Ghost Stories and Legends of Prince Edward Island

Julie V. Watson has written hundreds of articles for publications across North America, and she is the author of more than two dozen books. Julie lives in Charlottetown.The work of photographer John C. Watson has appeared in numerous magazines, books, and even on the sides of buses. John lives in Vancouver.

• IntroductionONE An Early History TWO A Bishop Walks Thousands of Miles to Serve His Flock THREE The Phantom Ship of Northumberland Strait FOUR The Great Seal Robbery FIVE Shipwrecks and the High Seas SIX Buried Treasure SEVEN The Murder of Abel EIGHT Abel’s Cape NINE Captain George Knows His Place at King’s Playhouse TEN Lost Baby Lures Ghost Again and Again ELEVEN The Shadow of Holland Cove TWELVE The Fork in the Graveyard THIRTEEN An Annual Visit from “The Master” at the Macphail HomesteadFOURTEEN Tread with Caution in Goblin’s Hollow FIFTEEN Sea Serpents and Monsters SIXTEEN Romantic Link Revealed on Halloween SEVENTEEN The Ghost of Barlow Road EIGHTEEN Ghostly Encounters at Yeo House NINETEEN Naked Nathan TWENTY Summerside TWENTY-ONE Tignish TWENTY-TWO The Ghostly Miller of Clyde River TWENTY-THREE The Smugglers of Holland Cove TWENTY-FOUR Forerunners TWENTY-FIVE Loss of the Fairy Queen TWENTY-SIX The Yankee Gale TWENTY-SEVEN World’s Fastest Ship Meets Its Demise TWENTY-EIGHT Crossing at the Capes in Winter TWENTY-NINE A Horse Through the Ice THIRTY Charlottetown THIRTY-ONE Conflict THIRTY-TWO Treacherous Travel THIRTY-THREE West of the Capital Acknowledgements Recommended Reading Places to Visit