One of the best ways to learn about a new area or neighbourhood is on foot. Get up close to the city’s heritage buildings and distinctive neighbourhoods with one of our popular walking tours!
Get your walking shoes ready – our summer walking tours will be back starting in June! Tickets will go on sale Friday, May 1 at 10 am.
Tours require 10 participants to run and have a maximum capacity of 20. Tickets will be available for purchase until 5pm the day before each tour.
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Saturday, June 13th, 10am-12pm
Renfrew Collingwood
$30+tax
37th Avenue runs through various neighbourhoods across what was the district of South Vancouver and Point Grey. Running by and through major city landmarks and parks such as Mountain View Cemetery, Van Dusen Botanical Garden, Norquay Park, St Mary’s Church in Kerrisdale, Queen Elizabeth Park and Kensington Park. Following 37th Avenue from East to West, John Atkin will be “Walking the Ridge” and exploring how 37th Avenue has been developed and how it has changed, as well as looking closely at the landscape and cartography along the way. This walk will focus on the area around 37th Avenue and Wales Street in the Renfrew-Collingwood neighbourhood.
Photo: Earles [Street] and Kingsway [looking] south. Credit: City of Vancouver Archives 772-575
Location: Paid participants will receive the exact starting location after registering, approximately 1 week before the tour.
Please note:
- For in-person events, we are unable to provide refunds or credits for cancellations received less than four (4) weeks prior to the event. For additional information on VHF’s policies, please visit our Policies page.
- Registration in advance is required for all walking tours, and ID must match. If you are not able to attend the day of your tour, a replacement showing up in your place will not be accepted.
- This tour is a 2 hour +/- outdoor activity that will require participants to navigate a variety of terrain!
- There is a maximum capacity of 20 people per tour. We ask that you please do not seek out the group on tour day in hopes of joining, as this will disrupt the tour.
- Out of consideration for all walking tour participants, we ask that you please leave all canine companions at home, apart from certified service dogs.
About Your Guide
John Atkin is a civic historian, author and heritage consultant. He offers an interesting and offbeat insight into the city’s architecture, history and neighbourhoods through a series of unique and popular walking tours. These combine his interests in urban planning and development, a love of architecture and a fascination for the curious.
Walking the Ridge: Kensington-Cedar Cottage #1
Wednesday, June 17th, 6pm - 8pm
Kensington-Cedar Cottage
$30+tax
37th Avenue runs through various neighbourhoods across what was the district of South Vancouver and Point Grey. Running by and through major city landmarks and parks such as Mountain View Cemetery, Van Dusen Botanical Garden, Norquay Park, St Mary’s Church in Kerrisdale, Queen Elizabeth Park and Kensington Park. Following 37th Avenue from East to West, John Atkin will be “Walking the Ridge” and exploring how 37th Avenue has been developed and how it has changed, as well as looking closely at the landscape and cartography along the way. This walk will focus on the area around 37th Avenue and Commercial Street in the Kensington-Cedar Cottage neighbourhood.
Photo: [View of Commercial Street and East 36th]. Credit: City of Vancouver Archives 1095-05157.
Location: Paid participants will receive the exact starting location after registering, approximately 1 week before the tour.
Please note:
- For in-person events, we are unable to provide refunds or credits for cancellations received less than four (4) weeks prior to the event. For additional information on VHF’s policies, please visit our Policies page.
- Registration in advance is required for all walking tours, and ID must match. If you are not able to attend the day of your tour, a replacement showing up in your place will not be accepted.
- This tour is a 2 hour +/- outdoor activity that will require participants to navigate a variety of terrain!
- There is a maximum capacity of 20 people per tour. We ask that you please do not seek out the group on tour day in hopes of joining, as this will disrupt the tour.
- Out of consideration for all walking tour participants, we ask that you please leave all canine companions at home, apart from certified service dogs.
About Your Guide
John Atkin is a civic historian, author and heritage consultant. He offers an interesting and offbeat insight into the city’s architecture, history and neighbourhoods through a series of unique and popular walking tours. These combine his interests in urban planning and development, a love of architecture and a fascination for the curious.
Sunset’s Sunny Slope
Saturday, June 20th, 10am - 12pm
Sunset
$30+tax
As the hill steepens, the neighbourhood lore deepens. Join native South Vancouverite Rob Howatson for a stroll around Lower Sunset, where quiet residential streets meet the noisy bustle of the city’s largest industrial area. See where South Van’s first school once stood and walk among the site’s current structures: Sunset’s first condo towers. Up the hill, the school’s successor, Walter Moberly Elementary, shows its chequered history through a mish mash of renovations and extensions. Hear about the struggles to create early neighbourhood halls, walk the old stream paths and follow Khalsa Diwan Road down to the Gurdwara that helped transform the slope into an Indo-Canadian settlement. This walk is a one way route and will end approximately 1.0 km from its starting point.
Photo: Sunny Southern Slope. The photograph shows Chinese gardens, houses, North Arm School and Walter Moberly School in South Vancouver from Fraser Street and River Road (Marine Drive). Credit: City of Vancouver Archives VLP 58
Location: Paid participants will receive the exact starting location after registering, approximately 1 week before the tour.
Please note:
- For in-person events, we are unable to provide refunds or credits for cancellations received less than four (4) weeks prior to the event. For additional information on VHF’s policies, please visit our Policies page.
