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Overview

Explore Winnipeg’s historic Broadway and Memorial district on a flexible GPS-guided audio walking tour. Stories play automatically as you follow the 2.5 km route past grand buildings, monuments and leafy boulevards. Highlights include WAG-QAUMAJUQ, MANITOBA LEGISLATIVE BUILDING, UPPER FORT GARRY, MANITOBA CLUB, FORT GARRY HOTEL and UNION STATION. Hear how wealth, politics and railway growth shaped the city. Start whenever you like, pause for photos or museum visits and finish at your own pace. Download before you arrive; no mobile data or signal is needed during the tour.

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Tour starts at the iconic Hudson's Bay Building, one of 6 original departments stores in Canada.

Language Offered

English-AUDIO

English-WRITTEN

Itinerary

1. Hudson's Bay
FORMER HUDSON’S BAY BUILDING. See the landmark department store being transformed into Wehwehneh Bahgahkinahgohn, a major Indigenous-led redevelopment.
Duration: 5 mins
2. Winnipeg Art Gallery
WAG-QAUMAJUQ. Admire the striking art gallery and its internationally celebrated collection of Inuit art.
Duration: 5 mins
3. Manitoba Provincial Archives
MANITOBA ARCHIVES BUILDING. See the stately home of Manitoba’s provincial records and stories.
Duration: 5 mins
4. Memorial Boulevard
FORMER VAUGHAN STREET JAIL. View the imposing surviving jail building and its sombre place in Winnipeg history from the exterior.
Duration: 5 mins
5. Memorial Provincial Park
POWER HOUSE BUILDING. Pass this utilitarian heritage structure that once helped serve the surrounding government complex.
Duration: 2 mins
6. Teranet Manitoba - Winnipeg Land Titles and Personal Property Office
LAND TITLES BUILDING. Admire the grand civic architecture of an institution central to Winnipeg’s early growth.
Duration: 5 mins
7. Edmonton Street & Broadway
DEVON COURT APARTMENTS. See an elegant early apartment building that reflects Broadway’s fashionable residential era.
Duration: 5 mins
8. Carlton Street & Broadway
TUCKWELL’S SCHOOL FOR BOYS. Picture the vanished private school through the tour’s historic image at this former-site stop.
Duration: 5 mins
9. Broadway & Hargrave Street
MONARCH LIFE BUILDING. Notice the refined architecture of this prominent early Winnipeg office building.
Duration: 5 mins
10. Broadway & Donald Street
KENMORE AND PRINCETON APARTMENTS. Admire two buildings once counted among Winnipeg’s most luxurious residences.
Duration: 5 mins
11. 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 mins
12. Manitoba Club
MANITOBA CLUB. See Western Canada’s oldest operating private club, founded in 1874.
Duration: 5 mins
13. Upper Fort Garry
UPPER FORT GARRY FRONT GATE. Pass through the surviving gateway to the fur-trade post that shaped early Winnipeg.
Duration: 5 mins
14. Upper Fort Garry
UPPER FORT GARRY PROVINCIAL HERITAGE PARK. Explore the urban park marking a pivotal site in Winnipeg’s founding story.
Duration: 5 mins
15. Fort Street & Broadway
FORT GARRY PLACE AND PRAIRIE 360. Contrast a modern residential complex with Winnipeg’s distinctive revolving tower.
Duration: 5 mins
16. The Fort Garry Hotel, Spa and Conference Centre
FORT GARRY HOTEL. Admire Winnipeg’s landmark château-style railway hotel, an enduring symbol of the city’s boom years.
Duration: 5 mins
17. Naval Museum of Manitoba
NAVAL MUSEUM OF MANITOBA. Pass the museum’s exterior and discover Manitoba’s surprising naval history.
Duration: 5 mins
18. Donald Street
PATERSON BLOCK. See this handsome historic apartment block along Winnipeg’s grand Broadway corridor.
Duration: 5 mins
19. 75 Hargrave St
GLINES HOUSE. Admire one of the tour’s distinguished heritage homes and the story preserved in its architecture.
Duration: 5 mins
20. 65 Hargrave St
GILROY HOUSE. See a graceful heritage residence linked to one of Winnipeg’s early prominent citizens.
Duration: 5 mins
21. Dalnavert Museum and Visitors' Centre
DALNAVERT MUSEUM. Admire the beautifully restored Victorian home, now a museum preserving Winnipeg’s early social history.
Duration: 5 mins
22. 75 Kennedy
ROBERT BURNS STATUE. Meet Scotland’s celebrated poet in bronze on the Manitoba Legislative Building grounds.
Duration: 5 mins
23. Assiniboine Avenue & Kennedy Street
BEE BETTER MANITOBA BUTTERFLY GARDEN. Take a short optional detour through a pollinator-friendly garden near the Legislative Building.
Duration: 5 mins
24. Assiniboine Avenue & Osborne Street North
LOUIS RIEL STATUE AND FOUNTAIN. See the towering memorial to Manitoba’s Métis leader beside the Legislative Building grounds.
Duration: 5 mins
25. VVM2+JF Winnipeg
THE GOLDEN BOY. Look up to Manitoba’s iconic gilded figure shining from the Legislative Building dome.
Duration: 5 mins
26. Manitoba Legislative Building
MANITOBA LEGISLATIVE BUILDING. Circle the monumental Beaux-Arts landmark and admire its celebrated architecture from the public grounds.
Duration: 5 mins
27. All Saints' Anglican Church
ALL SAINTS’ ANGLICAN CHURCH. View the historic stone church that has anchored Broadway since the late 19th century.
Duration: 5 mins
28. 219 Memorial Blvd
SIR WILLIAM STEPHENSON MEMORIAL PROVINCIAL PARK. Finish beside the statue honouring the Winnipeg-born intelligence legend known as Intrepid.
Duration: 5 mins
29. Winnipeg
HISTORICAL PLAQUES. Pause along Broadway to discover markers that preserve the people and events behind Winnipeg’s early prosperity.
30. Winnipeg
MOUNT ROYAL APARTMENTS. View the 1926 brick apartment block at 36 Navy Way, a surviving example of Winnipeg’s early multi-family housing.
31. 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.

Inclusion

No time constraints, take as long as you like to complete the tour

Download on WIFI before (no signal required or data used during tour)

Live GPS map shows route & your location

Flexible dates - tour is yours to keep and enjoy anytime on Tripvia Tours.

Tour guide commentary automatically plays at each point of interest

Exclusion

Attraction tickets

Headphones (optional - audio will play from device speaker too)

Smartphone or tablet

WINNIPEG RAILWAY MUSEUM: closed for Union Station upgrades; exterior viewing only.

FORMER HUDSON’S BAY BUILDING: redevelopment underway; exterior viewing only.

Parking fees

In-person tour guide

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

  • 100% refund if cancelled 1+ days before the start date
  • 0% refund if cancelled less than 1 day(s) before the start date

Additional Info

Service animals allowed

Public transportation options are available nearby

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller

All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible

Transportation options are wheelchair accessible

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Wheelchair accessible

Supplied by Tripvia Tours

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