Sue Darroch and Matthew Didier's Paranormal Blog

For this week's Freaky Friday we thought we would do something a little different, and list our fave publicly accessible "haunts" in the province of Ontario. This was inspired by a request made to us for an upcoming media feature.

Here is our list:

Watson's Mill - Manotick Ontario

First brought to our attention by our very own Stu! Watson's Mill is the site of a classic, and tragic ghost story where young love was destroyed by a horrible accident, and the shade of a bride wanders apparently to this day.

Staff are ghost friendly, and visitors are encouraged!

http://www.watsonsmill.com/Home.html

http://www.torontoghosts.org/ottawa/watsonsmill.htm

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Fort George - NOTL Ontario

Outstanding historic location that played a major role in Upper Canadian history. The ghost reports are numerous, and recent! Staff are happy to talk about their own ghostly encounters, and that of the visitors over the years as well!

http://www.torontoghosts.org/niagara/fortgeorge.htm

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The Grand Theatre - London Ontario

Simply gorgeous building that Matthew has single handily explored from top to bottom! A classic ghost story is attached to this famed theatre, but Ambrose Small is not the only spectre to be seen there!

http://www.torontoghosts.org/middlesex/ambrose.htm

http://www.grandtheatre.com/

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Spadina House - Toronto Ontario

By far one of the best historical house/museums I have personally visited in the province. Everything in this museum is unique to this property. The ghost stories associated with it are staff reported, and credible in my opinion.

http://www.torontoghosts.org/spadinahouse.htm

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White Otter Castle, Turtle River Provincial Park Ontario (near Kenora)

Another site that is rich in history, and with some very recent as well as older documented sightings of the ghost of Jimmy Mcouat it's builder.

http://www.torontoghosts.org/northcentral/whiteotter1.htm

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If we were to add a sixth our next fave would be:

Fort Wellington - Prescott, Ontario

Read further here:

http://www.torontoghosts.org/prescott/fortwellington1.htm

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Why these?

We list these as our faves because each has several credible ghost, and hauntings reports attached, and represent actual hauntings as opposed to just folklore, and wishful thinking.

Each is publicly accessible, and in each at least most of the staff will happily talk about their ghosts if approached respectfully.

We also wished to include at least one from each area of this vast province south/north/east and west to give a well rounded example.

Plus each listed above are well worth a visit for more then just their spooky pasts.

Trust me this was not easy. There are several more we could include such as Fort York, Black Creek Pioneer Village, The Enwave theatre, St Marie's etc, but after an hour hashing it out this is our top 5 list...

Next week we'll return to our regularly featured Freaky Friday format, but we do hope that you've enjoyed the list, and perhaps found it helpful with future "ghostly" travel plans.