Walking Tours with John Atkin

"An Industrial City"

In 2019 join John Atkin to explore Vancouver’s industrial heritage and history.

Walks are held select Saturdays from 10am to 12pm.

Walks proceed rain or shine.

Meeting locations will be listed in your confirmation email.

October 19 - Take Me to the River
For thousands of years the Fraser River and its shoreline has been an important food source and transportation corridor. It has long been a major industrial artery and is now an emerging residential area

Walks at capacity
The below walks are now at capacity. To be added to the waitlist please email or phone 604-264-9642.
May 4 - The Waterfront
Vancouver’s non-native settlement begins with the water’s edge. This walk looks at the layers of history found along the shore between Main St and Granville St

May 25 - Railtown
A proposed train station, purpose built rail-oriented warehouses, brothels and graphic designers are all found in this emerging design district.

June 8 - Vernon Street
A lost waterfront, duck hunting ground, indigenous portage route and home to the arts and taxis.

July 6 – From Creek to Trains
The eastern reaches of False Creek were filled for rail yards, passenger depots and a home for industry in the early years of the 20th Century and change is once again on the horizon. 

July 20 - Shipyards, Salt and the Olympics
The southeast corner of False Creek has become one of the city’s newest residential neighbourhoods leaving behind its heavy industrial past.

August 10 - Beer, Boxes and Tents
Once home to a number of industries including a brewery, Jones Tent and Awning and a host of other firms attracted by the rail access, the district today is an interesting mix of modern construction and heritage buildings.

August 31 - Vegetables, Furniture and Flowers 
Chinese vegetable wholesalers and retailers rubbed shoulders with other small scale industry on the edge of Mount Pleasant and the fertile valley between Main St and Fraser St.

September 7 - Lumber and Telephones
Commercial Street, once the main business section of Cedar Cottage, is an eclectic streetscape of industry, restaurants and new residential development.

October 5 - Foundries, Lumber and Baseball
Before the construction of the Granville Street Bridge, the area was home to the Capilano Stadium and the local baseball team. Foundries and lumber yards were mixed in with a collection of houses and churches in the surrounding neighbourhood. 

Most even expenses are incurred in the 4 week period just prior to the event. Our registration cancellation policy reflects the fact that we cannot recover these costs. We do not provide refunds or credits for non-attendance. Thank you for your understanding.