Case file · Haunting
The ghost of Simon McTavish, Mount Royal
Fur baron Simon McTavish died in 1804 before his grand house on the slope of Mount Royal was finished; for decades Montrealers said his ghost was seen around the empty shell, even tobogganing on his coffin lid.
1804 CE · 45.51, -73.58 · status: legend
The account
The house stood unfinished until it was demolished in 1861. His mausoleum on the mountain was buried, rediscovered and excavated in the 1990s and 2000s.