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Grey's Island Cemetery
Hillsborough, New Brunswick
27.1 miles from athol, NS
Grey Island Cemetery has a white stone statue of a lady with a legend. Locals say those who close their eyes and walk around the statue three times will see the lady looking back at them and crying tears of blood. She is said to be the murdered wife of ...
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Ghost Ship of Northumberland Strait
Wallace, Nova Scotia
37.3 miles from athol, NS
For over 200 years, people have reported seeing a burning schooner sailing the waters through the Northumberland Straight. Numerous people have sighted the ship, some reports even make mention of rescue attempts mounted to assist the burning ship, only to have it vanish before they can get to it. ...
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Capitol Theatre
Moncton, New Brunswick
38.9 miles from athol, NS
The ghost of a little girl who died after falling down the stairs is rumored to haunt Capitol Theatre. Her ghost has been seen behind the ticket booth at night. Also, volunteer firefighter Alexander Lindsay was fighting a blaze in 1924 when the main stage fell on him. His ghost ...
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Acadia University
Wolfville, Nova Scotia
41.7 miles from athol, NS
Acadia University is said to be home to a ghostly Baptist girl who hanged herself in the stairwell when she learned she was pregnant. Besides this, witnesses have reported lights that go on and off, doors that open and close, strange light anomalies, unexplained sounds, voices, moving objects, and having ...
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Rebecca Lutes' Grave
Moncton, New Brunswick
44.8 miles from athol, NS
Local legend has it that Rebecca Lutes was 16-year-old psychic who lived in the 1870s, and because of her natural-born sixth sense, she was hanged for being a witch, a vampire, or another such demon. She was buried near Gorge Road in the woods across from the cement and culvert ...
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Holland Cove
Rocky Point, Prince Edward Island
62.4 miles from athol, NS
It was in 1764 that the first European settlers came to Holland Cove. Dutch surveyor Captain Samuel Holland brought his bride, Racine, a tall French beauty. When Captain Holland was away on a surveying trip, Racine fell through some thin ice and died. Her apparition has been seen wandering the ...
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Yeo House
Tyne Valley, Prince Edward Island
64.5 miles from athol, NS
Historic Yeo House is part of the Green Park Shipbuilding Museum and is said to be haunted by former residents the 1800s James Yeo family, who watch over the place. Cold spots and the feeling of watchful eyes have been reported, along with female voices.
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West Point Lighthouse Inn
O'Leary, Prince Edward Island
65.2 miles from athol, NS
West Point Lighthouse Inn is said to be haunted by the lighthouse's first keeper, William MacDonald (1875-1925). His apparition has been seen near the inn. Also, a phantom pirate ship has been seen aflame off the coast. Legend has it that it's an old schooner that is doomed to burn ...
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Lennox Island
athol, Prince Edward Island
66.4 miles from athol, NS
Lennox Island, in Malpeque Bay off the northwest coast of Prince Edward Island, is home to the Lennox Island First Nation people as well as the historic St. Anne Catholic Mission. It's said to be haunted by a vengeful spirit who may be the cause of disappearances in the nearby ...
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Bedford Basin
Bedford, Nova Scotia
73.9 miles from athol, NS
Bedford Basin is an enclosed bay that forms the northwestern end of Halifax Harbour, and it's haunted by a phantom rowboat. The sound of someone rowing has been heard on foggy nights, although the boat is never seen. Legend has it the ghostly sound is all that's left of a ...
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Scotch Fort Cemetery
Mount Stewart, Prince Edward Island
77.7 miles from athol, NS
Scotch Fort Cemetery is said to be haunted by a ball of fire. As legend has it, Peter MacIntyre, a Scottishman who came to the area in 1773, was at a bar when the men there were discussing the ghostly ball of fire. MacIntyre declared he didn't believe spirits could ...
