Walking Tours

Various dates and times
Regular walking tours $15 (incl. tax)

Special event walking tour prices will vary

Registration for 2018 walking tours are now open! John Atkin returns April 2018 to explore the neighbourhoods that sprung up around the city’s lost and forgotten creek beds, while two new guides offer their unique perspective on Vancouver history. We are pleased to announce that Landscape Architect Adrienne Brown and Author John Belshaw have joined our walking tour guide roster and are excited to share their experience with you.

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SPECIAL EVENT WALKING TOUR

Historic Powell Street Walking Tour
Saturday, October 27 10:30am – 12:30pm
Register here, $15

Explore Vancouver’s historic Japanese Canadian district, centered around Powell Street with Laura Saimoto, Board member of the Vancouver Japanese Language School and Japanese Hall (VJLS-JH). Re-imagine the pre-war Japanese Canadian neighbourhood and see current changes in the Downtown Eastside. The route will end with a look inside the Heritage Award-winning VJLS-JH, built in 1928. The building has unique significance as the only property returned to Japanese Canadian ownership after the World War II Internment. After the tour, stay to enjoy the ‘Emerging Heritage Fair’, part of the site’s 90^th anniversary celebrations and hosted in conjunction with Heart of the City Festival.

Thank you to event partner, the Vancouver Japanese Language School and Japanese Hall

WALKING TOURS WITH JOHN ATKIN

*Please note that all walking tours with John Atkin are currently at capacity. To be added to the waitlist(s) please phone 604-264-9642 or email.

Walks run select Saturdays, 10am – 12pm

‘Following the Creeks’
Join us this year as John explores the Vancouver neighbourhoods that have sprung up around the lost and forgotten creek beds.

Saturday, October 13th – Aquifers and Golf (Oakridge)
How to keep a golf course green and limiting some development

Saturday, October 27th – Skunk Cabbage and Tudors (W Point Grey)
Revival architecture and the city’s only surviving bog

Saturday, November 3rd – A Country Lane and the Mid-Century (Southlands)
Near the edge of the Fraser River, a neighbourhood of mid-century gems and a civic experiment