- Registration in advance is required for all walking tours, and ID must match. If you are not able to attend the day of your tour, a replacement showing up in your place will not be accepted.
- This tour is a 2 hour +/- outdoor activity that will require participants to navigate a variety of terrain!
- There is a maximum capacity of 20 people per tour. We ask that you please do not seek out the group on tour day in hopes of joining, as this will disrupt the tour.
- Out of consideration for all walking tour participants, we ask that you please leave all canine companions at home, apart from certified service dogs.
About Your Guide
Rob Howatson is a writer, local history buff and lifelong South Van’er. He caught the heritage bug in 2007 when he discovered a time capsule hidden in the old Sunset Community Centre. (It contained rare Bing Crosby footage!) Rob also works for the City of Richmond at Steveston’s heritage sites.
If These Walls Could Talk: Vancouver’s West End
Wednesday, June 24th, 6pm - 8pm
West End
$30+tax
Trace the footsteps of the influential figures who shaped our province—from pioneering medical professionals and war heroes to world-class athletes on this tour that explores the historic West End, a neighborhood that served as the original heart of Vancouver’s high society. Beyond the grand architecture, guide Rob Olson will delve into the darker side of the past, including the site of a chilling historical crime. This walk is a one-way route and will end approximately 1.0 km from its starting point.
Photo: Aerial view of West End and Stanley Park in 1927. Credit: City of Vancouver Archives 374-180
Location: Paid participants will receive the exact starting location after registering, approximately 1 week before the tour.
Please note:
- For in-person events, we are unable to provide refunds or credits for cancellations received less than four (4) weeks prior to the event. For additional information on VHF’s policies, please visit our Policies page.
- Registration in advance is required for all walking tours, and ID must match. If you are not able to attend the day of your tour, a replacement showing up in your place will not be accepted.
- This tour is a 2 hour +/- outdoor activity that will require participants to navigate a variety of terrain!
- There is a maximum capacity of 20 people per tour. We ask that you please do not seek out the group on tour day in hopes of joining, as this will disrupt the tour.
- Out of consideration for all walking tour participants, we ask that you please leave all canine companions at home, apart from certified service dogs.
About Your Guide
Rob Olson is a Vancouver-based educator and researcher who views the city through the lens of a Red Seal carpenter and a lifelong storyteller. Specializing in neighborhood heritage, Robert’s walking tours—such as the popular Weird Point Grey—peel back the layers of local architecture and history to reveal the “bones” of the community. When he isn’t mapping out new routes, he is likely mentoring the next generation of robotics enthusiasts and engineers.
Walking the Ridge: Kensington-Cedar Cottage #2
Saturday, June 27th, 10am - 12pm
Kensington-Cedar Cottage
$30+tax
37th Avenue runs through various neighbourhoods across what was the district of South Vancouver and Point Grey. Running by and through major city landmarks and parks such as Mountain View Cemetery, Van Dusen Botanical Garden, Norquay Park, St Mary’s Church in Kerrisdale, Queen Elizabeth Park and Kensington Park. Following 37th Avenue from East to West, John Atkin will be “Walking the Ridge” and exploring how 37th Avenue has been developed and how it has changed, as well as looking closely at the landscape and cartography along the way. This walk will focus on the area around 37th Avenue and Culloden Street in the Kensington-Cedar Cottage neighbourhood.
Photo: A street view of what is likely the 1100 or 1300 block of East 37th Ave. Credit: City of Vancouver Archives 1095-05165
Location: Paid participants will receive the exact starting location after registering, approximately 1 week before the tour.
Please note:
- For in-person events, we are unable to provide refunds or credits for cancellations received less than four (4) weeks prior to the event. For additional information on VHF’s policies, please visit our Policies page.
- Registration in advance is required for all walking tours, and ID must match. If you are not able to attend the day of your tour, a replacement showing up in your place will not be accepted.
- This tour is a 2 hour +/- outdoor activity that will require participants to navigate a variety of terrain!
- There is a maximum capacity of 20 people per tour. We ask that you please do not seek out the group on tour day in hopes of joining, as this will disrupt the tour.
- Out of consideration for all walking tour participants, we ask that you please leave all canine companions at home, apart from certified service dogs.
About Your Guide
John Atkin is a civic historian, author and heritage consultant. He offers an interesting and offbeat insight into the city’s architecture, history and neighbourhoods through a series of unique and popular walking tours. These combine his interests in urban planning and development, a love of architecture and a fascination for the curious.
Walking the Ridge: Kensington-Cedar Cottage #3
Wednesday, July 8th, 6pm - 8pm
Kensington-Cedar Cottage
$30+tax
37th Avenue runs through various neighbourhoods across what was the district of South Vancouver and Point Grey. Running by and through major city landmarks and parks such as Mountain View Cemetery, Van Dusen Botanical Garden, Norquay Park, St Mary’s Church in Kerrisdale, Queen Elizabeth Park and Kensington Park. Following 37th Avenue from East to West, John Atkin will be “Walking the Ridge” and exploring how 37th Avenue has been developed and how it has changed, as well as looking closely at the landscape and cartography along the way. This walk will focus on the area around 37th Avenue and the east side of Fraser Street in the Kensington-Cedar Cottage neighbourhood.
