Vancouver Lost Souls of Gastown Walking Tour
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From $28.79
706 reviews (4.82)
Price varies by group size
Lowest Price GuaranteePricing Info: Per Person
Duration: 1 hours
Departs: Vancouver, Vancouver
Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Free cancellation
Overview
Step inside a world of murder, revenge, and true grit in a dramatic history of Victorian Gastown. Stories of deadly fire and smallpox emerge from the shadows as you venture through cobblestone streets to the shocking finale in this unique performance-theatre experience. Follow the lamplight of your guide as you discover the Great Fire, smallpox outbreaks, and the unsolved murder of John Bray.
What's Included
Local guide
What's Not Included
Gratuities
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Traveler Information
- CHILD: Age: 0 - 0
- YOUTH: Age: 14 - 17
- ADULT: Age: 18 - 59
- SENIOR: Age: 60 - 105
Additional Info
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- COVID-19 vaccination required for guides
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- Please arrive at least 10 minutes before the scheduled start time
- Service animals allowed
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Our tours are designed for adult audiences and do contain some references to adult themes. Our age recommendation is 14+ but certainly children aged 10+ can attend and enjoy our walking tours if parents are comfortable with their children hearing mature s
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- We adhere to health guidelines set by the Provincial Government of British Columbia.
Cancellation Policy
What To Expect
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Gastown
60 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Gassy Jack
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Gaoler's Mews
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Maple Tree Square
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Reviews
My partner and I took our tour with Sandra near the tail end of September. We had a fairly small group – about 7 people – so the tour was quite intimate. Beginning at Buro Coffee Shop, Sandra took us up to the Victorian Hotel (Vancouver’s oldest operating hotel) and set the stage: The Klondike Gold Rush was in full swing, luring many a prospector and lady of the night with its promise of overnight riches, but was it all rainbows and sunshine? From here we walked down a dark alley, spoke briefly about Gassy Jack and his controversial history, and then spoke about the Great Fire of 1886. Its impacts were massive, basically burning Gastown to the ground and trapping some unfortunate souls . . . if you listen carefully, you might still hear them calling for help . . .
Continuing along Water Street, we stopped very briefly at the famed Steam Clock and chuckled at its history (or lack thereof). I guess you could call it contemporary history? It is, after all, an important part of modern day Gastown.
The tour concluded with Gaoler’s Mews and Maple Tree Square (once the heart of Vancouver). Fiction came face-to-face with history and we were left to ponder the mystery of John Bray. Gastown is indeed an area of lost souls!
At day’s end, we thoroughly enjoyed the tour. Sandra did an exceptional job of keeping everybody entertained while concomitantly weaving theatre and history together over the course of 1.5 hours. Next on our list? Forbidden Vancouver’s “Secrets of Stanley Park” tour!
Highly recommend it.
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