Museums and history

School walking history tour

Old Cemeteries Society of Victoriadistance not known

✓ Fits your group

A group of children with backpacks stands on the grass beside a stone monument while an adult talks to them in a cemetery.

Cost

$45 per class

$2.81 a child for 16

Ages & size

Grades not published

Capacity not published

Duration

Length not published

Year round

Days not published

Book by

Not published

Plan this trip

Fieldy handles all communication and booking for you.

What it actually looks like

Photos from Old Cemeteries Society of Victoria's website

Our note

The whole visit is outdoors on your feet with nothing to sit on, so plan for weather and shoes. Ask what the $45 covers when you call, because their other group page charges $10 a head instead.

What the children do

A guided walking history tour of Ross Bay Cemetery for a school class or other children's group. Prepared tours include a general tour of the cemetery, a BC history tour, a gold rush tour, an Emily Carr tour and a women's history tour, and the guides will build a tour around a teacher's own topic. The site says the tours suit Grade 4 and up and links them to Art, Drama, English Language Arts and Social Studies. To book, leave a message on the voice mail at 250 598 8870 with the topic, preferred date and time, grade level and group size, or use the form on their school tours page. A teacher's kit and a self guided map are also available for classes coming on their own.

Walk through the cemetery with a guide, stopping at graves and monuments while the guide tells the stories of the people buried there.

Good to know

An outdoor walking tour with no washrooms, indoor lunch space or wet weather plan mentioned anywhere on the site. Their tours stay on paved paths and a private bus can drive into the cemetery on weekdays, so ask about drop off when you book.

Sources disagree. Their school page charges one flat $45 for the whole tour and their private group page charges $10 a person. Which one applies to a class of children is not spelled out. Worth settling when you book, because for 25 children the difference is large.

Washrooms

Needs confirmation

Lunch space

Needs confirmation

Rain backup

Needs confirmation

Strollers

Needs confirmation

Wheelchair access

These wheelchair-accessible walking tours follow the paved pathways.

Bus parking

Groups that come by private bus can drive into Ross Bay Cemetery to meet the guide at a selected location. Vehicles can enter the cemetery only on weekdays, but parking is easily available on nearby streets or at the Fairfield Plaza (1516 Fairfield Road).

Nearby park

Needs confirmation

Details checked on 2026-09-03 against the venue’s own pages. Something wrong? , it takes one tap. · Venue page · 250-598-8870