Photo: Fraser[Street] and 37th Avenue intersection. Credit: City of Vancouver Archives 2019-103.0095
Location: Paid participants will receive the exact starting location after registering, approximately 1 week before the tour.
Please note:
- For in-person events, we are unable to provide refunds or credits for cancellations received less than four (4) weeks prior to the event. For additional information on VHF’s policies, please visit our Policies page.
- Registration in advance is required for all walking tours, and ID must match. If you are not able to attend the day of your tour, a replacement showing up in your place will not be accepted.
- This tour is a 2 hour +/- outdoor activity that will require participants to navigate a variety of terrain!
- There is a maximum capacity of 20 people per tour. We ask that you please do not seek out the group on tour day in hopes of joining, as this will disrupt the tour.
- Out of consideration for all walking tour participants, we ask that you please leave all canine companions at home, apart from certified service dogs.
About Your Guide
John Atkin is a civic historian, author and heritage consultant. He offers an interesting and offbeat insight into the city’s architecture, history and neighbourhoods through a series of unique and popular walking tours. These combine his interests in urban planning and development, a love of architecture and a fascination for the curious.
Walking the Ridge: South Cambie
Saturday, July 25th, 10am - 12pm
South Cambie
$30+tax
37th Avenue runs through various neighbourhoods across what was the district of South Vancouver and Point Grey. Running by and through major city landmarks and parks such as Mountain View Cemetery, Van Dusen Botanical Garden, Norquay Park, St Mary’s Church in Kerrisdale, Queen Elizabeth Park and Kensington Park. Following 37th Avenue from East to West, John Atkin will be “Walking the Ridge” and exploring how 37th Avenue has been developed and how it has changed, as well as looking closely at the landscape and cartography along the way. This walk will focus on the area around 37th Avenue and Ash Street in the South Cambie neighbourhood.
Photo: [Men laying] B.C.E.R. tracks – Main St. and 37th Ave. Credit: City of Vancouver Archives A-16-31.
Location: Paid participants will receive the exact starting location after registering, approximately 1 week before the tour.
Please note:
- For in-person events, we are unable to provide refunds or credits for cancellations received less than four (4) weeks prior to the event. For additional information on VHF’s policies, please visit our Policies page.
- Registration in advance is required for all walking tours, and ID must match. If you are not able to attend the day of your tour, a replacement showing up in your place will not be accepted.
- This tour is a 2 hour +/- outdoor activity that will require participants to navigate a variety of terrain!
- There is a maximum capacity of 20 people per tour. We ask that you please do not seek out the group on tour day in hopes of joining, as this will disrupt the tour.
- Out of consideration for all walking tour participants, we ask that you please leave all canine companions at home, apart from certified service dogs.
About Your Guide
John Atkin is a civic historian, author and heritage consultant. He offers an interesting and offbeat insight into the city’s architecture, history and neighbourhoods through a series of unique and popular walking tours. These combine his interests in urban planning and development, a love of architecture and a fascination for the curious.
Walking the Ridge: Shaughnessy
Saturday, August 8th, 10am - 12pm
Shaughnessy
$30+tax
37th Avenue runs through various neighbourhoods across what was the district of South Vancouver and Point Grey. Running by and through major city landmarks and parks such as Mountain View Cemetery, Van Dusen Botanical Garden, Norquay Park, St Mary’s Church in Kerrisdale, Queen Elizabeth Park and Kensington Park. Following 37th Avenue from East to West, John Atkin will be “Walking the Ridge” and exploring how 37th Avenue has been developed and how it has changed, as well as looking closely at the landscape and cartography along the way. This walk will focus on the area around 37th Avenue and Hudson Street in the Shaughnessy neighbourhood.
Photo: Map showing lot subdivisions in the portion of Shaughnessy Heights south of Thirty-seventh Avenue as of January 1st, 1931. Credit: City of Vancouver Archives MAP 331.
Location: Paid participants will receive the exact starting location after registering, approximately 1 week before the tour.
Please note:
- For in-person events, we are unable to provide refunds or credits for cancellations received less than four (4) weeks prior to the event. For additional information on VHF’s policies, please visit our Policies page.
- Registration in advance is required for all walking tours, and ID must match. If you are not able to attend the day of your tour, a replacement showing up in your place will not be accepted.
- This tour is a 2 hour +/- outdoor activity that will require participants to navigate a variety of terrain!
- There is a maximum capacity of 20 people per tour. We ask that you please do not seek out the group on tour day in hopes of joining, as this will disrupt the tour.
- Out of consideration for all walking tour participants, we ask that you please leave all canine companions at home, apart from certified service dogs.
About Your Guide
John Atkin is a civic historian, author and heritage consultant. He offers an interesting and offbeat insight into the city’s architecture, history and neighbourhoods through a series of unique and popular walking tours. These combine his interests in urban planning and development, a love of architecture and a fascination for the curious.
