nearby and can spend as much time here as you like.

Manitoba Theatre For Young People

Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's nearby and can spend as much time here as you like.

The Forks National Historic Site

Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's nearby and can spend as much time here as you like.

Le Musee de Saint-Boniface Museum

Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's nearby and can spend as much time here as you like.

Basilique-Cathedrale de Saint Boniface

Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's nearby and can spend as much time here as you like.

Shaw Park

Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's nearby and can spend as much time here as you like.

Barn Hammer Brewing Company

Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's nearby and can spend as much time here as you like.