Jane’s Walks – St. John’s Edition 2019
A Jane’s Walk is a series of free neighbourhood walking tours that get people out on the streets to discover unseen, under celebrated and unique stories about their city.
The free walking tours are held on the first weekend of May each year all around the world, and are led by locals who want to create a space for residents to talk about what matters to them in the places they live and work. The walks will take place all around the world, including in St. John’s, on May 3, 4, and 5, 2019.
Jane’s Walks are as varied as the people taking part, and they usually last about 90 minutes. We ask each walk guide to offer their perspective along the route, and to encourage the public to weigh in. Through the simple act of walking and talking, Jane’s Walks create ways for people to connect, share, and develop ideas about where their communities and cities are at and where they are headed.
Scroll down to see the full schedule of Jane’s Walks happening in St. John’s this year.
Please be aware of the following for this year’s Jane’s Walks:
1. In case of rain, please check our Facebook page for walk information. Please note the following walks will go on in light rain:
Saturday:
Downtown Development and Heritage
Bidgood Park, Goulds
Pleasantville Neighbourhood walk
Sunday:
Jane’s Run
Kelly’s Brook History walk
2. Wear good walking shoes and bring a rain jacket.
3. We encourage people to bring their smartphones and cameras to take photos along the walks and share them with Happy City!
4. All are welcome to our public Jane’s Walks 2019 wrap-up reception! This will start with a presentation by Gordon Jin: In Search of Gold Mountain – The Journey of One Family from 3:00PM – 4:00PM, and will continue into the reception from 4:00PM – 5:00PM.
You can view the walks below or on Facebook!
2019 Jane’s Walks St. John’s
| Walk | Date | Time | Description |
| Botanical Garden Walk | 1:30PM Friday, May 3 | Length: 1.5 hrs Start: Visitor Services Desk, Field Centre, 306 Mt. Scio Road |
| Downtown Development and Heritage | 9:30AM Saturday, May 4 | Length: 2 hrs Start: Heritage NL Headquarters, 1 Springdale St |
| Bidgood Park, Goulds | 10:00AM Saturday, May 4 | Length: 1 hr Start: Bidgood Park Parking lot on Back Line |
| A Tale of 2 Streams, Reimagining Kelly’s Brook | 11:00AM Saturday, May 4 | Length: 1 hr Start: 95 Bonaventure Ave. |
| Saving the Character & Integrity of our Unique Laneways | 1:00PM Saturday, May 4 | Length: 2 hrs Start: Blue on Water |
| Pleasantville Neighbourhood Walk | 2:00PM Saturday, May 4 | Length: 2 hrs Start: Branch 56 Legion on The Boulevard |
| Jane’s Run | 8:30AM Sunday, May 5 | Length: 1.5 hrs Start: Aquarena Complex |
| Rabbittown | 10:00am Sunday, May 5 | Length: 1.5 hr Start: Coleman’s Grocery on Merrymeeting Road |
| Kelly’s Brook History Walk | 10:00AM Sunday, May 5 | Length: 1.5 hrs Start: Corner of Empire Ave and Stamp’s Lane |
| Rennie’s Mill Trail Urban Botanical Walk | 10:00AM Sunday, May 5 | Length: 1.5 hrs Start: Riverdale Tennis Club |
| Churchill Park | 10:30AM Sunday, May 5 | Length: 1.5 hrs Start: In front of Terrace in the Square |
| From our First Suburbs to the Harbour | 1:00PM Sunday, May 5 | Length: 2 hrs Start: Georestown Café |
| Vacant Spaces | 2:30PM Sunday, May 5 | Length: 1.5 hrs Start: Corner of Pleasant St. and Lemarchant Road (Old Grace Hospital site) |
| In Search of Gold Mountain – The Journey of One Family | 3:00PM Sunday, May 5 | Length: 1 hr Location: The Landing (UC 3018), University Center, MUN |
| Jane’s Walks 2019 Wrap Up Reception | 4:00PM Sunday, May 5 | Length: 1 hr Location: The Landing (UC 3018), University Center, MUN |
Want to lead a walk? Just drop us a line at admin@happycity.ca and we’ll sort it out and get the info posted here!
All we need is a description of your walk, some info on the level of difficulty, a meeting place, a duration, and a time, and we’ll promote it all over the place. Don’t know that stuff? Get in touch and we’ll help you figure it out.
By discussing what makes a city great, and what makes it tick, walk guides and participants are empowered to be better citizens, better stewards, and better neighbours.
It would help with planning how to fit in a Jane’s walk or two if the end point of each was also noted. Then I can look up which bus routes I will need, or how far will it be back to the car, or having finished one can I reasonably get to another and maybe where have lunch between.