Haunted Nelson: the Hume Hotel - Nelson, BC
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N 49° 29.552 W 117° 17.695
11U E 478642 N 5482252
On the auspicious occasion of the Grand Opening of the luxurious Hotel Hume in Nelson, on March 12, 1898 the Nelson Tribune ran a front page article to sing its praises.
Waymark Code: WMVBJQ
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 03/28/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Charter Member neoc1
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John Hume was one of the very first businessmen to operate in Nelson, partnering with Bob Lemon in a general store which originally operated out of one of the two tents which, along with a shack dispensing mining supplies, constituted the Nelson Business District in 1888. Bob Lemon was an enterprising entrepreneur who opened general stores where ever a mining camp sprung up in the Kootenays. Hume and Lemon also partnered in the construction of the Hume Hotel.

At the corner of Vernon and Ward Streets, the Hume has accepted guests nearly continuously for 115 years and recaptures its reputation as a luxury hotel. Much changed over the years, particularly after its sale by its second owner Wilmer C. Wells to hotelier George Benwell in 1912, it appears very much unlike it once did.

The Hume Hotel occupies Number 58 on the City of Nelson's 2011 Heritage Register.

To celebrate the Halloween season in 2016 the Nelson Star began a month-long series of articles on haunted places in the city. The first instalment dealt with the ghosts of the Hume Hotel. Following are excerpts from the article dealing with an investigation of the hotel by paranormal expert Chris Holland, of the Nelson Paranormal League.

by Will Johnson, Nelson Star - posted Oct 6, 2016 at 1:00 PM
Imagine you swing open the door to your room at the Hume Hotel and find a well-dressed, bowler hat-wearing gentleman ghost sitting on the edge of the bed.

As you gape in the doorway he turns and politely tips his hat to you, a friendly smile on his face, and invites you to enter.

“Most of the stories you hear from the Hume are about Room 335, which no longer exists and has been renovated,” paranormal expert Chris Holland told the Star during an interview in the Hume’s Library Lounge.

“In this case the front desk had a woman who wanted to check out right after checking in. The front desk asked her ‘why are you leaving?’ and she said, ‘Your hotel is great, I love it, I just want to stay somewhere else.”

It was only when they pressed her that she nervously admitted to seeing the man. When they told her there was no way somebody could be inside, she said, “I know that, but he doesn’t.”

This is only one anecdote Holland has picked up during his years of investigation into the hotel, which first caught his attention when owner Ryan Martin started doing extensive renovations.

He believes the historic lodging, which was built in 1898 by Fred and Lydia Hume, still retains energy remnants from all the people who’ve stayed in it over the years...

...It was during that investigation, while coming up the steps from the laundry room, that they picked up an audio recording of a voice saying one word: “Careful.”

“That voice that we heard downstairs, that’s how we started this whole thing. We took it really seriously. The energy in the Hume Room, down in the basement, is crazy. And it’s because an old creek, Ward Creek, comes right underneath it and that’s always a sign of energy — running water.”...

...“People used to be able to come to the Hume Hotel, which was a reputable establishment, then they could deke under the street to an establishment called the Little Davenport which was an opium den, and became the Red Fish Grill recently.”

According to him, that building became host to a malevolent spirit. And it was that spirit that started the fire that gutted the place years ago, across the alley from the Hume. He thinks it’s no mistake the hotel was untouched.
From the Nelson Star

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