My VANCOUVER HERITAGE NEIGHBOURHOODS HISTORY WALKS Are Back For A Limited Late Summer Engagement. Book Now! AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2017

My TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence-winning VANCOUVER HERITAGE NEIGHBOURHOODS HISTORY WALKS are back for a limited Late Summer engagement. Book Now! AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2017

Tours start at 10am and usually last 2.5 to sometimes 3 hours depending on group size and pace. Tours that begin and end at or near the point of departure are noted as "Circle Tours". Except for my West End History Walk which has some hills, all the rest of my History Walks are relatively flat and easy to walk.  

Cost is $20 per person

Details on the content of the East End/Strathcona History Walk (Tour 1), the East End's Working/Wild Side History Walk (Tour 2), West End History alms (Tour 3) and the Grandview Neighbourhood History Walk (Tour 4) can be found by clicking on the appropriate link above.

For more information or to reserve a space please e-mail

historywalks@gmail.com. 

AUGUST 12

East End/Strathcona History Walk (Tour 1)

Departs 10:00am from 696 East Hastings at Heatley Avenue (Circle Tour)

AUGUST 19

West End History Walk (Tour 3)

Departs 10:00am from SE corner of Robson Street and Bute and ends at Davie and Denman

AUGUST 26

History Walk of the Working/Wild Side of Vancouver’s East End (Tour 2)

Departs 10:00am  from corner of Raymur and Malkin Avenue (near Cottonwood Community Gardens) and ends in front of 1000 Parker Street close to point of departure.

SEPTEMBER 02

East End/Strathcona History Walk (Tour 1)

Departs 10:00am from 696 East Hastings at Heatley Avenue (Circle Tour)

SEPTEMBER 09

History Walk of Grandview (Cancelled)

I regret to inform you that the Grandview History Work is cancelled as I will be attending a memorial.

SEPTEMBER 16

East End/Strathcona History Walk (Tour 1)

Departs 10:00am from 696 East Hastings at Heatley Avenue (Circle Tour)

Also, 

Private History Walks for groups of 5 people or more (or a minimum $100 charge for smaller groups) are available on Sunday mornings and afternoons 

August 13, August 20, August 27, September 3 and September 10, 

Choose from any of these neighbourhood History Walks:

     Strathcona/East End (Tour 1), 

     The East End's Working Wild Side (Tour 2), 

     The West End (Tour 3), and 

     Grandview (Tour 4). 

These private tours are available in English, Japanese and Italian. 

For more information or to book a private tour, e-mail me at: historywalks@gmail.com.

My EAST END VANCOUVER HISTORY WALKS Are Back For A Limited Early Spring Engagement. Book Now!

My TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence-winning History Walks of Vancouver's heritage neighbourhoods are back Saturday mornings for a limited time in the early Spring of 2017. 

(2017 Late Summer Schedule TBA). 

Tours start at 10am and usually last 2 to 2.5 hours depending on group size and pace. Tours that begin and end at or near the point of departure are noted as "Circle Tours". Except for my West End History Walk (not offered in the regular walk schedule this Spring but available as a private tour) which has some hills, all the rest of my History Walks are relatively flat and easy to walk.  

Details on the content of the East End/Strathcona History Walk (Tour 1) and the East End's Working/Wild Side History Walk (Tour 2) can be found by clicking on the appropriate link above. The West End (Tour 3) and Grandview (Tour 4) History Walks are at this time only available as private tours.  

For more information or to reserve a space please e-mail

historywalks@gmail.com. 

FEBRUARY/MARCH 2017
VANCOUVER HISTORY WALK SCHEDULE

Saturday February 18th 10am-12:30

East End/Strathcona History Walk (Tour 1)

Georgia & Dunlevy in 1962, CVA photo

Departs from 696 East Hastings at Heatley Avenue (Circle Tour)

Cost: $20/person

Saturday, February 25th,  10am-12:30pm

East End/Strathcona History Walk (Tour 1)

Newspaper article about bootlegger's houses being padlocked as punishment

Departs from 696 East Hastings at Heatley Avenue (Circle Tour)

Cost: $20/person

Saturday, March 4th 10am-12:30

The East End's Working/Wild Side History Walk (Tour 2)

East End aviator Tosca Trasolini and the Flying Seven - CVA photo

Departs corner of Raymur and Malkin Avenue (near Cottonwood Community Gardens) and ends in front of 1000 Parker Street close to point of departure.

Cost: $20/person

Saturday, March 11th, 10am-12:30pm

East End/Strathcona History Walk (Tour 1)

The East End as seen from what is now Vancouver's Olympic Village in 1892

Departs from 696 East Hastings at Heatley Avenue (Circle Tour)

Cost: $20/person

Saturday, March 18th 10am-12:30

East End/Strathcona History Walk (Tour 1)

Original Cover Art by Carole Itter for OPENING DOORS IN VANCOUVER'S EAST END/STRATHCONA

Departs from 696 East Hastings at Heatley Avenue (Circle Tour)

Cost: $20/person

Saturday, March 25th, 10am-12:30pm

The East End's Working/Wild Side History Walk (Tour 2)

Delivery Trucks lined up on the False Creek Flats south of Prior Street in the early 1900s - CVA photo

Departs corner of Raymur and Malkin Avenue (near Cottonwood Community Gardens) and ends in front of 1000 Parker Street close to point of departure.

Cost: $20/person

VPD in front of the old police HE on Powell Street in 1902

Also, 

Private History Walks
for groups of 5 people or more (or a minimum $100 charge for smaller groups) are available on Sunday mornings and afternoons 

February 19, and 26

March 5, 12 and 19, 
as well as during the weekdays from February 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, and 28, 
as well as March 1, 2, 3, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24. 

Choose from any of these neighbourhood History Walks:

     Strathcona/East End (Tour 1), 

     The East End's Working Wild Side (Tour 2), 

     The West End (Tour 3), and 

     Grandview (Tour 4). 

These private tours are available in English, Japanese and Italian. 

For more information or to book a private tour, e-mail me at:

historywalks@gmail.com.

MY NEIGHBOURHOOD HISTORY WALKS STARRED IN THIS DOCUMENTARY BY JANELLE HUOPALAINEN

Image is screen capture from Janelle Huopalainen's documentary TIME TRAVELER

A few weeks ago, the night before I was to do one of my West End history Walks, a young documentarian named Janelle Huopalainen contacted me, asking if she could come along and film the tour. 

She wanted to enter the resulting film in a 24 Hour Film Contest. I am totally blown away by what she was able to pull together in such a short time... What I was really delighted to see come through was my passion for Vancouver's history and heritage, especially as it is expressed in our city's old houses. 

Our old houses are touchstones to our neighbourhoods' histories.  When we knock down our old houses, we uproot ourselves... disconnect ourselves from our past... and that for me is not a good thing. 

So let's take a walk back in time. Through this link I am delighted to present Janelle's Documentary, TIME TRAVELER

Image is screen capture from Janelle Huopalainen's documentary TIME TRAVELER