VINTAGE CHARACTERS INVITES YOU TO
DISCOVER EDMONTON
Join us for a chance to discover more about your hometown on a 2-hour walk that starts at 10 AM followed by a light lunch.
Tour Details:
Strikes, Struggles and Success ... Discover working-class stories of Edmontonians who built our city. Learn about Indigenous labour history, the pemmican industry, women workers at Great Western Garment factory, immigrant contributions to infrastructure, and key strikes including the amusing 1947 Chocolate Bar Strike. Taste modern pemmican and make your own protest signs!
- Limited to 15 registrants
- Distance: 2.5-3 kilometers each
- Duration: 2 hours
- Accessibility: Sidewalks with street crossings, mostly level terrain
- Limited seating available at most stops.
- Light lunch included at the end of the event.
Tours run rain or shine, so dress for the weather and bring water and sunscreen! Events will only be cancelled in case of extreme weather or air quality warnings.
Limited Tickets are available for this event.
EVENT IS FREE TO MEMBERS OF
VINTAGE CHARACTERS
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Questions can be directed to your host
Gerry Hofs at 780-474-5150
Plan to meet your host at 9:30 AM
at the Royal Alberta Museum
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If you register and then have to cancel for any reason
the Board of Directors will review the circumstances and there
may be a cost associated with the cancellation.
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