Walking the Ridge: Kerrisdale
Wednesday, August 12th, 6pm - 8pm
Shaughnessy
$30+tax
37th Avenue runs through various neighbourhoods across what was the district of South Vancouver and Point Grey. Running by and through major city landmarks and parks such as Mountain View Cemetery, Van Dusen Botanical Garden, Norquay Park, St Mary’s Church in Kerrisdale, Queen Elizabeth Park and Kensington Park. Following 37th Avenue from East to West, John Atkin will be “Walking the Ridge” and exploring how 37th Avenue has been developed and how it has changed, as well as looking closely at the landscape and cartography along the way. This walk will focus on the area around 37th Avenue and Pine Crescent, just north of the Kerrisdale neighbourhood.
Photo: Point Grey Junior High School in 1929 by Leonard Frank. Credit: Vancouver Public Library 4647
Location: Paid participants will receive the exact starting location after registering, approximately 1 week before the tour.
Please note:
- For in-person events, we are unable to provide refunds or credits for cancellations received less than four (4) weeks prior to the event. For additional information on VHF’s policies, please visit our Policies page.
- Registration in advance is required for all walking tours, and ID must match. If you are not able to attend the day of your tour, a replacement showing up in your place will not be accepted.
- This tour is a 2 hour +/- outdoor activity that will require participants to navigate a variety of terrain!
- There is a maximum capacity of 20 people per tour. We ask that you please do not seek out the group on tour day in hopes of joining, as this will disrupt the tour.
- Out of consideration for all walking tour participants, we ask that you please leave all canine companions at home, apart from certified service dogs.
About Your Guide
John Atkin is a civic historian, author and heritage consultant. He offers an interesting and offbeat insight into the city’s architecture, history and neighbourhoods through a series of unique and popular walking tours. These combine his interests in urban planning and development, a love of architecture and a fascination for the curious.
A Stroll through Shaughnessy
Saturday, August 15th, 10am - 12pm
Shaughnessy
$30+tax
Stroll from the historic Canadian Memorial United Church into the heart of First Shaughnessy, where Vancouver’s grandest estates reveal layers of local lore. Along the way, discover Chief Bingham’s house, famous for once housing Winston Churchill’s preserved cigar, and the regal Greencroft estate, former home of Eric Hamber. The journey with guide Rob Olson highlights the architectural splendor of the twin-towered Glen Brae Manor before winding past the storied mansions of the CPR elite toward the classic brick gates of Shaughnessy Elementary. It is a walk through West Shaughnessy that perfectly captures the prestige and eccentricity of the city’s most exclusive heritage enclave.
Photo: Exterior of the Walter C. Nichol house at 1402 McRae Ave. in c.1918, Shaughnessy Heights, Vancouver, built in 1913. Credit: City of Vancouver Archives 33-01
Location: Paid participants will receive the exact starting location after registering, approximately 2 weeks prior to the tour.
Please note:
- For in-person events, we are unable to provide refunds or credits for cancellations received less than four (4) weeks prior to the event. For additional information on VHF’s policies, please visit our Policies page.
- Registration in advance is required for all walking tours, and ID must match. If you are not able to attend the day of your tour, a replacement showing up in your place will not be accepted.
- This tour is a 2 hour +/- outdoor activity that will require participants to navigate a variety of terrain!
- There is a maximum capacity of 20 people per tour. We ask that you please do not seek out the group on tour day in hopes of joining, as this will disrupt the tour.
- Out of consideration for all walking tour participants, we ask that you please leave all canine companions at home, apart from certified service dogs.
About Your Guide
Rob Olson is a Vancouver-based educator and researcher who views the city through the lens of a Red Seal carpenter and a lifelong storyteller. Specializing in neighborhood heritage, Robert’s walking tours—such as the popular Weird Point Grey—peel back the layers of local architecture and history to reveal the “bones” of the community. When he isn’t mapping out new routes, he is likely mentoring the next generation of robotics enthusiasts and engineers.
Walking the Ridge: Arbutus Ridge
Saturday, August 22nd, 10am - 12pm
Arbutus Ridge
$30+tax
37th Avenue runs through various neighbourhoods across what was the district of South Vancouver and Point Grey. Running by and through major city landmarks and parks such as Mountain View Cemetery, Van Dusen Botanical Garden, Norquay Park, St Mary’s Church in Kerrisdale, Queen Elizabeth Park and Kensington Park. Following 37th Avenue from East to West, John Atkin will be “Walking the Ridge” and exploring how 37th Avenue has been developed and how it has changed, as well as looking closely at the landscape and cartography along the way. This walk will focus on the area around 37th Avenue and Elm Street in the Arbutus Ridge neighbourhood.
Photo: St. Mary’s Church in Arbutus Ridge on September 21, 1921. Credit: Vancouver Public Library 21193
Location: Paid participants will receive the exact starting location after registering, approximately 1 week before the tour.
Please note:
- For in-person events, we are unable to provide refunds or credits for cancellations received less than four (4) weeks prior to the event. For additional information on VHF’s policies, please visit our Policies page.
- Registration in advance is required for all walking tours, and ID must match. If you are not able to attend the day of your tour, a replacement showing up in your place will not be accepted.
- This tour is a 2 hour +/- outdoor activity that will require participants to navigate a variety of terrain!
- There is a maximum capacity of 20 people per tour. We ask that you please do not seek out the group on tour day in hopes of joining, as this will disrupt the tour.
- Out of consideration for all walking tour participants, we ask that you please leave all canine companions at home, apart from certified service dogs.
