Great Excursions Home May 15, 2008
Our Regina city tours and Union Station heritage experience will allow you to make the most of your time and discover the distinctive qualities of Regina (and the role Union Station played in the city's development).  Discover Saskatoon and Moose Jaw as well through Great Excursions city tours and sightseeing services. Take advantage of our expert step-on guides and heritage interpreters. Let us design for you a customized experience tailored to your specific needs and interests. You may also choose of our themed heritage adventures either as a walking tour or on-board one of our overland vehicles.

 

1912 Regina Tornado (Cyclone) Tour: one of the worst disasters in Canada

2 hours as walking tour

In the company of a trained archaeologist, retrace the lives of Regina's inhabitants on Sunday, June 30th, 1912 around 5 PM, when a surprise tornado cut its way from the south and turned inside out the Pre-World War One City of Regina.

 

A City Tour of Regina

Variable duration

Prepare yourself for a journey of discovery like no other with Great Excursions’ Claude-Jean Harel as your guide. An anthropologist, award-winning writer-broadcaster and heritage interpreter, Claude-Jean brings to the tourism industry over 20 years of experience in sharing the distinctive qualities of the North American Plains region to national and international guests.

 

Beyond Regina's 1912 Union Station Tour

2 hours as walking tour

The influences of the Canadian Pacific Railway on downtown Regina extend far beyond the obvious exquisite architectural features of 1912 Union Station. By the time Union Station was built, two successive railway stations had previously channelled settlers onto the southern plains for 30 years. This walking tour of downtown Regina is a celebration of the multi-faceted influences of railway activity on the city, based on exclusive archaeological research.

 

Regina's Old Warehouse District Industrial Heritage Tour

1 to 2 hours

Come enjoy Regina's Old Warehouse District through the lense of an architectural anthropologist. We propose to stage "Night Landings" into Regina's Old Warehouse District with a view to interpreting its significance to the wider public in a way that will educate, entertain and stimulate renewed interest in Regina's industrial heritage.