Winnipeg’s Wealthy Beginnings Self-Guided Audio Walking Tour

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

Duration: 5 minutes

Winnipeg Art Gallery

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

Duration: 5 minutes

Manitoba Provincial Archives

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

Duration: 5 minutes

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

Duration: 5 minutes

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

Duration: 2 minutes

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

Duration: 5 minutes

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

Duration: 5 minutes

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

Duration: 5 minutes

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

Duration: 5 minutes

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

Duration: 5 minutes

Winnipeg Railway Museum

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

Duration: 5 minutes

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

Duration: 5 minutes

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

Duration: 5 minutes

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

Duration: 5 minutes

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

Duration: 5 minutes

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

Duration: 5 minutes

Naval Museum of Manitoba

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

Duration: 5 minutes

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

Duration: 5 minutes

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

Duration: 5 minutes

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

Duration: 5 minutes

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

Duration: 5 minutes

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

Duration: 5 minutes

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

Duration: 5 minutes

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

Duration: 5 minutes

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

Duration: 5 minutes

Manitoba Legislative Building

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

Duration: 5 minutes

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

Duration: 5 minutes

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

Duration: 5 minutes

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

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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

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.