About Your Guide
John Atkin is a civic historian, author and heritage consultant. He offers an interesting and offbeat insight into the city’s architecture, history and neighbourhoods through a series of unique and popular walking tours. These combine his interests in urban planning and development, a love of architecture and a fascination for the curious.
Walking the Ridge: Dunbar-Southlands #1
Wednesday, September 2nd, 6pm - 8pm
Dunbar-Southlands
$30+tax
37th Avenue runs through various neighbourhoods across what was the district of South Vancouver and Point Grey. Running by and through major city landmarks and parks such as Mountain View Cemetery, Van Dusen Botanical Garden, Norquay Park, St Mary’s Church in Kerrisdale, Queen Elizabeth Park and Kensington Park. Following 37th Avenue from East to West, John Atkin will be “Walking the Ridge” and exploring how 37th Avenue has been developed and how it has changed, as well as looking closely at the landscape and cartography along the way. This walk will focus on the area around 37th Avenue and Balaclava Street in the Dunbar-Southlands neighbourhood.
Photo: 37th [Avenue] at Yew [Street]. Credit: City of Vancouver Archives 2008-127.02055
Location: Paid participants will receive the exact starting location after registering, approximately 1 week before the tour.
Please note:
- For in-person events, we are unable to provide refunds or credits for cancellations received less than four (4) weeks prior to the event. For additional information on VHF’s policies, please visit our Policies page.
- Registration in advance is required for all walking tours, and ID must match. If you are not able to attend the day of your tour, a replacement showing up in your place will not be accepted.
- This tour is a 2 hour +/- outdoor activity that will require participants to navigate a variety of terrain!
- There is a maximum capacity of 20 people per tour. We ask that you please do not seek out the group on tour day in hopes of joining, as this will disrupt the tour.
- Out of consideration for all walking tour participants, we ask that you please leave all canine companions at home, apart from certified service dogs.
About Your Guide
John Atkin is a civic historian, author and heritage consultant. He offers an interesting and offbeat insight into the city’s architecture, history and neighbourhoods through a series of unique and popular walking tours. These combine his interests in urban planning and development, a love of architecture and a fascination for the curious.
Walking the Ridge: Dunbar-Southlands #2
Saturday, September 12th, 10am - 12pm
Dunbar-Southlands
$30+tax
37th Avenue runs through various neighbourhoods across what was the district of South Vancouver and Point Grey. Running by and through major city landmarks and parks such as Mountain View Cemetery, Van Dusen Botanical Garden, Norquay Park, St Marys Kerrisdale Church, Queen Elizabeth Park, and Kensington Park. Following 37th Avenue from East to West, John Atkin will be “Walking the Ridge” and exploring 37th Avenue, how its been developed, how it has changed, and the landscape and cartography. This walk will focus on the area around 37th Avenue and Wallace Street in the Dunbar-Southlands neighbourhood.
Photo: Aerial view of Memorial West Park in 1962. Credit: City of Vancouver Archives 2009-005.308
Location: Paid participants will receive the exact starting location after registering, approximately 1 week before the tour.
Please note:
- For in-person events, we are unable to provide refunds or credits for cancellations received less than four (4) weeks prior to the event. For additional information on VHF’s policies, please visit our Policies page.
- Registration in advance is required for all walking tours, and ID must match. If you are not able to attend the day of your tour, a replacement showing up in your place will not be accepted.
- This tour is a 2 hour +/- outdoor activity that will require participants to navigate a variety of terrain!
- There is a maximum capacity of 20 people per tour. We ask that you please do not seek out the group on tour day in hopes of joining, as this will disrupt the tour.
- Out of consideration for all walking tour participants, we ask that you please leave all canine companions at home, apart from certified service dogs.
About Your Guide
John Atkin is a civic historian, author and heritage consultant. He offers an interesting and offbeat insight into the city’s architecture, history and neighbourhoods through a series of unique and popular walking tours. These combine his interests in urban planning and development, a love of architecture and a fascination for the curious.
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2022 Walking Tour below 45th Avenue with John Atkin. Credit: S. Carlson
Rob Howatson taking participants back in time by Vivian Creek during a walking tour of Fraserview's War Veteran's housing in 2022. Credit: S Carlson
Learning about the Japanese Canadian community in Lower Mount Pleasant during a 2022 walking tour with Christine Hagemoen. Credit: S Carlson
Participants reading the Heritage Building plaque on the Ceperley Rounsefell Building at 848 W Hastings Street.
Exploring the Glen Park neighbourhood during a 2022 walking tour with John Atkin Credit: S Carlson
Participant takes a photo of a building during a Architectural Photography walk in 2017.
Christine Hagemoen leading a group on a 2022 walking tour through Mount Pleasant, Credit: S Carlson
One of the stops on the 'In the Footsteps of the Past: Retracing South Asian History in Kitsilano' tour in 2015.
Guide Michael Schwartz explores the pioneers of Vancouver’s Jewish Community at Mountain View Cemetery in 2019.
Guide Maurice Guibord outside of St. Andrews Wesley Church (1022 Nelson) on a tour through the West End in 2013.
Guide Michael Schwartz leads participants on a tour through Oakridge in 2019.
Guide Rob Howatson at the start of 'Fraserview: The Real Story of the War Vets' Pleasantville' walking tour. Credit: S Carlson
Christine Hagemoen leading a group on a 2022 walking tour through Mount Pleasant, Credit: S Carlson
Guide John Atkin leading a walking tour along W Hastings in 2017.
