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• A Powerful and Eye-Opening Tour of Old Montréal

  H7702JAthierryl,20 thg 4, 2026

  - Đánh giá từ Tripadvisor

  5.00

  I recently took the Colonial Secrets of Old Montréal tour with Donovan King and Sophie Claude Miller, and I can honestly say it was one of the most impactful experiences I’ve had in the city. Both Donovan and Sophie are compelling, thoughtful guides who complement each other extremely well. Their storytelling is engaging, nuanced, and clearly grounded in thorough research. What sets this tour apart is that it brings forward histories and perspectives that are too often overlooked or absent from mainstream narratives. As we moved through Old Montréal, they guided us to various sites—plaques, monuments, and public spaces—that take on entirely new meaning through their lens. They reveal how these markers can reflect histories of Indigenous erasure, colonial violence, and oppression—stories that are rarely told so directly or honestly. This is not a conventional sightseeing tour. It’s a critical history experience that challenges mainstream narratives about the city’s foundations and invites a deeper rethinking of Montréal’s public space. If you’re looking for something deeper than the usual historical tour—something thought-provoking and enriching—I highly recommend this experience.

• Do not expect a mainstream walking tour: this is somethiing far more compelling!

  614leend,14 thg 4, 2026

  - Đánh giá từ Tripadvisor

  5.00

  The tour with Donovan King and Sophie Claude Miller offers a powerful alternative reading of Montréal’s foundations, one that unsettles familiar narratives and brings to the surface the often-silenced histories of colonial exploitation. Moving through Old Montréal, they guide you not only across places, but across layers of meaning embedded in plaques, monuments, and public spaces—many of which standard tours either overlook or present uncritically. What makes this experience particularly remarkable is the complementarity between the two guides. Donovan King, as a historian, brings a sharp, critical lens to the city’s official narratives, while Sophie Claude Miller, drawing on her Cree perspective, grounds the tour in lived experience and embodied knowledge. Together, they offer a form of storytelling that is both intellectually rigorous and deeply affective. At sites such as Place d’Armes, familiar monuments take on entirely new meanings, revealing how public history is constructed and whose voices it privileges or erases . This is not simply a historical tour—it is an invitation to rethink the city itself. I highly recommend this tour to anyone interested in a more critical, layered and meaningful engagement with Montréal’s past and present.

• The other side of Montreal

  janbV7770VB,14 thg 4, 2026

  - Đánh giá từ Tripadvisor

  5.00

  We took a walking tour of Old Montreal with Donovan King and Sophie Claude Miller – called Colonial Secrets of Old Montreal - and it was one of the most memorable experiences of our visit. From the beginning, it was clear this was not a standard tour. At places like Place d’Armes, they offered a powerful and eye-opening perspective that challenges the usual narratives of exploration and conquest, placing the experiences of First Nations peoples at the center. This made the tour not only informative, but genuinely thought-provoking. Donovan and Sophie are highly knowledgeable and engaging, and their storytelling brings the city’s history to life in a provoking and compelling way. We left with a much deeper understanding of Montreal and how history can be viewed from different perspectives. Highly recommended—an unforgettable experience.

• We love Haunted Montreal tours!

  686virginiad,9 thg 11, 2025

  - Đánh giá từ Tripadvisor

  5.00

  We have attended every tour by Haunted Montreal. If you love history, love Montreal, you will appreciate a guided tour with Donovan & Sophie. Our tour guides were very professional and friendly! You can tell they have done a lot of research to provide information that is not easily accessible and explanations about the statues that will leave you with a different perspective. Well worth your time for anyone visiting or just want to learn more about the city of Montreal. Thanks for a great afternoon!

• An eye-opening visit

  Explore42857777580,8 thg 11, 2025

  - Đánh giá từ Tripadvisor

  5.00

  The visit was amazing! Sophie-Claude explains everything with passion and sensitivity, helping us better understand the realities that are often overlooked — from slavery to the erasure of Indigenous peoples. She even made us taste her banana house, a native bread, a real moment of sharing! I recommend this tour to anyone who wants to discover the back of the decor and the true history of Old Montreal. I’m definitely going back with relatives this spring!

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  554embera,8 thg 11, 2025

  - Đánh giá từ Tripadvisor

  5.00

  Every Montrealer and visiting tourist alike should experience this tour. Huge thanks to the guides for sharing their knowledge. I will be recommending this often.

• Enthralling colonial secrets walking tour

  Nomad68449705093,30 thg 10, 2025

  - Đánh giá từ Tripadvisor

  5.00

  Challenging, engaging, enthralling. A model walking tour of Old Montreal that visits its main attractions while reimagining and reinterpreting them from the perspectives of Indigenous Peoples, African slaves, and those subjugated by colonial violence. A tour that brings history to life.

• A great way to spend around 90 minutes on a nice Montreal summer's day

  victorbU7865DA,27 thg 10, 2025

  - Đánh giá từ Tripadvisor

  5.00

  I was fortunate to attend the soft launch of Donovan King's new tour Colonial Secrets of Montreal which delves into some of the little known and even lesser shared history of Montreal's Colonial past. Well researched and expertly presented with Donovan's usual flair. I brought my 12 year old granddaughter Emma who was spellbound. Never looked at her phone once! A great way to spend around 90 minutes on a nice summer's day. Congratulations Donovan!

  

  

  

• The missing components of Montreal's story. The hidden history that paints a better picture.

  seanfU6287UB,26 thg 10, 2025

  - Đánh giá từ Tripadvisor

  5.00

  I was given the opportunity to join the trial run of the Colonial Secrets tour on August 6, 2025. I was not disappointed. As an Indigenous person, I tend to take all history based tours with a grain of salt, because of the constant whitewashing of history. This one was very different. For the first time, I felt like MY history was acknowledged. Donovan took the typical colonial narrative head-on. He discussed the more realistic aspects of early colonial Montreal, from interactions with Indigenous people to the slave markets and a few of the dark episodes of colonial life. I highly recommend that if you see a "traditional" tour of Old Montreal, you complement it with this tour, to get a far more complete view of how colonial life actually was. By putting both together, you start to see how the glory and the gory coexisted in a time when life was not easy for anyone. A must-see.

• Always great to see...

  Thomas S,23 thg 10, 2025

  - Đánh giá từ Viator

  5.00

  Always great to see something/learn something/view something through a different lens. I know little to nothing about Canadian First Nations and enjoyed the view(s) that our guide showed us while learning about the historic area.

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