Haunted Places in Banff, Alberta



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    Banff Springs Hotel

    Banff, Alberta

    The 1880s Banff Springs Hotel is grandly magnificent, and still in operation. It doesn't only house living guests, though. Some say its ghosts include a 1932 bride who tripped on her gown and broke her neck on the stairs on her wedding day. She appears dancing alone in the dining ...


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    Lake Minnewanka

    Banff, Alberta

    10.7 miles from Banff, AB

    Named "Lake of the Water Spirit" because town officials thought the name "Cannibal Lake" which the natives called it was a bit too grim. Natives believed that a Water Spirit that was half fish and half human lived in the lake and dragged the unwary to their deaths. ...


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    Grace Hospital

    Calgary, Alberta

    64.3 miles from Banff, AB

    Grace Hospital, now called the Riley Park Health Center Building, is home to the ghost of Maudine Riley who is holding a baby in the delivery room. Maudine and the baby died in childbirth in a room on this spot in 1962. It is said that the ghost banged pipes ...


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    Sam's Bar and Grill

    Calgary, Alberta

    64.6 miles from Banff, AB

    The bathroom of this restaurant is said to be the site of a somewhat friendly haunting. No one seems particular scared of this ghost, though it is said that workers at the restaurant leave a beer on the counter each night just for him. Maybe that's why he ...


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    Heritage Park Historical Village

    Calgary, Alberta

    64.7 miles from Banff, AB

    Heritage Park Historical Village is a historical park and living history museum rumored to be haunted. One rumor says the apparition of a beautiful, smiling lady with a baby is seen on the third floor of the Prince House. Another says the ghost of an elderly gentleman nicknamed Sam appears ...


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    Coste House

    Calgary, Alberta

    65.1 miles from Banff, AB

    Eugene Coste's regal 1913, 28-room mansion has been said to be haunted by the ghost of Dr. Carmichael. Although it's unclear just who he is (was) or how he got there, previous tenants have said the ghost floats through rooms and hallways and around the stairway. Current owners have reported ...


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    The Cat 'n Fiddle Pub

    Calgary, Alberta

    65.1 miles from Banff, AB

    Voices and footsteps have been heard at this pub, which supposedly was once a mortician's office. Some staff believe it is the old mortician himself that still haunts the place.


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    Lougheed House

    Calgary, Alberta

    65.2 miles from Banff, AB

    The Lougheed House museum, aka Beaulieu, was built in 1891 and expanded in 1907. It was the mansion of Senator James Alexander Lougheed, his wife Lady Isabella Hardisty, and their six children. The house is said to be haunted by members of the family. Lady Isabella's apparition has been seen ...


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    Knox United Church

    Calgary, Alberta

    65.4 miles from Banff, AB

    The historic Knox United Church is said to be haunted by several ghosts, including one that once slapped an organist for making a mistake. Witnesses also have heard footsteps and seen apparitions of women who walk through doors, pray, knit, and chat together. The spirits are said to be largely ...


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    The Rose and Crown

    Calgary, Alberta

    65.4 miles from Banff, AB

    The Rose and Crown has some ghosts, perhaps because its building operated as a funeral home until the 1980s. According to witnesses, windows open by themselves in the attic, lights come on at night, and a ghost boy resides in the basement furnace.


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    Mark’s Work Wearhouse

    Calgary, Alberta

    66 miles from Banff, AB

    At this department store chain Mark’s Work Wearhouse location, staff members have reported shadows in the store and in empty dressing rooms, heard footsteps, smelled a wet-dog smell, and felt cold chills. Objects have been moved or tossed, and all these event usually occur before the store opens or after ...


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