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Stem at Stern Bed and Breakfast
Bridgetown, Nova Scotia
77.8 miles from athol, NS
Stem at Stern Bed and Breakfast is a Victorian inn that has a ghost man who appears at the window when the house is empty. Very cold spots and tapping at the windows in the middle of the night have been reported by guests, as well as a spooky apparition ...
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Citadel Hill
Halifax, Nova Scotia
78 miles from athol, NS
Citadel Hill, as locals tell it, is haunted by apparitions of Native Canadians as well as French, British and Canadian soldiers and their family members. Visitors here have reported being touched or pushed by unseen hands, footsteps, voices, shadow figures and eerie noises. There are also objects that move, electrical ...
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Five Fisherman Restaurant
Halifax, Nova Scotia
78.1 miles from athol, NS
The Five Fisherman Restaurant is housed in an 1800s building that was formerly a couple of schools and a mortuary that has laid to rest some "RMS Titanic" victims as well as victims of the Halifax Explosion. Folks here have noticed apparitions, doors and faucets that work by themselves, flying ...
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Alexander Keith's Brewery
Halifax, Nova Scotia
78.4 miles from athol, NS
Alexander Keith himself is said to haunt his brewery in apparition form, checking on the place. Witnesses here have also heard running footsteps, have seen a ghost of a bloody man, and have been approached by a running ghost boy with a misshapen face.
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All Saints Cathedral
Halifax, Nova Scotia
78.4 miles from athol, NS
The historic All Saints Cathedral, which opened in 1910, is rumored to be haunted by a former dean. The ghostly clergyman is most often seen standing near the altar.
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Peggys Point Lighthouse
Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia
83.6 miles from athol, NS
Peggys Point Lighthouse is rumored to be haunted by a European woman and shipwreck survivor named Margaret who lived here in 1800. So her story goes, her husband was attempting to cheer her up by dancing a jig on the rocks, but he slipped and died. Later, she walked out ...
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Deblois - Confederation Trail
Tignish, Prince Edward Island
85.1 miles from athol, NS
The Confederation Trail is a walking trail on the former site of railroad tracks that were destroyed in 1932, a result of a bad accident during a snowstorm. However, folks in the area have heard a phantom train whistle and seen a ball of light speeding along the place where ...
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Mahone Bay
Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia
85.6 miles from athol, NS
The ship Young Teazer exploded and sank in 1813 here in Mahone Bay, and since then folks have reported a burning phantom ship with ghostly crewmen running about on the deck, aflame. The reports seem to come most often near the anniversary of the ship's sinking: June 17. The site ...
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Skyway Lodge
Miramichi, New Brunswick
109.1 miles from athol, NS
Now apartments or condos, the Skyway Lodge building is home to a ghost girl named Lily, who killed herself here upon finding her mother dead. A ghostly ax murderer is said to haunt the basement, and poltergeist activity has been experienced in the restrooms. One report says there are over ...
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St. Michael's Basilica
Miramichi, New Brunswick
110.3 miles from athol, NS
St. Michael's Basilica is a sandstone, neo-Gothic church that was completed in 1921. A ghost girl appears in the basement restroom, and children can be heard laughing in the basement gym. There are voices on the stairway to the second floor and a ghost boy and girl who have been ...
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O'Donaghue's Irish Pub
Miramichi, New Brunswick
110.5 miles from athol, NS
O'Donaghue's Irish Pub is situated in a 200 year old sandstone building built by John T. Williston in 1824. The John T. Williston House is an 1824 2-story stone residential structure located on Water Street in the City of Miramichi. Sightings of shadows in the basement where the washrooms are have been ...
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Headless Nun of Nordin
Miramichi, New Brunswick
111.7 miles from athol, NS
The legend of the Headless Nun begins in the 18th century when Sister Marie Inconnue (French for "unknown") was beheaded, either by a madman or by two sailors who were trying to get her to tell the location of a hidden treasure. Regardless of which version you believe, the head ...
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