The Canadian Pacific Hotels are Haunted

Posted by
Maureen K. Fleury
Oct 20, 2008

These magnificent hotels were built for tourist accommodation by the Canadian Pacific Railway. They wanted to attract tourists to their passenger trains and the hotels also served as rest stops along the way.

The Hotel Vancouver was built in 1939 at the western terminus of the railway. Why does the elevator make an unscheduled stop?

In 1888, the Banff Springs Hotel was opened in the scenic Rockies. Are the bellmen imaginary or real?

The Empress Hotel in Victoria, opened in 1908, is haunted by a man with a moustache. Who is this man?

The Royal York Hotel in Toronto was built in 1929. Why is there music and talking in the currently closed Crystal Ballroom?

The Chateau Laurier Hotel was opened in Canada’s capital city of Ottawa in 1912. Why is there a connection with the Titanic?

Chateau Frontenac was built in Quebec City in 1893. Does a governor live there?

There are more CP Hotels in Canada and they are:

Chateau Lake Louise, Alberta, opened in 1890
Lord Nelson Hotel, Halifax, Nova Scotia, opened 1927
Hotel Saskatchewan, Regina, Saskatchewan, opened in 1927 and now owned by Radisson Hotels
Palliser Hotel, Calgary, Alberta, opened in 1914
The Algonquin, St. Andrews, New Brunswick, opened 1889
Cornwallis Inn, Kentville, Nova Scotia, opened 1929
Digby Pines Resort, Digby, Nova Scotia, opened 1917
Lakeside Inn, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, opened 1930
Château Montebello, Montebello, Quebec, opened 1930

In 2001, the Canadian Pacific Railway underwent reorganization and renamed its Canadian Pacific Hotels and Resorts subsidiary to Fairmont Hotels and Resorts. In early 2006, Fairmont agreed to be acquired and be combined with the Raffles and Swissotel chains.

I haven’t yet completed my research to see if more of the CP Hotels are haunted.

Grand Trunk Pacific Railway also had hotels. The Fort Garry Hotel in Winnipeg Manitoba has a problem in Room 202.