DOWNTOWN
KAMLOOPS
HERITAGE
WALKING
TOUR
This self-guided tour is designed to be followed along with a physical version of the map available at the Kamloops Museum and Archives or simply enjoy the information below.
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Museum Hours
Tuesday - Saturday: 9:30am - 4:30pm
Sunday & Monday: Closed -
Archive Hours
Tuesday - Friday: 1:15pm - 4:00pm
Saturday: By Appointment
Sunday & Monday: Closed
Tour Stops
At each stop, keep an eye out for the heritage plaque that gives you the scoop on the site’s history. Want to dig a little deeper? Click the links below for more stories, photos from the Archives, and extra resources.
01
KAMLOOPS MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
Pick up a walking tour brochure!
02
EMPRESS THEATRE
Originally built in 1912, later became the Capitol Theatre
03
ELKS LODGE AUDITORIUM
Originally built in 1927, it later became The Rex as it’s known today
04
BULMAN BLOCK
Originally built in 1912 and owned by Thomas Bulman
05
PLAZA HOTEL
Originally built in 1928 in a Spanish Colonial Revival style
06
KAMLOOPS’ FIRST FIRE HALL
Kamloops’ first fire hall was a wood frame building constructed in 1905
07
THE WING BUILDING
The first mayor of Chinese descent in North America
08
THE FREEMONT BLOCK
Built in 1911 by Kamloops’ first black alderman, John Freemont Smith
09
MARY SPENCER’S STUDIO
Female photographer from the 1900s. Photographed train robber Billy Miner
10
FUOCO BLOCK
Originally built in 1914 by F. Godman, bought in 1930 by the Fuoco family
11
ROYAL BANK
Originally built in 1911. It featured brick columns, arched windows, and awnings
12
Memorial TO SIR WILFRID LAURIER
Presented in collaboration with Tḱemlúps te Secwépemc
13
THE OLD BANK OF COMMERCE
Edwardian Baroque ‘temple’ design
14
THE OVERLANDERS OF 1862
A group of 150 people who were the 1st European settlers to Kamloops
15
KAMLOOPS CITY HALL
A City Hall in one form another has sat on this spot for well over 100 years
16
OLD KAMLOOPS COURTHOUSE
Originally built in 1909 in a Edwardian Baroque style
17
INLAND CIGAR FACTORY
Originally built in 1895 as a hub of the cigar manufacturing industry
18
ST. ANDREWS ON THE SQUARE
Built in 1887 in a Victorian Gothic Revival style. Kamloops’ oldest public building
The Kamloops Museum and Archives is located on Tḱemlúps te Secwépemc territory within the ancestral unceded lands of Secwépemc Nation, Secwepemcúl’ecw. We invite you to deepen your understanding of Indigenous cultures by visiting the Secwépemc Museum and Heritage Park across the river from the downtown core.
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