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0Cameron Lake
Port Alberni, British Columbia
8.9 miles from Port Alberni, BC
Cameron Lake is said to have several ghosts, as well as the Cameron Lake Monster. One ghost is Grandpa Bonny, who inhabits one of the cabins and makes himself known with phantom pipe smoke. Ghost lights have been reported on the trails.
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Qualicum Heritage Inn
Qualicum Beach, British Columbia
18.9 miles from Port Alberni, BC
Qualicum Heritage Inn, originally a 1937 boys' college, is said to be home to several apparitions, moans, voices, cries, chanting, laughter, and lights that go on and off by themselves. One ghost has been nicknamed Buddy.
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Newcastle Island Park
Nanaimo, British Columbia
39.2 miles from Port Alberni, BC
Newcastle Island Park is said to be haunted by those who have died in the mines beneath Newcastle, and by the ghost of Peter Kakua, a Hawaiian who murdered his wife, in-laws and baby daughter with an axe. His ghost is seen on the beaches at dusk.
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Globe Hotel
Nanaimo, British Columbia
39.2 miles from Port Alberni, BC
Globe Hotel, which now houses a radio station, is said to be haunted by a ghostly woman in a period dress seen floating down the stairs or in the kitchen. Crying and poltergeist activity are also reported.
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Nanaimo Bastion
Nanaimo, British Columbia
39.3 miles from Port Alberni, BC
The Nanaimo Bastion is an octagon-shaped fortification built in the 1850s and open to visitors in summer. One ghost here may be Kanaka Pete, who was imprisoned in the Bastion before he was hanged. It's also said to be haunted by a ghostly woman in a long dress, and an ...
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Black Nugget Museum
Ladysmith, British Columbia
47.4 miles from Port Alberni, BC
At the Black Nugget Museum, folks have reported footsteps, ghostly pranks, a piano that plays itself, and a ghostly man with a handlebar mustache who appears in an upstairs window, say neighbors. A medium once declared that the spirit of a Native woman lingers in the building.
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Schooner Restaurant on Second
Tofino, British Columbia
50.3 miles from Port Alberni, BC
Schooner Restaurant on Second has a ghost called Morris, who was a resident here in the 1970s. Morris always made the restaurant's chowder. The ghost is said to play pranks and keep watch over his old place.
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Harbour House Hotel
Port Alberni, British Columbia
64.2 miles from Port Alberni, BC
At Harbour House Hotel, the ghost of Walter Herzog, murdered here in 1973, is said to walk. Moaning, strange whispers, and faulty electronic devices have been reported here.
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Hatley Castle
Victoria, British Columbia
81.8 miles from Port Alberni, BC
Built in the early 1900s by former British Columbian lieutenant governor James Dunsmuir, Hatley Castle is said to be haunted by a Dunsmuir son who died at war. When the castle became a military academy, another ghost is said to have joined him: that of his mother, who would drag ...
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Four Mile House Bar and Grill
Victoria, British Columbia
82.2 miles from Port Alberni, BC
Many ghosts are said to appear at the Four Mile House Bar and Grill, including Margaret Gouge (who appears in the gardens), a man in a suit, and Jake Matteson.
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Gorge Road Hospital
Victoria, British Columbia
84.3 miles from Port Alberni, BC
Strange white lights and a ghostly lady have been reported at Gorge Road Hospital.
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Princess Mary Restaurant
Victoria, British Columbia
84.7 miles from Port Alberni, BC
Some reports say the Princess Mary Restaurant has closed. It was housed on the Princess Mary, a passenger ship that was scrapped in 1951 and more recently used as a cafeteria for a tug- and barge-building operation. It was said to be haunted by a former captain's wife who hanged ...
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Point Ellice House
Victoria, British Columbia
85 miles from Port Alberni, BC
Point Ellice, a 19th-century residence of Peter and Caroline O'Reilly and their four children Frank, Kathleen, Mary Augusta and Jack, is said to be haunted by the family. The house museum has a nice collection of Victoriana and is open for tours and teas in the summer.
