2006-12-20 06:05:25 · 4 answers · asked by mellybee4321 3 in Travel ➔ Canada ➔ Montreal
I think you might find this interesting...
There are more than 250 bodies in the basement of a building at one of downtown Montréal’s busiest corners. And intrepid tourists can ‘visit’ them—in the company of a
nun! The site is one of Montréal’s many smaller museums, the Marguerite d’Youville Centre. It contains the simple graves of 260 nuns, each marked by a hand-painted wooden cross and dating back to the 19th century. The last burial here was in 1961.
Most visitors come to see the tomb of Marie Marguerite Dufrost de Lajemmerais (more usually known as Marguerite d’Youville) one of the most important women in Montréal’s colonial history. She founded the order of nuns among whom she is buried and in 1990 was canonized—the first Canadian-born saint.
As well as this unusual ‘indoor cemetery,’ the building displays old paintings, furniture, Indian, Inuit and missionary art, and some beautiful liturgical vestments. Free tours are available Wednesdays to Sundays. For more information, call (514) 937-9501.
2006-12-21 14:50:53 · answer #1 · answered by CrazyCate 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is one "ghost tour" departing from the Old Port, but it is closed on winter, I think.
2006-12-25 11:26:05 · answer #2 · answered by nerdy_expatriate 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a lame-o "haunted" restaurant that I have gone to several times for group parties: http://www.maisonhantee.qc.ca/
2006-12-23 01:35:01 · answer #3 · answered by Mel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to hauntedhouses.com and follow links.BOO!
2006-12-20 14:15:16 · answer #4 · answered by WHAT 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