Heritage Barrie Walking Tours
TAKE AN HOUR TO ENJOY BARRIE'S RICH HISTORY Self-Guided Walking Tours
As the centre of commerce and county government, Barrie was the location of choice for many
prominent families in the nineteenth and early twentieth century. Their stylish homes, businesses, and landmarks survive along Barrie's modern streetscapes, and their stories can be uncovered by taking a self-guided walking tour.
Click the links below to take a step back into history.
Downtown East Walking Tour Downtown West Walking Tour Discovering the Waterfront Walking Tour H-Block and Court House Hill Walking Tour Grand Homes Walking Tour Rodney and Blake Streets Walking Tour 
Downtown Guided Walking Tours
This year Steve Travers {The Official Town Crier for the City of Barrie} will conduct three historic walking tours around the downtown area of the city and Union Cemetery. Each tour takes approximately one hour, and is completely free! Steve will meet you at Memorial Square and guide you on the tour for approximately a block, whilst telling you some most interesting stories about Barrie's Victorian past. Various buildings will be pointed out to you, and their architectural features explained, as well as descriptions of some of the more "interesting" characters who
lived in our city in bygone days.
"I just love telling stories about some of the rogues and scoundrels that lived here back then" explains our Town Crier Travers.
Guided Walking Tours
"This year I will be joined by the famous author Mr. Larry Cotton who wrote "Whiskey and Wickedness Barrie" and Mr. Cotton will be adding very interesting anecdotes to each place we stop on the tour".
- Steve Travers, Town Crier