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Old Point Ellice Bridge
Victoria, British Columbia
85 miles from Port Alberni, BC
The red ghost lights that hover about 18" off the ground at Old Point Ellice Bridge are believed to be remnants from the May 26, 1896 disaster when Point Ellice Bridge collapsed into the Upper Harbour under a laden streetcar. Of the 143 on board, 55 were killed. The cause ...
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Spinnakers Gastro Brewpub and Guest Houses
Victoria, British Columbia
85 miles from Port Alberni, BC
The specter of an elderly woman with long gray hair and unexplained sounds have been reported at Spinnakers Gastro Brewpub and Guest Houses.
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Fan Tan Alley
Victoria, British Columbia
85.6 miles from Port Alberni, BC
Theh ghost at Fan Tan Alley, Chung, is said to have killed a sing-song girl who spurned his advances. Chung has been known to push people asie as he comes through.
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Market Square
Victoria, British Columbia
85.6 miles from Port Alberni, BC
Market Square includes several buildings from the late 1800s and is visited by spirits who were patrons of the long-gone saloons and brothels here. Two of the ghosts are Charlie Kincaid, whose throat was slit, and his girlfriend Belle Adams, who committed the crime.
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McPherson Playhouse
Victoria, British Columbia
85.7 miles from Port Alberni, BC
Ghosts at McPherson Playhouse, according to witnesses, include a Frenchman and a lady in gray. The Frenchman is seen outside on the corner in October. Voices and objects that have been moved also have been reported.
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Pounders
Victoria, British Columbia
85.7 miles from Port Alberni, BC
Objects have been moved by unseen hands at Pounders restaurant, perhaps by the ghostly lady who has been seen on the stairway.
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Maritime Museum
Victoria, British Columbia
85.7 miles from Port Alberni, BC
Local lore has it that many ghosts visit the Maritime Museum, housed in a former courthouse building that includes Victoria’s original gallows. Some say the hanged men were buried on the grounds. Add to it that 135 people perished in the steamship Valencia wreck of 1908, and a few years ...
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Hotel Rialto
Victoria, British Columbia
85.8 miles from Port Alberni, BC
The 1911 Hotel Rialto was originally Hotel Douglas up until December 2007. A mysterious knocking sound comes from the door to the basement, set in an area where only employees can reach it. According to reports, the ghostly knocking has come about because the basement was once used as a ...
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Bedford Regency Hotel
Victoria, British Columbia
85.8 miles from Port Alberni, BC
Lady Churchill and Brady are the names of two ghosts said to appear at the Bedford Regency Hotel. Lady Churchill also has a presence at a restaurant across the street called Camillo's.
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Old Morris Tobacconists
Victoria, British Columbia
85.8 miles from Port Alberni, BC
Old Morris Tobacconists is a historic building with many o fits original fixtures such as a leaded-glass dome and onyx pillars. It's haunted by an employee who died in the upstairs workshop. Witnesses to the ghost's existence have heard footsteps and cupboards opening and closing upstairs when no one is ...
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Rogers Chocolates
Victoria, British Columbia
85.8 miles from Port Alberni, BC
Rogers Chocolates in Old Town is a historic old chocolate shop with a couple of ghosts. Founders Charles and Leah Rogers used to sometimes sleep in the shop's kitchen, and some say the couple still visits in spirit.
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Empress Hotel
Victoria, British Columbia
85.9 miles from Port Alberni, BC
The Empress Hotel has several ghosts, including a thin, mustached man with a cane (believed to be its architect, Francis Rattenbury) and a ghost maid who still cleans on the sixth floor. The ghost of an employee who hanged himself was seen near the fated chandelier from which he did ...
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Parliament Buildings
Victoria, British Columbia
86 miles from Port Alberni, BC
The historic 1890s Parliament Buildings are open for tours year-round. One of the most well-known ghosts here is architect Francis Mawson Rattenbury, who chooses to remain here, where he is appreciated daily, instead of in England where he was buried in an unmarked grave after being beaten to death by ...
