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0Hotel Rialto
Victoria, British Columbia
0.8 miles from the center of Victoria, 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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Craigdarroch Castle
Victoria, British Columbia
0.8 miles from the center of Victoria, 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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McPherson Playhouse
Victoria, British Columbia
0.8 miles from the center of Victoria, 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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Pioneer Square Park - Quadra St Cemetery
Victoria, British Columbia
0.8 miles from the center of Victoria, 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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Fan Tan Alley
Victoria, British Columbia
0.9 miles from the center of Victoria, 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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Langham Court Theatre
Victoria, British Columbia
0.9 miles from the center of Victoria, 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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Royal Theatre
Victoria, British Columbia
0.9 miles from the center of Victoria, 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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Market Square
Victoria, British Columbia
1 miles from the center of Victoria, 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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Bedford Regency Hotel
Victoria, British Columbia
1 miles from the center of Victoria, 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
1 miles from the center of Victoria, 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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Pounders
Victoria, British Columbia
1 miles from the center of Victoria, 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
1 miles from the center of Victoria, 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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Rogers Chocolates
Victoria, British Columbia
1.1 miles from the center of Victoria, 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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St. Ann's Academy
Victoria, British Columbia
1.1 miles from the center of Victoria, 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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Empress Hotel
Victoria, British Columbia
1.2 miles from the center of Victoria, 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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Helmcken House
Victoria, British Columbia
1.2 miles from the center of Victoria, 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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Beacon Hill Park
Victoria, British Columbia
1.3 miles from the center of Victoria, 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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Point Ellice House
Victoria, British Columbia
1.3 miles from the center of Victoria, 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
1.3 miles from the center of Victoria, 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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Parliament Buildings
Victoria, British Columbia
1.3 miles from the center of Victoria, 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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James Bay Inn
Victoria, British Columbia
1.5 miles from the center of Victoria, 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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Ross Bay Cemetery
Victoria, British Columbia
1.6 miles from the center of Victoria, 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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Spinnakers Gastro Brewpub and Guest Houses
Victoria, British Columbia
1.6 miles from the center of Victoria, 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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Emily Carr House
Victoria, British Columbia
1.6 miles from the center of Victoria, 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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The Bent Mast
Victoria, British Columbia
1.6 miles from the center of Victoria, 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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Gorge Road Hospital
Victoria, British Columbia
1.9 miles from the center of Victoria, BC
Strange white lights and a ghostly lady have been reported at Gorge Road Hospital.
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Tod House
Victoria, British Columbia
2.1 miles from the center of Victoria, 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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Princess Mary Restaurant
Victoria, British Columbia
2.3 miles from the center of Victoria, 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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Victoria Golf Club
Victoria, British Columbia
2.5 miles from the center of Victoria, 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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Four Mile House Bar and Grill
Victoria, British Columbia
4.1 miles from the center of Victoria, 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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Hatley Castle
Victoria, British Columbia
5.6 miles from the center of Victoria, 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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0Roche Harbor Resort
Roche Harbor, Washington
15.1 miles from the center of Victoria, BC
The ghost in residence here is Mrs. Beanning, a one-time governess for former owner John S. MacMillan. Mrs. Beanning's ashes were in an urn on the mantle, but when the new owners moved her urn to the family crypt, Mrs. Beanning's spirit was not amused. Since then, she plays pranks ...
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Hotel de Haro
Friday Harbor, Washington
15.3 miles from the center of Victoria, BC
This 1886 hotel build by John McMillin was a famous stopping place for many, including the likes of Theodore Roosevelt. It is also home to a ghost woman who is said to walk the hotel halls. Another point of interest here is the McMillin mausoleum in the nearby woods, which ...
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Orcas Hotel
Victoria, Washington
21.8 miles from the center of Victoria, BC
This delightful landmark hotel has been in operation for over a century, and has numerous ghost stories attached to its long and colourful past. The most significant is of former innkeeper Octavia Van Moorhem, who still keeps an eye on the establishment despite the fact that she passed away ...
