Historical Downtown Eau Claire: Self-Guided Walking Tour

Explore the fascinating history of Downtown Eau Claire on this self-guided walking tour. Learn about the city’s lumber history, steamboat era, and more in just 90 minutes!

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Phoenix Park - The tour makes a roughly 10 minute stop in Phoenix Park where you’ll hear about Eau Claire’s early history.
  • Pablo Center at the Confluence - The tour briefly stops outside the Pablo Center at the Confluence. You’ll hear a little about the centre and have the opportunity to pause the tour and go in.
  • **The District Pub &…
What's Included
  • VoiceMap App for Android and iOS
  • Lifetime access to this tour in English
  • Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata
What's Not Included
  • Food/Drink
  • Smartphone and headphones
  • Tickets or entrance fees to any museums or other attractions en route
  • Transportation
Additional Information

Explore the transformation of a modest logging settlement into a vibrant cultural hub on this economically priced, self-guided audio tour.
• Dive into over 30 discussions including the captivating history of Eau Claire’s lumber industry, its steamboat epoch, electric streetcars, and its majestic Opera House
• Listen to the narratives of Roger Gostomski,…

Location
Trust Point
South Dewey Street
Before arrival, please install the VoiceMap mobile app and use the code provided on your confirmation ticket. This is a self-guided audio tour that you can start, pause, or restart at any time and complete at your own pace. Detailed starting point instructions are available after downloading.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Brian
Apr 11, 2024
Phenomenal Walking Tour - My wife and I ran across this tour during an overnight stay in town on our way home to western North Dakota. Some of the highlights of the presentation is the flexibility that allowed us to stop for lunch and restart the tour without losing our place in the route. This is due to the ingenuity of the tour host along with combinations of the ease of knowing where we were at by the integration of a live map. Along the route there are many stores and shops that may interest future prospects that choose to visit without disturbing the tour. The history of Eau Claire is included in four tours on the “VoiceMap” app is easily connected between a cell phone and any Bluetooth headset system. And, with the the affordable cost, anyone is able to enjoy this great historical town and modern conveniences. I highly recommend this tour and will return to enjoy the others in the future.
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S5390xochrisl
Jul 19, 2022
Excellent Walking Tour! - This was a great walking tour of Eau Claire. I especially enjoyed the beautiful scenery along the rivers. It’s interesting to hear the history about the city as you walk along. Very well done!
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377christyv
Jul 19, 2022
Excellent - Awesome tour through the park by the river, and very informative about the history. We will definitely do this tour again.
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Craigbwisco
Sep 6, 2021
Great Way to Spend an Afternoon - Very well done and informative tour of downtown Eau Claire. A lot of interesting history and beautiful sights of the Eau Claire and Chippewa Rivers. Make sure to bring your waking shoes and a well charged phone.
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Beckyp833
Aug 29, 2021
Eau Claire tour - Great tour! I learned a lot about Eau Claire that I never knew. Very interesting it's a great way to learn about the history of Eau Claire
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D2913mtkristines
Aug 26, 2021
Eau Claire Walking Tour - We took the tour and it was very informative. I was born and raised in Eau Claire and learned things I wasn’t aware of. We are looking forward to taking another tour.
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P7104wssteveh
Aug 22, 2021
Enjoyable tour - I have lived in the Chippewa Valley my entire life and found the tour very informative! Nearly all the historical information was new to me and very interesting. We did have an occurrence of lost auto play as we walked the route but it was super simple to manually advance the tour and then the auto playback took over again. Very enjoyable tour, would highly recommend.
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E2352ioannettet
Aug 20, 2021
Historical Enlightening - My favorite part was walking along the river and listening about the bridge that moved to let barges pass through.
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Jodyw98
Aug 11, 2021
Enjoyable way to learn about Eau Claire - Enjoyable walking tour. Gives information on Eau Claire's past and present. Nice distance and can be done at your own pace.
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Preacherman9
May 30, 2023
A big disappointment! - We planned to do the walking tour, but we could not get it to boot up on our phone. Even the tech person at the library did not know about this tour and could not get it to connect to our phone. We were very disapointed that we could not take the tour.
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