Nightmarks in British Columbia
20 nightmarks documented
Fairmont Hotel Vancouver — the Lady in Red haunts Downtown Vancouver
The Lady in Red appears to solo male guests and a phantom bellhop offers service before vanishing — Vancouver's château hotel is glamorously haunted.
New Westminster Secondary School — British Columbia's haunted high school
Lockers slam on their own and phantom splashing echoes from the empty pool — generations of students left more than memories at BC's haunted high school.
Hatley Castle — the haunted estate of Royal Roads University, Colwood, BC
Laura Dunsmuir still tends her beloved gardens at this grand BC castle — now a university campus and X-Men filming location, it remains one of Canada's most haunted estates.
Deadman's Island — Vancouver's haunted burial ground and Squamish sacred site
A Squamish sacred burial ground where smallpox victims died in quarantine — mourning chants drift from this forested island in the shadow of downtown Vancouver.
Old Spaghetti Factory — the haunted restaurant in Vancouver's Gastown
A well-dressed phantom waits for a dinner companion who never arrives — plates move on their own in this Gastown restaurant, built in Vancouver's oldest neighbourhood.
Waterfront Station — Vancouver's most haunted transit hub
Three ghosts descend the grand staircase every night — a flapper, a man in a fedora, and a railway worker still catch their train at Vancouver's oldest station.
Craigdarroch Castle — the ghostly matriarch of Victoria, British Columbia
Joan Dunsmuir mourned her husband in this lavish castle and never truly left — her silk rustles on the staircase and lavender perfume fills the rooms.
BC Penitentiary — 102 years of imprisonment haunt New Westminster
102 years of imprisonment, riots, and executions — a murdered guard still watches his post in the cells of British Columbia's longest-serving penitentiary.
Tranquille Sanatorium — the haunted tuberculosis hospital near Kamloops, BC
Phantom coughing echoes through the wards of this BC tuberculosis hospital — set against stunning river views, the sanatorium's beauty masks decades of death.
Empress Hotel — Victoria's haunted grand dame on the Inner Harbour
Architect Francis Rattenbury was murdered in 1935 and returned to haunt his masterpiece — a phantom orchestra plays in the ballroom of Victoria's grand Empress Hotel.
The Chapman Family Encounter — Ruby Creek, British Columbia (1941)
A mother and her children fled their homestead after a massive, hair-covered figure approached from the tree line. Sixteen-inch footprints remained.
Vogue Theatre — Vancouver's haunted concert venue on Granville Street
A phantom patron sits in the rear balcony and an old projector clicks in the empty booth — this 1941 Vancouver theater hosts audiences both living and spectral.
Albert Ostman's Abduction by Sasquatch — Toba Inlet, British Columbia (1924)
A prospector claimed he was carried off in his sleeping bag and held captive by a family of four Sasquatch for six days in a hidden valley.
Sasquatch Sighting near Harrison Hot Springs, British Columbia (2007)
A hiker filmed a dark, upright figure on a mountainside near Harrison Hot Springs — the town whose Indigenous name gave Sasquatch to the world.
Ogopogo Sightings — Okanagan Lake, British Columbia (1872–present)
Okanagan Lake's serpentine monster has been reported since 1872. Indigenous traditions of a water spirit called Naitaka predate European accounts by centuries.
N'ha-a-itk — The Syilx Origin Story of Ogopogo (pre-contact)
The Syilx people offered sacrifices at Rattlesnake Island to appease N'ha-a-itk, the lake spirit, for centuries before Europeans reported their own sightings.
Mass Sighting of Ogopogo — Okanagan Lake, British Columbia (1926)
Dozens of witnesses in roughly thirty stopped cars watched a serpentine creature move through Okanagan Lake in 1926 — one of Ogopogo's most dramatic appearances.
The Sasquatch of the Sts'ailes — Indigenous Accounts from British Columbia
The word 'Sasquatch' comes from the Sts'ailes people of British Columbia, who have described encounters with forest giants for generations.
Hycroft Manor — the haunted mansion of Vancouver's Shaughnessy district
The sounds of an Edwardian dinner party — laughter, silverware, conversation — fill this Vancouver mansion after hours. The guests left a century ago.
Ogopogo Searches and Evidence — Okanagan Lake, British Columbia (2000s)
Sonar, ROVs, and cameras have probed Okanagan Lake's depths. Unidentified sonar contacts were detected near Rattlesnake Island, but proof remains elusive.