GIVEAWAY The Last Gang in Town Tour

by Rebecca Bollwitt Wednesday, June 25th, 2025 — 2:43pm PDT

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Forbidden Vancouver is known for its award-winning, themed, guided tours, and for one day a year only, they host the Last Gang in Town Tour in East Van — and you can enter to win tickets!

The Last Gang in Town Tour

Date: Sunday, July 13, 2025 at 11:00am and 3:00pm
- Walking tour duration is 1h 45m
Location: Meet at Clark Park (corner of E 14th Ave & Commercial Dr)
Tickets: Available online now for $33 +GST

Stroll deep into East Vancouver’s gang history of the 1970s where you’ll find out how one of the VPD’s most feared undercover units tackled one of the city’s most legendary street gangs. Your guides will be local writer and historian Aaron Chapman and former Clark Park gang members Bradley Bennett and Danny “Mouse” Williamson. You’ll explore the Clark Park area as you discover this wild two-fisted period of Vancouver history.

About the Clark Park Gang

Long before the illegal drug trade put Vancouver in the grip of organized crime syndicates, the city’s East Side was menaced by a number of rival street gangs. The most notorious was the Clark Park gang, a rag-tag bunch of local youths who banded together in the late 1960s and went on to inflict mayhem on the city throughout the early 1970s.

After some infamous clashes with police, including a violent street brawl outside the Rolling Stones concert at the Pacific Coliseum in 1972, the gang was targeted by an undercover police operation, led by the VPD’s top-secret “H-Squad.” With tension mounting between some of the city’s toughest street cops and its toughest street gang, the situation boiled over later that year leading to the accidental fatal shooting of a gang member by the Vancouver Police.

Today the Clark Park gang is a distant memory for those who still make the Clark Park area home after almost 50 years. Many former gang members ended up dead or in jail. The neighbourhood’s gentrification has eradicated almost any sign of the havoc the gang once inflicted.

This exclusive event usually sells out fast so this is your one shot this year to experience a hard-hitting blast of Vancouver’s gangland past. Guests will also have the opportunity to purchase the book that inspired this tour – The Last Gang in Town by Aaron Chapman ($25 cash). Aaron, Bradley and Mouse will be on hand to sign your copy.