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Ghost Walks
Tour Website: www.ghostsandcritters.com/ghost walks.html
November Through May, Tours are by Appointment Only.
About the Tour Ease of Tour Tour Days and Times Register for Your Tour Tour Reviews Map of Tour Route Spirit Tales Tour Pictures Other Tours in Vancouver and the Northwest
This is not affiliated with the National Park Service. You cannot buy tickets for this tour at their visitor's center. The only way you can buy tickets is live at the tour, or through this website. If you want to reserve a spot and pay at the tour, please email ghostguy01@gmail.com.
Tickets for the 2023 Ghost Walk Season will be available in early June. The links below will take you to the EventSmart website. EventSmart uses PayPal, which takes all major credit cards. You can also register for a tour by email, and pay at the beginning of the tour. Please email ghostguy01@gmail.com.
Date/Time of Tours Jun - Halloween 2023
Cost:
2023 Ghost Walk Schedule
OCTOBER
Friday Octoberr 20th 7:00 to 8:30 PM Sold Out
Saturday October 21st 7:00 to 8:30 PM Sold out
Sunday October 22nd Noon to 1:30 PM Sold OUtt
Friday Octoberr 27th 7:00 to 8:30 PM Sold outt
Saturday October 28st 7:00 to 8:30 PM Sold Out
Sunday October 29nd Noon to 1:30 PM 6 tickets left
November through May, tours are by special arrangement.
Please contact Jeff Davis at:
jddavis@rocketmail.com
or call 253
223-0125.
About
the Spirit Tales of the Vancouver Barracks Tour: The walking tour takes place in Vancouver, Washington, at
the historic Vancouver Barracks. Regularly scheduled tours run July through
Halloween 2021, and by special appointment year round.
The Vancouver Barracks was founded in 1849, and members of the United
States military served there until 2011.
In those years, thousands of service members, their families, civilians,
and prisoners walked its grounds.
In over 150 years, they left their mark on the land and the buildings, leaving
behind many memories.
Stories have
grown up about the Vancouver Barracks, stories of loneliness, fear and tragedy,
all part of the darker aspects of military life.
Whether you believe in ghosts or not, you will be interested in the
stories of the Vancouver Barracks' past inhabitants. The Spirit Tales of the Vancouver Barracks tour was
designed by local historian and author Jefferson Davis.
Jeff served at the Vancouver Barracks for many years, and has first-hand
experience with both the spooky and ordinary history of the Vancouver Barracks.
Please join him and the other tour guides to learn more about the
Vancouver Barracks' shady past. The tour lasts between 1 1/2 to two hours and is about 1 1/2 of a mile long. The tour starts at the west end of the Grant House Restaurant parking lot. It follows a loop to the western half of the Vancouver Barracks, then back to the Grant House Restaurant. Along the route, visitors will stop at locations such as the Parade Ground, and outside of several buildings like the O. O. Howard House, Post Hospital, and Ulysses S. Grant House, to learn the haunted history of the Barracks. WARNING: There is NO restroom at the start point, or along the route!! Starting
Location:
The tour does not start at the Grant House, it ends there. You will see your tour guide in the parking lot, opposite the Grant House. You can download a copy of the tour map by clicking here. It shows the locations of several parking lots at the Vancouver Barracks.
Ease
of Tour and Words of Warning: This tour takes place, rain or shine, we do not go inside any buildings, so please dress appropriately. The tour route is about 1 ½ miles in length, over sidewalks and grassy ground, on flat ground as well as slight slopes. It also crosses several streets. Persons with disabilities, or who are a little unsteady, may encounter some difficulty. Because the tour takes place in all weather, everyone should take care when walking on grass and pavement, as well as crossing the street in low light conditions. Adults should accompany youths under the age of 13. Please limit drinking of any alcoholic beverages before this walk. Because there is no restroom stop on this tour, you may experience some difficulties. Alcohol will also cause problems walking on difficult terrain. We do not want anyone to trip, fall, or injure themselves in any way. The Vancouver Barracks has enough ghosts, and does not need more. Cancellation
and Refund Policy We do not have a minimum number of guests, so you need not
worry about us canceling the tour because of low numbers. However, if there is
an unexpected emergency and we have to cancel a tour, we will notify
you by email or text message, please do the same for us. You can cancel
your tickets up to one hour before the tour starts. Just notify us at:
ghostguy01@gmail.com We are sorry, but if you are a no show at your tour, there
is no refund. However, we will
happily reschedule you for a later tour.
Click Here to Visit Trip Advisor Reviews of the Spirit Tales Walk Click
on the photo to read a review of our walk, The Spirit Tales walk gained interest in 2017. Here are links to two media items.
My friends Aaron Collins and Steve Sroba went on my walk, and recorded some of the high points of our trip in a video. The video is about 16 minutes long. There is a bit of talking, but I think you will like the background scenery of our walk.
I had two special guests at my Sunday walk, on the 17th of September 2017, a reporter and photographer from The Columbian. Here is an article on the walk.
Vancouver and other Northwest Ghost Walks and Tours VANCOUVER USA
A mix of stories, memories, research, and personal experiences, their tours are a fascinating glimpse through history and the unexplained. Guides will lead up to 25 people for approximately a mile, making frequent stops along the way to tell stories and answer questions. Contact the museum for more information and to purchase tickets. You can also visit them at 1511 Main St, Vancouver, WA 98660.
Portland and Vicinity Beyond Bizarre Ghost Tour of Portland. Part of Portland Walking tours. This tour is given by some of Portland's most knowledgeable historians and tour guides. They also have a Shanghai Tunnel Tour. Northwest Ghost Tours Rocky Smith and his fellow tour guides provide a wonderful historic and haunted tour of Oregon City
Seattle and Puget Sound
Private Eye Tours of Seattle takes people on a trip through the scarier and seamier side of Seattle. Instead of a hearse, their tour vehicle is a bright red van. Lots of anecdotes of past celebrities, and a video too. Spooked in Seattle Ghost tours of Seattle. They have a Haunted Pub Tour, Pioneer Square Walking Tour, specialty tours like a Capitol Hill Bus Tour, and an interesting business space, which includes a learning center and Death Museum Seattle Ghost Tour Pub Crawl. Starts at the Pike Brewing Company. Port Gamble Ghost Walks are not every weekend, so please check their website for days and times.
British Columbia Discover the Past conducts interesting ghost walks of Victoria, British Columbia
Ghost Walks and Other Oddities Outside the Pacific Northwest Philip Hutchinson's Haunted Guildford (England) Tour
Philip Hutchinson's Jack the Ripper Walk
Carla Boullion's Phantoms, Facts, and Folklore, giving ghost walks of the New Orleans area for many years.
In recent weeks it has come to my attention that certain parties are using my ghost stories and those of my contributors as references for their own commercial enterprises. If you or someone you know is writing a book on ghosts in the Pacific Northwest, PLEASE DO NOT!!! copy or use the following stories or any other materials within this website as references. Jefferson Davis (25 April 2003)
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