Participants chat with guide Maurice Guibord and look at archival photos during a 2012 tour in Gastown.
Guide John Atkin leading a group through Gastown in 2018.
Guide Samuel Mickelson leads a summer walking tour along W Hastings in 2015.
Participants on a tour of historic Powell Street in 2018.
Guide John Atkin leading a 2017 tour in Kerrisdale.
Guide John Atkin and participants outside the Mah Society Building on E Pender Street during a 2015 Asian Heritage Walk.
Guide John Belshaw leading a tour on Gore Ave in 2018.
2019 walking tour participants of The Narrows with John Belshaw, on the corner of Southern and Station St.
Guide John Atkin stops in front of a modified Storybook house in Kerrisdale in 2014.
Landscape architect Adrienne Brown leads a walk identifying 100 year old trees in The Crescent (Shaughnessy Park) in May 2016.
Guides Paneet Singh and Naveen Girn lead the 'In the Footsteps of the Past: Retracing South Asian History in Kitsilano' tour in 2015.
Guide Maurice Guibord and participants outside of the Commodore Ballroom at 868 Granville St during a 2012 Art Deco tour.
Participants on a walking tour in 2006 with guide John Atkin.
2016 False Creek Flats walking tour with guide Maurice Guibord in front of Pacific Central Station (1150 Station St).
2017 Francophone Village walking tour with Maurice Guibord outside of Heritage Hall (3102 Main Street).
A stop inside Nat Bailey Stadium (4601 Ontario St) during a 2014 walking tour with John Atkin.
2022 Walking Tour below 45th Avenue with John Atkin. Credit: S. Carlson
Rob Howatson taking participants back in time by Vivian Creek during a walking tour of Fraserview's War Veteran's housing in 2022. Credit: S Carlson
Learning about the Japanese Canadian community in Lower Mount Pleasant during a 2022 walking tour with Christine Hagemoen. Credit: S Carlson
Participants reading the Heritage Building plaque on the Ceperley Rounsefell Building at 848 W Hastings Street.
Exploring the Glen Park neighbourhood during a 2022 walking tour with John Atkin Credit: S Carlson
Participant takes a photo of a building during a Architectural Photography walk in 2017.
Christine Hagemoen leading a group on a 2022 walking tour through Mount Pleasant, Credit: S Carlson
One of the stops on the 'In the Footsteps of the Past: Retracing South Asian History in Kitsilano' tour in 2015.
Guide Michael Schwartz explores the pioneers of Vancouver’s Jewish Community at Mountain View Cemetery in 2019.
Guide Maurice Guibord outside of St. Andrews Wesley Church (1022 Nelson) on a tour through the West End in 2013.
Guide Michael Schwartz leads participants on a tour through Oakridge in 2019.
Guide Rob Howatson at the start of 'Fraserview: The Real Story of the War Vets' Pleasantville' walking tour. Credit: S Carlson
Christine Hagemoen leading a group on a 2022 walking tour through Mount Pleasant, Credit: S Carlson
Guide John Atkin leading a walking tour along W Hastings in 2017.
Participants chat with guide Maurice Guibord and look at archival photos during a 2012 tour in Gastown.
Guide John Atkin leading a group through Gastown in 2018.
Guide Samuel Mickelson leads a summer walking tour along W Hastings in 2015.
Participants on a tour of historic Powell Street in 2018.
Guide John Atkin leading a 2017 tour in Kerrisdale.
Guide John Atkin and participants outside the Mah Society Building on E Pender Street during a 2015 Asian Heritage Walk.
Guide John Belshaw leading a tour on Gore Ave in 2018.
2019 walking tour participants of The Narrows with John Belshaw, on the corner of Southern and Station St.
Guide John Atkin stops in front of a modified Storybook house in Kerrisdale in 2014.
Landscape architect Adrienne Brown leads a walk identifying 100 year old trees in The Crescent (Shaughnessy Park) in May 2016.
Guides Paneet Singh and Naveen Girn lead the 'In the Footsteps of the Past: Retracing South Asian History in Kitsilano' tour in 2015.
Guide Maurice Guibord and participants outside of the Commodore Ballroom at 868 Granville St during a 2012 Art Deco tour.
Participants on a walking tour in 2006 with guide John Atkin.
2016 False Creek Flats walking tour with guide Maurice Guibord in front of Pacific Central Station (1150 Station St).
2017 Francophone Village walking tour with Maurice Guibord outside of Heritage Hall (3102 Main Street).
A stop inside Nat Bailey Stadium (4601 Ontario St) during a 2014 walking tour with John Atkin.
