Lost Souls of Gastown Walking Tour
Vancouver, Canada
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Trip Type: Walking Tours
Duration: 90 minutes
Venture into Vancouver's earliest and most gruesome history on this 90-minute experience walking tour. Follow the lamplight of your guide as you discover the Great Fire, smallpox outbreaks, and the unsolved murder of John Bray.
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Venture into Vancouver's earliest and most gruesome history on this 90-minute experience walking tour. Follow the lamplight of your guide as you discover the Great Fire, smallpox outbreaks, and the unsolved murder of John Bray.Follow the lamplight of your guide as you discover the terror of a Great Fire that ate up Gastown in minutes, the long forgotten plague of smallpox, and the unsolved murder of John Bray – a man who wandered the streets for two delirious weeks after being shot three times in the head.
Designed for adult audiences, the experience is both a walking tour and a theatre piece. Every story is grounded in documented Vancouver history, taken from the city archives. The plot line is woven together as the tragic tale of one person's life, ending in a dramatic finale in the heart of Gastown's Maple Tree Square.
As you travel along cobblestone streets you'll visit our city's oldest hotel - The Victorian, learn the truth about the historic Gastown Steamclock, see how Vancouver looked before and after the Great Fire, catch the oldest building on Vancouver’s oldest street, and walk down the back alleys of Water Street to famous Maple Tree Square. Every one of Gastown's must-see sites and landmarks is visited on the walk.
Do not expect a ghost tour or conventional walking tour – this is an experience that will pull so deep into the swirling lamplight and darkened alleys of Gastown’s murky past you may have a hard time finding your way back out…
Designed for adult audiences, the experience is both a walking tour and a theatre piece. Every story is grounded in documented Vancouver history, taken from the city archives. The plot line is woven together as the tragic tale of one person's life, ending in a dramatic finale in the heart of Gastown's Maple Tree Square.
As you travel along cobblestone streets you'll visit our city's oldest hotel - The Victorian, learn the truth about the historic Gastown Steamclock, see how Vancouver looked before and after the Great Fire, catch the oldest building on Vancouver’s oldest street, and walk down the back alleys of Water Street to famous Maple Tree Square. Every one of Gastown's must-see sites and landmarks is visited on the walk.
Do not expect a ghost tour or conventional walking tour – this is an experience that will pull so deep into the swirling lamplight and darkened alleys of Gastown’s murky past you may have a hard time finding your way back out…
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