Vancouver Police Museum: Sins of the City Walking Tour

Learn about vice in the early days of Vancouver by participating in the Vancouver Police Museum’s unique new walking tour – Sins of the City. While leading you through the oldest parts of Vancouver, your guide will regale you with stories about:

• Bootleggers, prohibition, and the often quirky evolution of liquor laws (and their enforcement) in the city
• The development of the early drug trade and the surprising Vancouver origins of Canada’s narcotic laws
• Racial and labour tension boiling over into demonstrations, riots and murder
• The evolution of the sex trade, from brothels to streetwalkers
• The city’s considerable predilection for gambling

Participants are also invited to visit the Police Museum on the day of their walking tour at no additional charge.

via vancouverpolicemuseum.ca

This is probably the best walking tour I have ever been on. All down to the passion of the guide.

One thing, DO NOT approach the Police Museum via East Hastings – That’s 250 scary yards you could do without.

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