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Super 8 Port Angeles
Port Angeles, Washington
22.8 miles from the center of Victoria, BC
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0Rosario Resort
Eastsound, Washington
26.2 miles from the center of Victoria, BC
It's an unusual ghost who haunts this resort. Employees say the wife of a former owner of the building, before it became a resort, has been spotted on the second floor wearing a 1930s red dress and riding her motorcycle. She has also been seen on the third floor.
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Harbour House Hotel
Victoria, British Columbia
30.3 miles from the center of Victoria, 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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Coupeville, Washington
32.1 miles from the center of Victoria, BC
At this early 1900s inn, folks say the apparition of an older woman roams the halls. Witnesses also have heard the ghostly sound of girls laughing in one room, and in another, a ghost makes an impression in a bed. There is also said to be a haunted cabin on ...
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Anacortes Museum
Anacortes, Washington
34 miles from the center of Victoria, BC
This historic museum houses maritime artefacts from the past of this fishing town, and is rumoured to be haunted. Some of the phenomena reported here includes disembodied footsteps, cold spots and the apparition of a former librarian, probably searching for an overdue book. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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0Manresa Castle
Port Townsend, Washington
34.3 miles from the center of Victoria, BC
Two ghosts are said to haunt Manresa Castle. The first is a young woman named Kate who is said to have leapt to her death from her room (306) in despair after her lover either failed to show up, or was killed. The other is the ghost of ...
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Holly Hill House
Port Townsend, Washington
34.8 miles from the center of Victoria, BC
Although the bed and breakfast is no longer in operation and now a private residence, the spirits who haunt the historic manor house have not moved on. The apparition of a gentleman in old-fashioned clothing has been seen on the staircase, and in a bedroom on the uppers floor, the ...
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Ann Starrett Mansion Bed and Breakfast
Port Townsend, Washington
34.9 miles from the center of Victoria, BC
This glorious 1899 mansion, now a hotel, is home to several resident spirits. The first is that of a red haired woman in a white gown, who has been seen floating through the hotel and on the stairs. She is believed to be the apparition of Ann Starrett, the namesake ...
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Rothschild House Museum
Port Townsend, Washington
35 miles from the center of Victoria, BC
From its construction in 1868 to 1959, the manor house has been home to various members of the Rothschild family, some of whom are still believed to haunt what is now a museum. Visitors to the house have heard slamming doors and felt cold spots, A sad entity has been ...
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The Palace Hotel
Port Townsend, Washington
35 miles from the center of Victoria, BC
The Palace Hotel was formerly a brothel that closed down during the war, when it was refurbished and opened as a historic hotel. The Palace Hotel is believed to be haunted by at least ten spirits, including the former sea captain who constructed the hotel. The most well known apparition ...
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Water Street Hotel
Port Townsend, Washington
35.1 miles from the center of Victoria, BC
Located in the historic H.D. Hill building in downtown Port Townsend, this hotel has had it's fair share of haunted activity. There have been many cases of people taking pictures of orbs as well as several sightings of men in top hats walking the halls at night only to ...
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CJ's Beach House
Blaine, Washington
43.9 miles from the center of Victoria, BC
When I was doing an internship at CJs Beach House in 2013, I was getting the chef jackets and I was walking back down the stairs 3 or 4 steps away from the door I heard footsteps of someone behind me so I stopped and looked behind me and nothing ...
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Black Nugget Museum
Ladysmith, British Columbia
44.2 miles from the center of Victoria, 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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The Bellingham Herald Building
Bellingham, Washington
45.3 miles from the center of Victoria, BC
This historic heritage-listed building serves as the headquarters for the town newspaper, and dates back to 1926. The building is rumoured to be haunted, and features an elevator that moves around from floor to floor of its own accord. It is believed to be haunted by a former elevator ...
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Old Town Cafe
Bellingham, Washington
45.4 miles from the center of Victoria, BC
This delightfully quaint urban café is housed in a building dating back to the 1890's, and is rumoured to be haunted. Staff have reported the sound of piano music, dishes that float around the kitchen and a female apparition in a white dress on the second floor. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Spark Museum
Bellingham, Washington
45.4 miles from the center of Victoria, BC
This haunted electrical pioneering museum features disembodied footsteps and a spook that plays musical instruments. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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