Great Canadian Ghost Stories: Legendary Tales of Hauntings from Coast to Coast

by Barbara Smith

Overview

Time and place are infused with ghosts and hauntings. From coast to coast to coast, Canada’s provinces and territories teem with the supernatural—phantoms obscured in the mists of time, spectres that delight in wreaking terror, and spirits destined to linger forever at the edge of the veil.

Visit the far-flung corners of Canada to discover the folklore and legends behind:

• the ghost of a Newfoundland outlaw that leads blizzard-blind men to safety


• A poltergeist infestation that gleefully tortured an entire Nova Scotia family


• A fleet of phantom ships that haunt the coastline of New Brunswick


• the haggard spectre of a murderous witch in historic Quebec City


• Saskatchewan’s ghost-ridden military cadet academy


• an Alberta cabbie’s encounter with a silent shadow of a man in black


• the headless railway brakeman of Vancouver


• a moaning, man-shaped mist that haunts a Yukon cabin

From east to west to way up north, bestselling author and renowned storyteller Barbara Smith traverses Canada's provinces and territories to unearth more than 100 supernatural tales that careen between heartwarming, horrifying, sorrowful, and spine-chilling.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781771512794
Publisher:	Heritage Group Distribution
Publication date:	10/16/2018
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Barbara Smith is the author of over thirty books, including Campfire Stories of Western Canada, The Famous Five, The Valiant Nellie McClung, and Ghost Stories of Alberta, Ghost Stories and Mysterious Creatures of British Columbia, and Ghost Stories of the Rocky Mountains. She lives in Sidney, BC.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Newfoundland and Labrador

Beloved Chief Called Away 7

Mysterious Rescue 8

Amends in the Afterlife 13

The Isle of Demons 15

Ghostly Prediction 16

Visitors from the Past 18

Signal Hill 21

A Train to the Afterlife 21

Swamp Hag 21

Nova Scotia

A Brother's Visit 25

Esther's Story 26

Mahone Bay 34

Sable Island 38

Spirits at the Bar 40

Forerunner 40

His Soul Went Home 41

The Lady in Blue 41

Prince Edward Island

The Legendary Bell Ringers 45

The Haunted Light 46

Kellow's Hollow 49

The Haunted Stage 51

New Brunswick

The Voice 57

The Algonquin 59

Apparition on Staff 61

Girl's Grave 62

The dungarvon Whooper 64

Murder Most Foul 66

Intruders 68

Phantom Ships 70

Quebec

Historical Haunt 77

Stage Fright 79

Anniversary Sightings 82

Holy Ghosts 85

Life-Saving House 89

Frontenac Returns, Briefly 90

Murdered Manifestation 91

Ghostly Footsteps 92

Woman in White 93

Ontario

The Ghosts of Fort George 97

The Haunted Hockey Hall of Fame 101

Drowned Towns 105

Midway Madness 106

Haunted Museum 107

Paddling into Eternity 109

Successful Séances 110

Talking Statue 112

Ghost Station 112

Haunted Hostel 113

Phantom of the Operal House 114

Ghostly Organist 114

The Bell Mansion 115

Manitoba

A Very Haunted House 119

Delta Marsh 122

The Ghost of Henry Hudson 124

Historic Hamilton House 126

The Grandfather Clock 129

Saskatchewan

The Haunted Hopkins Dining Parlour 133

Echoes of the Past 137

A Dark and Evil Presence 141

Phantom Train 142

Bess 146

Darke Hall 147

Alberta

Haunted Quarters 151

The Banff Springs Hotel 156

The Bruin Inn 159

The Man in Black 160

How Medicine Hat Came to Have Its Name 162

Medicine Hat's Phantom Train 163

Pub Crawl 166

Pumphouse Phantoms 168

Educated Entities 169

Living Ghost 171

British Columbia

Haunted Hospital 175

The Headless Brakeman 177

Spirits with Your Meal 177

The Eliza Anderson 180

Haunting at the Heriot Bay Inn 184

Mandy 188

Negative Imprint 190

Sagebrush Shades 191

Time Slips 195

In Vogue 198

Tranquille 200

Spirits on Tap 200

Canada's North

Klondike Kate 205

LaSalle's Haunted Cabin 207

Rest in Peace 211

Twelve Stranded Men 213

Frozen in Time 216

Wendigo 217

Shadow People 217

Bushman 218

Benign Bessie 220

Rude Wraith 220

Acknowledgements 222

Bibliography 223