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Self-guided historic walking tours

Alberni Valley Museum9 hr 25 min by bus · 139 km
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The front door of the Alberni Valley Museum
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What it actually looks like

Photos from Alberni Valley Museum's website
Our note
These are streets rather than a site, with no booking and no staff, so you set the pace and turn back whenever you like. The two Southport routes are under a kilometre and are the manageable ones for short legs. There is no shelter, no washroom and nowhere to sit on the route, so plan around the weather.

What the children do

Three self-guided walking tours of Port Alberni presented by the museum, each pamphlet carrying historic information and photographs about the built heritage of one part of the city. The Northport tour of the old town of Alberni is about 2.5 km and takes 30 to 40 minutes. The Southport harbour tour and the Southport residential tour are each under 1 km and take 10 to 20 minutes. The pamphlets can be read online, downloaded as PDFs, or picked up in paper at the museum at 4255 Wallace Street. No price is stated for the paper copies.

Walk a set route through city streets, stopping at older buildings and matching them against the historic photographs in the pamphlet.

Good to know

Three routes with their distances and walking times are published, and the pamphlets are online or on paper at the museum. There is no washroom, indoor space or rain shelter on the route, and no price is stated for the paper copies.

Washrooms
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Lunch space
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Rain backup
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Strollers
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Wheelchair access
We are wheelchair accessible on the main floor. Museum Birthday Parties are held in the downstairs activity room at the Museum. Guests must be able to go up and down stairs. If an accessible party room is required, please let us know at the time of your booking.
Bus parking
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Restrictions
Groups (10 or more people) must book in advance.

Getting there

4255 Wallace Street, Port Alberni BC V9Y 3Y6

On foot
30 hr 13 min
too far with this group
By bus
9 hr 25 min
includes a 9 min wait
Driving
4 hr 25 min

The dark pin is Victoria.

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