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51
Stuart Street
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
built in 1860
By Stephanie
Lechniak-Cumerlato
I
personally can remember my Dad taking me down to the Custom House
when I was young to look at the beautiful architecture. Little
did i know then, that I would form a connection with this building
many years later!
In
2003, my partner (now husband) and I began the newest Haunted
Hamilton venture.... Ghost Walks of our amazing city. Next to
our original Downtown Hamilton tour, we always knew we wanted
to revisit the Custom House. Located down on Stuart Street at
Bay, the building is almost hidden unless you know where to look
for it. But when you move closer to the huge, stone structure,
you can't help but wonder what kind of mysteries lie past those
walls.
Revisiting
the mention of my strange connection with this building, perhaps
there is a reason for that? All i know is that this is the only
building where i have had all of my ghostly experiences in! I
even believe that one Halloween evening in 2005 i personally witnessed
the Dark Lady in all her glory!
To
date, we run Historical Ghost Tours at the Custom House and they
continue to freak our tour-goes out. Some might think they are
stepping into a fairly old, typical musum... that is until they
descend the steps into the cold, dark basement! Our tour takes
you right into the depths of the building where you will see the
infamous tunnel vault that is said to be the Dark Lady's resting
place, AND, where 15 men were buried alive after riding the rails
and coming up through the tunnel to seek shelter!
It
is said that a total of 25 ghosts haunt the Custom House, and
we here at Haunted Hamilton can quite confidently say that we
have had several run-in's with most of these spirits!
Join
us on a Ghost Walk and see if you feel what we feel at this spectacular
building!
Visit
www.ghostwalks.com
for tour dates and info. |
