Travel in Style
6 Haunted Houses You Can Visit Across Canada
Photo courtesy Craigdarroch Castle
Travel in Style
6 Haunted Houses You Can Visit Across Canada
Enter if you dare!
Mysterious apparitions, unnerving sounds, and unexplainable events abound in Canada’s most haunted houses. With former lives as the residences of famous politicians and military leaders transformed into restaurants and hotels, learn the creepy stories of the places that some visitors believe still have ties to the past.
Read More: The 7 Most Haunted Hotels In Canada
Mackenzie House: Toronto, Ont.
Photo courtesy SimonP/Wikimedia Commons
Once the home of Toronto’s first mayor and controversial politician William Lyon Mackenzie, Mackenzie House is thought to be one of the most haunted buildings in the city. It is most well-known for the “long-faced woman,” who is said to have appeared to the 1950s-era caretakers of the property.
The Keg Mansion: Toronto, Ont.
Photo courtesy SimonP/Wikimedia Commons
Now the site of one of the Keg steakhouse’s most ornate locations, this Jarvis Street mansion used to be the home of the wealthy Massey family. The sprawling abode is home to a number of strange occurrences, from seeing young children playing in the third-floor change room to staff feeling cold hands on their arms. Fun fact: if you visit the restaurant, you can request a binder full of anecdotal ghostly encounters.
The Marr Residence: Saskatoon, Sask.
Photo courtesy Museums Association of Saskatchewan
Built in 1884, the Marr Residence is the oldest standing building in Saskatoon. The home served as a field hospital during the Riel Rebellion and is said to have at least two ghosts haunting its rooms. One is a floating child’s face often witnessed looking out the front window, and the other is an aggressive man residing in the basement.
Craigdarroch Castle: Victoria, B.C.
Photo courtesy Craigdarroch Castle
Located atop a hill overlooking the city of Victoria, Craigdarroch Castle is a Victorian-era castle built for Scottish businessman Robert Dunsmuir in the late 19th century. The Dunsmuir family is thought to still roam the grounds. Guests have heard whispers, children crying, and even faint sounds of a piano.
Fairmont Hotel Macdonald: Edmonton, Alta.
Photo courtesy WinterE229 (WinterforceMedia)/Wikimedia Commons
During the construction of the former castle in 1914, a horse passed away. Visitors have reported hearing sounds of a horse galloping and a horse-drawn carriage going through the halls for more than a century.
Deane House: Calgary, Alta.
Photo courtesy Travel Alberta
Built in 1906, this was the home of Fort Calgary’s superintendent Captain Richard Deane and his wife, Martha. The building was eventually transformed into a boarding house, where a series of tragic events and deaths took place. Today, visitors and staff claim to hear the ringing of a telephone that isn’t connected, apparitions floating down the stairs, and even bloody storage bins appearing in the attic.
Recommended
Recommended
Comments