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Dark Drives // New Westminster self-guided audio tour
The oldest city in the West kept everything it was given
British Columbia's first capital, burned to the ground in a night and rebuilt on its own ashes. Five narrated driving tours through the hauntings, the fires, and the history this city never let go of, with the route mapped on your phone.
Access details are sent by email as soon as you buy.
Self-guided tour snapshot
Duration
Five tours of 55 to 80 minutes, or one four hour night
Stops
33 real locations
Format
Self-guided audio
Map
GPS on your phone
Difficulty
Easy drive
When
Available anytime
No guide, no schedule, no crowd. Start when the city gets quiet.
Self-guided tour preview
Listen to a sample
The self-guided tour is built to feel cinematic in your headphones: narrated story, low atmosphere, and enough silence to make the street around you feel different.
Best experienced through your vehicle's audio system (Bluetooth or AUX)
New Westminster preview file
01:04 intro demo / mastered audio asset
Preview sample is being mastered. This slot is reserved for the final 30 to 60 second narrated sample with atmosphere.
Access details are sent by email as soon as you buy.
Self-guided New Westminster audio tour.
$29 CAD
A one-time city unlock. No booking, no staff, no closing time. Just you, your car, and the oldest city in the West, which has had longer than anywhere around it to accumulate what cities accumulate.
Self-guided driving tour map
Explore all 33 real locations using GPS on your phone, with backstories, urban legends, and narrated audio at each stop.
Ages 16+. Keep your doors locked. Passenger handles the phone. Drive safe and sober.
Access details are sent by email as soon as you buy.
33 real locations
Five tours of 55 to 80 minutes, or one four hour night
Narrated self-guided tour
Buy once, yours for good
Optimized route preview
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What you will experience
Two buildings that would not burn
Stand on a street that burned to the ground in one night in 1898, and hear what the survivors saw from the two buildings still standing.
Attested hauntings
Footsteps on empty floors, a face at a museum window, a figure seen only in reflections. Every account on this drive was reported by someone who was there.
Documented history
The oldest city in Western Canada kept its record. Some of the heaviest stops on these drives contain no ghost story at all, because none is needed.
The rituals
At certain stops you will be given a small task. Doing it is optional. Skipping it is noted.
The river
The Fraser was here first, and every drive ends up beside it. The last tour ends with your headlights off at the edge of the dark.
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Documented
11
Hauntings
7
Stories
How it works
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Drive
Drive to the starting area.
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Gear up
Connect your phone to your vehicle's audio system via Bluetooth or AUX.
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Listen & watch
Press play and watch your surroundings for paranormal activity.
Proof
Built from documented history and local legends
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preview rating
33
real locations
Split up
shorter drives
Access details are sent by email as soon as you buy.
Explore safe. Drive sober
Dark Drives points you toward real places, which means the rules matter. Respect private property, posted signs, operating businesses, homes, memorials, and anyone else sharing the road.
The rules
Ages 16+ // Entertainment only // Respect property
Some stops on these drives concern real institutions and real deaths. We tell that history plainly and carefully, and we ask you to visit the same way.
- The driver does not touch the phone. Hand it to a passenger.
- The drives are written for night. Posted hours, parking, and any decision to leave your vehicle are yours.
- Do not trespass, disturb residents, or block traffic. Some stops are near homes, a hospital, and a school, and the narration will tell you how to behave there.
- Drive sober and obey every sign, closure, and traffic law.
Before you buy
What do I get?
You get all five narrated New Westminster tours plus the full city marathon. Route and audio access instructions are sent by email.
Is this a PDF guide?
No. This is a narrated self-guided audio driving tour, built around the road, the map, and what you hear at each stop.
Do I have to leave the car?
The tours land from lawful public roads and safe stopping areas. If a stop invites you out, use judgment and obey posted hours.
Can I do it at night?
Yes. These drives are built for after dark and assume it. Drive sober, park legally, and let a passenger handle the phone.
Do I need an app?
No separate app-store download is needed. Access instructions arrive by email.
Can I pause and continue later?
Yes. You can stop, restart, or split the tours across nights.
Is it suitable for children?
Built for ages 16 plus. One tour is documentary and concerns real institutions and real deaths; the app tells you which before you start it.
Is it based on real events?
Yes, more than any city we have built. New Westminster's documented record carries much of these drives, and the narration always tells you what is record, what is reported, and what is a story people tell.
Can I share it with friends?
One purchase is for personal use in one vehicle. Load the car, but do not repost, resell, or redistribute the route or audio.
Dark Drives
Are you ready?
Tonight you will drive streets thousands of people pass every day. Most will never know what happened there. You will.
Access details are sent by email as soon as you buy.