Mather-Walls House — Kenora's haunted heritage home, Ontario

The Mather-Walls House in Kenora, Ontario, is a heritage home that was featured on the Canadian paranormal television series Creepy Canada. The building, which dates to the late 19th century, served as the home of prominent local families during the Lake of the Woods region's development as a mining and lumber centre. Staff and visitors to the house have reported hearing footsteps on the upper floor when no one is present, doors opening and closing on their own, and the apparition of a woman in period clothing standing at the top of the staircase. Some visitors have described a cold presence that seems to follow them through the house, and objects in the museum's collection have been found moved from their display positions. The town of Kenora sits on the northern shore of the Lake of the Woods, a massive lake that spans the Ontario-Manitoba border with over 14,500 islands. The region's Indigenous history stretches back thousands of years, and the later waves of European settlement brought mining, logging, and the railway — all industries that contributed death and hardship. The Mather-Walls House's haunted reputation is part of a broader pattern of supernatural legends in the Lake of the Woods area.