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Real Canadian Ghosts and Ghost Stories

You won't find a lot written or reported about the paranormal in Canada. Canadians just don't talk about it all that much. Almost seems to be a secret from the rest of the world.

But, Canada has a dark past, hidden history and things that go bump in the night.

Canadians have not always been so polite and quiet as they appear. You can hide a lot in the frozen tundra, the endless forests, islands and the long stretches of roads between small towns and the odd big city.

The Haunted Canada Collection is available at Canada Post this year (the collection came out Friday, June, 13, 2014).

Here, in brief, are the stories behind the stamps, as described by Canada Post:

“Gastown, Vancouver, B.C. — haunted history: Legend has it the Waterfront Station and several bars and restaurants in the neighbourhood are all haunted - making it home to more dearly departed but persistently present spirits than any neighbourhood in Canada.

“Red River Valley, Man. — the ox cart: In 1903, soldiers at Red River Valley’s Fort Garry claimed to have seen phantoms driving a cart pulled by a team of oxen pass through their post at night.

“Levis, Que. — Marie-Josephte Corriveau: In 1763, she was executed on charges of murder. Her soul was said to walk the road at night, approaching travelers and grabbing anyone passing by with her claw-like hands as she opened her blood-red eyes.

“Carcross, Yukon — Caribou Hotel: Built in the town of Bennett in 1898 at the start of the Klondike Gold Rush, the hotel is rumoured to be haunted by late hotel co-owner Bessie Gideon's ghost. She was supposedly buried in Carcross but a cemetery survey did not locate her grave.

“Halifax, N.S. — the Grey Lady: Legend has it that the spirit of the ‘Grey Lady’ wanders the Halifax Citadel National Historic Site, mourning her lost love, strolling the second floor at night, smelling of roses and wearing a 19th-century dress.” **Are you afraid of ghosts? **

Source- Linn's Stamp News

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The Eastern Provinces

The Northumberland Strait -- Sightings of phantom ships.

The Province of Prince Edward Island

West Point Lighthouse, O'Leary. -- Rumours have long swirled that the first keeper of the lighthouse, Willie, haunts the inn.

The Province of Newfoundland

Bell Island, Newfoundland -- Legend says a banshee screams on this island and people have disappeared.

L'Anse aux Meadows -- A Viking longboat has been seen at the Viking settlement, hundreds of years after the Vikings lived there.

The Province of Nova Scotia

Peggy's Cove -- Lots of slippery rocks and accidental deaths. Sightings of a woman wearing a blue dress about to jump into the sea.

Fortress of Louisbourg, Cape Breton -- This historic military site is over 300 years old.

St Francis Xavier University, Antigonish -- A Catholic university which includes a church and convent and is haunted by nuns.

Five Fishermen Restaurant, Halifax -- Built as a mortuary in 1800. This was where victims of disasters (bodies washed ashore from the Titanic and the 1917 Halifax explosion) were brought to await burial.

The Province of Quebec

Old Montreal -- One of the oldest places in Canada. Quebec City is even older.

Plains of Abraham, Quebec City - The location of a famous battle in Canadian history.

Montmorency Falls -- Visitors say they have seen a tragic Lady in White.

Le Chateau Frontenac -- A very elegant, old hotel. Said to be the world's most photographed hotel. Haunted too.

Ontario

Keg Mansion, Toronto -- was once the private residence of industrialist Hart Massey and his family.

Hockey Hall of Fame, Toronto - This building was once a bank. Rejected in love, a lonely bank teller named Dorothy took her own life.

Queen's Park, Toronto - Now the Ontario legislature, it was once a psychiatric hospital.

Fort York in Toronto -- Historic military fort has lots of hauntings.

Royal York Hotel, Toronto -- Known as 'The' Royal York for much of it's very long and famous history.

The Blue Ghost Tunnel, Thorold -- Men mangled and killed during the building of the canal haunt this tunnel.

Ottawa Jail -- Now a hostel for travellers, it operated as a jail for a century,

Chateau Laurier, Ottawa -- Charles Melville Hays commissioned the Chateau Laurier but died aboard the Titanic just days before the hotel's grand opening

Bytown Museum, Ottawa -- Built in 1827 as a military supply house on the Ottawa canal. This is a popular haunted house in the Canadian capital city.

Fort Henry, Kingston -- Another most haunted place. Certified as haunted by The Atlantic Paranormal Society on the TV show, Ghost Hunters.

The Western Provinces

The Province of Manitoba

Room 202, Fort Garry Hotel, Winnipeg - A long-ago suicide and a murder in the grand hotel.

St. Ignatius School, Winnipeg -- The ghost of a little girl still scares children in the playground.

Walker Theatre (Burton Cummings Theatre), Winnipeg -- Haunted, possibly by performers who died less than a week into their scheduled shows.

The Province of Saskatchewan

Government House, Regina. -- completed in 1891, has been the site of several reported hauntings over the years

Delta Bessborough Hotel, Saskatoon -- Ghosts greet hotel guests.

Weyburn Mental Hospital, Weyburn -- Investigated for cruel and inhuman practices during the 1930s. It had been one of Canada's first mental institutions.

Saskatchewan Hospital, North Battleford -- An extremely overcrowded psychiatric institution which still has past patients in three large cemeteries on the grounds.

St. Louis Ghost Train in St. Louis -- The tracks are gone but a mysterious light is said to be a railroad worker looking for his lost head.

The Province of Alberta

Banff Springs Hotel, Banff -- Most haunted hotel in Canada. Built in 1888 by the Canadian Pacific Railway

Frank Slide -- In 1903 the town is buried in a landslide, not all of the bodies were recovered.

The Deane House, Calgary -- A murder, a suicide and a bloodstain that can't be washed away.

Edmonton General Hospital -- Closed and unused for years now, but not quiet.

The Province of British Columbia

Tranquille Sanatorium, Near Kamloops. -- Possibly Canada's most haunted place.

The Old Spaghetti Factory, Vancouver -- Built atop an old underground railway track.

Hotel Fairmont, Vancouver -- The hotel has named a cocktail after their Lady in Red.

Vogue Theatre in Vancouver -- Reports of ghosts in tuxedos.

Craigdarroch Castle, Victoria -- Built in the 1890s for coal miner Robert Dunsmuir and his family, he died just a year before it was complete.

Maritime Museum of B.C., Victoria. -- was once the site of the city's jail and gallows.

Empress Hotel in Victoria -- An old landmark hotel with many different reports of ghosts.

The Northern Territories

The Yukon

Caribou Hotel. Carcross, Established in 1901 by Dawson Charlie who started the Klondike Gold Rush.

The North West Territories

Algonkian First Nation Reserves -- Haunted by a wendigo, a man-beast who eats people.