Past Walking Tours
with John Atkin
February 22nd | Pastimes and Play
May 17th | Exploring Kensington Cedar Cottage
May 28th and May 31st | Walking the Line: Epworth
June 11th and 14th | Walking the Line: Cedar-Cottage
June 25th | Walking the Line: Cedar-Cottage with John Atkin
July 5th | Walking the Line: Gladstone
July 9th and July 12th | Walking the Line: Nanaimo Road
August 13th and August 16th | Walking the Line: Beaconsfield
with Rob Howatson
July 19th and July 26th | Exploring Downtown South Vancouver
August 9th and August 23rd | Exploring Fraserview’s Riverfront
with John Atkin
February 24: Water, Muck and Trains: The Shrinking Shoreline of False Creek
May 25: Walking on Water: Riley Park (17th Ave and St George St)
June 29: Walking on Water: Riley Park (King Edward Avenue and Columbia Street)
July 6: Walking on Water: Arbutus Ridge (20th Avenue & Vine Street)
July 13: Walking on Water: Riley Park (26th Avenue and Heather Street)
July 27: Walking on Water: Killarney (46th Avenue and Killarney)
August 10: Walking on Water: Sunrise (43rd Avenue and Elgin Street)
August 24: Walking on Water: Charles and Kaslo (Charles Street and Kaslo Street)
September 25: The West End and the Lightheart Legacy
October 2: It All Started in 1974: Early Heritage Designations in Vancouver
October 9: Coal Harbour: As It Once Was
with Rob Howatson
June 22: Champlain Heights: Where the Groovy Went Off Grid
July 20: River District: From Carbolineum to Condominium
August 17th: Fraser Street: South Van’s Original Heartline
Walk the Plan with John Atkin
May 20: Glen Dr & 10th Ave
June 17: Manitoba St at 13th Ave
July 8: Hemlock St at 13th Ave
July 29: Maple St at 14th Ave
August 19: Yew St at 6th Ave
September 2: Hemlock St at 6th Ave
September 16: Columbia St at 4th Ave
October 7th: Scotia St at 6th Ave
with Rob Howatson
June 24: The River District: From Carbolineum to Condominum
July 22: Fraser Street: South Van’s Original Heartline
August 12: Fraserview: The Real Story of the War Vets’ Pleasantville
Where Have I Been Walking with John Atkin
June 25: Glen Park
July 16: Knight and 49th Avenue
August 13: Below 45th Avenue
August 20: Above the Grandview Cut
August 27: Revival Styles, Bogs and Post Modernism
with Christine Hagemoen
June 18: Lower Mount Pleasant: Industry, Immigrants and Institutions
July 9: Secrets of Mount Pleasant
with Rob Howatson
July 23: Fraserview: The Real Story of the War Vets’ Pleasantville
August 6: Life’s a Ditch: Grappling with the Fraser’s North Arm
September 10: Fraserview’s Shifting Shores
‘An Industrial City’ with John Atkin
May 4: The Waterfront
May 25: Railtown
June 8: Vernon Street
July 6: From Creeks to Trains
July 20: Shipyards, Salt and the Olympics
August 10: Beer, Boxes and Tents
August 31: Vegetables, Furniture and Flowers
September 7: Lumber and Telephones
October 5: Foundries, Lumber and Baseball
October 19: Take Me to the River
with Michael Schwartz
July 14: Foundations of the Jewish Community in Gastown & Strathcona
August 25: Pioneers of Vancouver’s Jewish Community at Mountain View Cemetery
September 22: Oakridge Community History
with John Belshaw
April 27: Gore: The Avenue That Slashes the East End
June 22: From Cedar Cove To Port Town
September 21: The Narrows
with Rob Howatson
June 23 & September 15: Fraserview’s Shifting Shores
with Christine Hagemoen
July 28: Lower Mount Pleasant: industry, immigrants and institutions
‘Following the Creeks’ with John Atkin
March 18: Gastown Revisited
April 7: China Creek Basin (NE Mount Pleasant)
April 21: China Creek Ravine (SE Mount Pleasant)
June 16: Davey Creek (SE Mount Pleasant)
June 24: A Brewery and A Stump (Kensington-Cedar Cottage)
July 21: The Lake Bottom (Renfrew Heights)
August 11: Bogs, Farms and a Dairy (Killarney)
September 8: Memorial Park (S Kensington)
October 27: Skunk Cabbage and Tudors (W Point Grey)
November 3: A Country Lane and the Mid-Century (Southlands)
with John Belshaw
May 5 & July 7: Gore – The Avenue That Slashes the East End
June 9: From Cedar Cove To Port Town
June 23: The Narrows
with Adrienne Brown
May 12 & August 25: Vancouver’s Waterfront – History Found Near the Seawall
July 28 & September 22: Open Spaces of Vancouver’s Downtown
2018 Special Event Walking Tours
May 13: Revitalizing UBC – Cultural Landscape and Twentieth Century Design Legacies
October 27: Historic Powell Street Walking Tour
‘Here and There: A Few Bits of the City’ with John Atkin
April 15: The Southern Sunny Slope (Kerrisdale)
May 13: Royal Nurseries (South Kerrisdale)
June 10: Pleasant View (Fraserview)
June 17: Bon Accord Park (Renfrew-Collingwood)
July 15: Welton Heights (Riley Park)
August 12: Strathcona Place (West Side)
August 19: Selkirk Heights (South Shaughnessy)
September 9: Strathcona Hill (South Cambie)
October 14: On the Edge of Shaughnessy (North Shaughnessy)
