Original Haunted Walk of Ottawa
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Take a spooky stroll through Downtown Ottawa on this guided haunted walking tour. Experience the darker side of Canada’s capital and hear tales of the city's haunted heritage as told by a professional storyteller. Hear the hair-raising stories and see the area’s most haunted sites. It’s a fascinating, spine-tingling adventure.
- Experience a haunted walking tour of Ottawa
- Learn about and visit the city’s most haunted places
- Follow a local storyteller guide through the streets of Ottawa
- Choice of departure times to suit your schedule
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This haunted walking tour through the streets of Ottawa will surprise, amaze, and delight. Hear the tales of an eerie past while visiting some of city’s oldest sites. The tour departs from the Haunted Walks ticket office, located just steps from Parliament Hill in Downtown Ottawa.
Follow an expert storyteller guide through the town to discover Ottawa in a completely different way than the regular tours — in search of its haunted places where a lesser-known history is uncovered.
See the Fairmont Château Laurier, a historic landmark hotel in downtown Ottawa, and discover its grim connection to the Titanic. Learn why the Rideau Canal is purported to be haunted by the thousand workers who died during its construction and visit the city’s oldest building, the Commissariat Building Bytown Museum, a small museum in Ottawa located on the lower locks of the canal at the Ottawa River. Also, see Lisgar Collegiate Institute, Ottawa’s infamous haunted high school, and more.
Follow an expert storyteller guide through the town to discover Ottawa in a completely different way than the regular tours — in search of its haunted places where a lesser-known history is uncovered.
See the Fairmont Château Laurier, a historic landmark hotel in downtown Ottawa, and discover its grim connection to the Titanic. Learn why the Rideau Canal is purported to be haunted by the thousand workers who died during its construction and visit the city’s oldest building, the Commissariat Building Bytown Museum, a small museum in Ottawa located on the lower locks of the canal at the Ottawa River. Also, see Lisgar Collegiate Institute, Ottawa’s infamous haunted high school, and more.
Itinerary
The 90-minute storytelling adventure will surprise, amaze, and delight even the most skeptical in the group. Along the way, hear a number of stories. Find out about the tragic connection between the Titanic and the Fairmont Chateau Laurier; why the Rideau Canal (a Unesco World Heritage Site) is believed to be haunted by 1,000 workers who died during the construction; and Ottawa's infamously haunted high school.
Also, learn about a Canadian solider who was saved from certain death by the intervention of a deceased family member. And discover why Ottawa's oldest building seems to be its most haunted.
The tour ends where it began, with souvenirs and refreshments available for purchase.
Duration: 30 minutes
Admission Ticket Free
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