Pioneer Square, aka the Old Burying Ground, is where, between 1855 and 1873, thousands of bodies were buried with tiny tombstones. The ghost of a woman has been seen here, along with one of a prominent man, R.B. Johnson, a founding father of Victoria. His ghost re-enacts his death: He stands before someone with a shaving blade, making a throat-cutting motion–and this, in fact, is how he took his own life. The story has been featured on Creepy Canada.
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Geographic Information
- Address:
- Quadra St and Rockland Ave
Victoria, BC Canada
Get Directions » - GPS:
- 48.4230269, -123.3591968
- Region:
- Capital
- Nearest Towns:
- Victoria, BC (0.8 mi.)
Oak Bay, BC (2.1 mi.)
Esquimalt, BC (2.7 mi.)
Langford Station, BC (6.7 mi.)
Goldstream, BC (8.2 mi.)
Goldstream Station, BC (8.2 mi.)
Metchosin, BC (8.9 mi.)
Rocky Point, BC (11.4 mi.)
Malahat, BC (11.6 mi.)
Saanichton, BC (11.9 mi.)
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