October 28: Tatlow Park (Kitsilano)
November 19: Chinatown Walk & Dim Sum Lunch
with Maurice Guibord
April 28 & July 29: The Viaducts Quandary
May 6 & June 23: East Fraser Lands
May 20 & August 18: Vancouver’s Art Deco
June 9 & September 30: Vancouver’s “Francophone Village”
June 24 & October 20: False Creek South
with John Atkin
April 30: Carrall Street – Between Forest & Mill (Gastown)
May 7: The Other Shore (Olympic Village/False Creek)
May 21: The Suburbs (Mount Pleasant)
June 18: Edge of the City (Mount Pleasant/Little Mountain)
July 2: Where’s 24th Avenue? (Little Mountain/Riley Park)
July 16: Next to the Mountain (Queen Elizabeth Park)
July 30: Church and School (Sunset/Oakridge)
August 6: Sunset and Golf (Sunset)
October 1: Specials and More (South Vancouver)
October 15: Industry and River (Fraser River)
with Maurice Guibord
April 23 & August 19: Grandview – Places of Worship
May 14 & 27: Vancouver’s Art Deco
May 20 & June 25: Hastings Park & The PNE Fairgrounds
June 10 & August 13: Mountainview Cemetery
July 8 & September 10: The False Creek Flats
with John Atkin
May 2: At the Edge of the City (Renfrew-Collingwood)
May 16: A Stream and a Ravine (Kensington-Cedar Cottage)
May 23: Former Farms and the Interurban (Kensington-Cedar Cottage)
June 14: The Wonky Grid (Kensington-Cedar Cottage)
June 20: Markets and Market Gardens (Little Mountain)
July 4: Hobbit and Other Houses (South Cambie)
July 18: The Edge of Shaughnessy
August 8: Asthma Flats (Arbutus Ridge)
October 3: On the Ridge (Dunbar-Southlands)
October 10: The City Ends (Dunbar-Southlands near Pacific Spirit Park)
with Maurice Guibord
May 8 & July 25: Post-War Architecture (Burrard St)
May 22 & August 29: East Hastings
June 12 & August 15: Sunrise – At the Water’s Edge
June 27 & July 10: Commercial Drive – Little Italy
October 9 & 17: Vancouver’s Art Deco
2015 Special Event Walking Tours
May 19-24: Asian Heritage Walks
September 20: In the Footsteps of the Past – Retracing South Asian History in Kitsilano
‘Off Broadway’ with John Atkin
May 3: On the Edge of the City
May 24: A Garden Oasis
June 7: A Little Bit of Mount Pleasant
June 14: The Lost Neighbourhood
July 12: An Eclectic Apartment District
August 2: Interurbans and Garden Plots
August 16: A Brewery and Cricket
September 6: A Little Bit of Everything
October 4: A Craftsman Neighbourhood
October 18: The End of the Road
with Maurice Guibord
March 29 & April 20: Grandview – Commercial to Clark
April 5 & June 20: Japantown
May 2 & 17: Granville Island
July 4 & August 9: Art Deco Downtown
August 8 & 30: International Style
2014 Special Event Walking Tours
October 14-17: Early Immigrant History Walks
‘Architects and Their Neighbourhoods’ with John Atkin
April 27: The West End
May 18: 1890s Mount Pleasant
June 1: Kitsilano
June 15: Old Roads #1 – Alexander St.
July 6: Kerrisdale
July 13: Triangle West
August 3: Arthur Erickson
August 17: Old Roads #2 – Chinatown
September 7: The Lighthearts
October 5: Old Roads #3 – False Creek
with Maurice Guibord
April 12, June 7 & August 23: West Hastings
April 26, June 21 & September 6: Railtown
July 12, August 9 & September 20: Yaletown
May 24, July 26 & October 11: West End
2013 Special Event Walking Tours
June 15, July 20 & August 17: Stanley Park Bike Tours with Maurice Guibord
May 25: Places that Matter Bike Tour with John Atkin
with John Atkin
May 5: Clark & E 6th Avenue
May 19: Pender & Victoria
June 16: Commercial & Franklin – The Other Chinatown
July 7: Nanaimo & Oxford, Beacon Hill
August 4: 54th & Vivian – Diaperville
August 11: Park Dr & Fremlin – Timber Lease & Old Estates South
August 25: Killarney & 45th – Farmland to Suburbia
October 13: Nelson & Thurlow – West End Apartments
October 27: Nelson & Thurlow – West End Houses
with Maurice Guibord
April 13, May 11 & June 8: Gastown
April 27, May 27 & June 22: Chinatown
July 13, August 10 & September 14: Art Deco
July 27, August 31 & September 28: Burrard St
2012 Special Event Walking Tours
September 8: Public Art Walking Tour (Downtown)
with John Atkin
July 16: Market Alley – Opium, Laundry and Pawnshops
July 23: Blood Alley, the Early City – A Real History
August 13: Laneway Housing: Been There, Done That
August 20: Trails, Creeks and Lanes – A Westside Ramble
August 28: Eveleigh Street – An architect, the CPR and nothing
with Maurice Guibord
October 14 & November 25: Historic Hastings Street West
October 28 & November 25: Historic Hastings Street East
2011 Special Event Walking Tours
August 20: Mole Hill Art & Heritage Walk
with John Atkin
July 10: Marpole
July 17: Italian Strathcona
July 24: Jewish Strathcona
August 14: Sunset
August 21: Oakridge
with John Atkin
July 11: Chinatown
July 25: Carrall St
August 8: Japantown
August 22: Mid-Century Modern
August 29: Strathcona