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The Bent Mast
Victoria, British Columbia
86 miles from Port Alberni, BC
The Bent Mast bar, inside an 1870s Victorian house, is said to be haunted by a ghost who touches, pinches and pushes folks. In, some reports say it's haunted by three ghosts: A man and two children.
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Helmcken House
Victoria, British Columbia
86.1 miles from Port Alberni, BC
Helmcken House was the home of Dr. John Sebastian Helmcken, first speaker of an elected assembly in BC, who lived there from 1853 to 1920. Cecelia Helmcken is suspected to be the ghost who haunts it; ghostly piano playing is heard along with occasional pranks.
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Royal Theatre
Victoria, British Columbia
86.1 miles from Port Alberni, BC
A ghostly man has been seen at the Royal Theatre, a 1913 opera house and concert hall. Some witnesses also have felt as if they were being stabbed.
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Beacon Hill Park
Victoria, British Columbia
86.2 miles from Port Alberni, BC
The beautiful Beacon Hill Park has a ghost known as the Screaming Doppelganger, who appears on the rocks near the corner of Douglas and Superior streets around sunrise. The ghost is believed to be the spirit of a woman who was murdered nearby.
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Pioneer Square Park - Quadra St Cemetery
Victoria, British Columbia
86.2 miles from Port Alberni, BC
Pioneer Square, aka the Old Burying Ground, is where, between 1855 and 1873, thousands of bodies were buried with tiny tombstones. The ghost of a woman has been seen here, along with one of a prominent man, R.B. Johnson, a founding father of Victoria. His ghost re-enacts his death: He ...
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James Bay Inn
Victoria, British Columbia
86.2 miles from Port Alberni, BC
James Bay Inn, now a men's pub, is haunted by a former patient and celebrity who died here on March 2, 1945 when it was a hospital. Canadian artist and author Emily Carr's ghost has been seen floating in the room where she died. Some say she especially haunts those ...
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St. Ann's Academy
Victoria, British Columbia
86.2 miles from Port Alberni, BC
St. Ann’s Academy's oldest building, the chapel, was constructed in 1858. It was moved to its present spot and the rest of the school was built around it in 1871. Witnesses here report such ghostly activity as dark figures in doorways and unexplained singing in the middle of the night.
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Emily Carr House
Victoria, British Columbia
86.2 miles from Port Alberni, BC
Built in 1863, the childhood home of Canadian painter Emily Carr is said to have a ghost that appears on the stairs and in Emily's mother's room.
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Langham Court Theatre
Victoria, British Columbia
86.6 miles from Port Alberni, BC
Langham Court Theatre, a playhouse since 1929, is haunted by a ghost known as the Lady in the Loft, seen by both theater staff and patrons.
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Craigdarroch Castle
Victoria, British Columbia
86.7 miles from Port Alberni, BC
The late-1800s Craigdarroch Castle is large and haunted, just as a castle should be. It has 39 rooms in over 25,000 square feet, and was built for the family of coal magnate Robert Dunsmuir, although both he and architect Warren Heywood Williams died before it was finished. Its ghost is ...
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Ross Bay Cemetery
Victoria, British Columbia
87.4 miles from Port Alberni, BC
The Victorian Ross Bay Cemetery has some well-known ghosts, like David Fee, killed on the St. Andrews Cathedral steps Christmas Eve 1890, and Isabella Ross, the first female BC landowner, who owned this land before the cemetery was here. An unknown elderly Victorian couple are seen on the cemetery's west ...
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Tod House
Victoria, British Columbia
87.4 miles from Port Alberni, BC
The home of Hudson's Bay Company's John Tod, built in 1850, was once said to be haunted by a native woman in chains. The ghost, according to reports, no longer haunts the site.
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Victoria Golf Club
Victoria, British Columbia
88.5 miles from Port Alberni, BC
Victoria Golf Club has a spooky story. Locals say that in 1936, nurse Doris Gravlin, age 30, was strangled on the fairway. The murderer? Her estranged husband, who left her body on a shore near the seventh green. Doris was found five days later, and her husband's body was ...
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