Heritage Week | Neighborhoods and Nourishment: An Exploration of Food and Community in Vancouver’s East End
Heritage Week | Neighborhoods and Nourishment: An Exploration of Food and Community in Vancouver’s East End
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Join us for two different walking tours with John Atkin to celebrate Heritage Week 2026. Each tour will dig deeper into how heritage endures through the food and reflects who we are and where we come from.
SOLD OUT! The 1 pm tour will be spent exploring from Prior to Powell Street, learning about the how chicken joints and cafes contributed to Vancouver’s larger community and heritage. These places were largely owned and operated by Black women, and their restaurants were an important part of the local and city-wide social scene.
About Your Guide
John Atkin is a civic historian, author and heritage consultant. He offers an interesting and offbeat insight into the city’s architecture, history and neighbourhoods through a series of unique and popular walking tours. These combine his interests in urban planning and development, a love of architecture and a fascination for the curious.
Details:
• Our walking tours take place rain or shine, snow or hail. Please dress for the weather.
• The walks are two (2) +/- hours long and may take a one-way or circular route.
• Participants must bring identification and their tickets with them in order to participate in the tour. The name on the ticket must match the name on the ID. For more questions about our policies please click here. if you are not able to attend your tour, due to liability reasons an unregistered replacement showing up in your place will not be accepted.
• There is a maximum capacity of 20 people per tour and a minimum of 10. Registration is required in advance for all walking tours and ID must match the ticket. Unregistered people will not be permitted to join on the tour date. Do not seek out the group on the tour day in hopes of joining as this will disrupt the tour.
• Tours take place in public spaces through Vancouver, BC. Participants will encounter a variety of terrain including uncontrolled road crossings, gravel, stairs, slopes, etc. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at mail@vancouverheritagefoundation.org.
• Further details, including start and finish points, will be provided to registered participants.
• Tickets will be available for purchase until 5pm the day before the tour, or until sold out
PLEASE NOTE: For in-person events, we are unable to provide refunds or credits for cancellations received less than four (4) weeks prior to the event. For additional information on VHF's policies, please visit our Policies page prior to registering.
If you would like to make a donation in addition to your registration, the amount will be tax deductible and you will receive an official tax receipt for donations of $20 or more. Our Registered Charity number is 891765968.