<p>It has been called Canada's most haunted province.</p> <p>While such a claim is impossible to prove, British Columbia does abound with tales of the supernatural. Ghost Stories of British Columbia is a comprehensive collection of these tales, drawing from the province's history, its archives, and its people.</p> <p>There are ghosts from the distant past, and ghosts from the present day. Legends that are familiar to many, and accounts that, to date, have only been heard by a few. Shady apparitions from the coastline, the interior, and the isolated north. And each story is a true account of someone's experience with a ghost.</p> <p>In Burnaby, a young child is repeatedly urged by two spectral visitors to follow them back "to the other side."</p> <p>The dedicated publisher of the Surrey Leader returns to check on the new issue - weeks after his death.</p> <p>The image of a screaming young woman haunts a grove of bushes in Beacon Hill Park - years before a woman matching the image is murdered there.</p> <p>Barkerville - a town designed to bring the history of the gold rush to life - truly hosts the "spirit" of the past.</p> <p>Victoria honours its British past - with two of its own haunted castles.</p> <p>In Creston - an eccentric stonemason's spirit occupies the unusual home he once planned to be buried in.</p> <p>They are the mysteries, the unexplained, the eerie, and amazing stories meant to be told by campfire or candlelight.</p> <p>They are the true ghost stories of British Columbia, and they wait for you in these pages.</p>