Friday, October 4, 2013
Haunted Heritage Tour - SOLD OUT
Thank you everyone for your interest in the Haunted Heritage Tour 2013 Streetcar #23 but we are SOLD OUT (in record time.) Due to demand for this tour we are currently working on other events and times and will let you know ASAP. This event so far has raised over $350 for the Nelson Electric Tramway Society that is run entirely on volunteers. Again Thank You for your interest and we will keep you posted on future happenings.
Friday, September 27, 2013
Return of the NPL: Haunted Heritage Tour 2013 Streetcar#23
Haunted Heritage Tour 2013 Streetcar #23
Nelson BC - The Nelson Paranormal League
(NPL) is back and excited to announce the return of the Haunted Heritage Tour but this time it takes place on the Historical
Trolley Streetcar #23. On Saturday October 5th and Sunday
October 6th at 5pm people are invited to enjoy a one hour guided
tour of Nelson’s paranormal side from the safety of the Nelson Electric Tramway
Society’s (NETS) 108 year old Streetcar #23.
The NPL was founded back in 2004, with the
mission to investigate and educate people about paranormal activities and the
unknown. They launched the league with a
Haunted Heritage tour of Nelson and in 2006 filmed a documentary of their
findings at a local Hotel, Haunt at the
Hume.
It was when the league started to uncover
significant paranormal evidence that they realized they needed to be careful
with their findings. Over time the
league found many allies and contacts to help them with their paranormal
adventures and they are excited to be back and ready to launch a new era of
investigations and tours in Nelson.
This year they are piloting a project with
the help of the Nelson Electric Tramway Society (NETS) who have been running
Streetcar#23 for over 20 years with the strength of volunteers. To help the society in return, 50% of all
ticket sales will be going directly to NETS in their efforts to keep the trolley
system running and their new museum project.
The Haunted Heritage Tour 2013 StreetCar#23 will take people on an hour long adventure on Nelson’s waterfront filled with stories about paranormal investigations, tales of intrigue, and a look into the haunted history of the Kootenays. The tour begins in Lakeside Park with an introduction to world of the paranormal and why Nelson is a hot bed for ghostly activity, you will then be treated to a variety of stories and first hand adventures with NPL founder and Trolley Motorman Chris Holland.
“The Haunted Heritage Tour is an excellent
combination of entertaining facts about the unknown and the interesting stories
of Nelson’s past,” Says Chris Holland of the NPL. “It is a historical
educational journey that tantalizes the imagination and leaves you wondering
and wanting to learn more.”
The Haunted
Heritage Tour 2013 Streetcar #23 will only have two runs, Saturday October
5th and Sunday October 6th, admission is $8
per person, the tour begins at 5pm loading at Lakeside Park Station. Tickets are available at the Nelson and
District Chamber of Commerce and will sell out quickly. For more information or to purchase your
tickets drop by the chamber office at 225 Hall St. or call 250.352.3433. You can also check out NelsonStreetCar.org
or NelsonParanormalLeague.blogspot.ca for updates.
Friday, January 12, 2007
Who Is the Nelson Paranormal League?
The Nelson Paranormal League is a group of enthusiasts interested in studying paranormal phenomena. The NPL are not scientists, but simply a group of researchers interested in studying local sites that have unusual histories or stories surrounding them.
Nelson, BC has a rich history and houses many buildings that were built in the late 1800s to early 1900s. A surprising number of these buildings have “haunted” histories and are reported to be inhabited by spirits, both benevolent and malevolent.
The NPL’s mission is to investigate these histories and attempt to explain the strange phenomena that seems to surround them.
The NPL’s story began in the late spring of 2004, husband and wife team Chris Holland and Serene Stewart of Juggernaut Marketing and Communications wanted to start a ghost tour of Nelson for the Hallowe’en season, as many other cities have (interesting side note: Holland and Stewart were married on Hallowe’en night, 2003). It would be a haunted tram ride, but unlike other cities, they insisted it not rely on cheesy scare tactics or plastic skeletons, but on local ghost stories, true to Nelson. They invited friend and graphic designer Kevin Macintyre to join in the endeavour, and so began months of intensive research and interviews with locals.
As the trio delved into the history of the Queen City, it became apparent that Nelson, a city rich with catalogued history, also had a great number of tales that went largely unknown by the public. Nelson’s history includes an opium den, whorehouses, and secret tunnels that ran beneath the streets - as well as a number of stories of spirits, apparitions, and other unexplainable phenomenon.
The team was fascinated, and re-doubled their research efforts. The more stories they uncovered, the more questions arose. And with the strong desire to answer those questions, the Nelson Paranormal League was born.
Fuelled by spooky stories of local history that chilled and delighted the public, the 2004 Haunted Heritage Tour was a huge success, with all seats selling out on all four shows in under 24 hours and with over 120 people on a waiting list.
And more stories rolled in. It seemed that almost every person that walked off the Haunted Heritage tram had a spooky tale of their own, and many of these stories would ultimately lead the League to uncover a little more of Nelson’s haunted history.
The success of the Haunted Heritage Tour lead the League to their next project: an intensive paranormal study of one of Nelson’s most reputedly haunted sites, the Hume Hotel. In October of 2005, the NPL entered the Hume along with noted Tarot Card reader, psychic, and listener Thea Trussler, as well as a three-man camera crew led by Blue Dog Media’s Jacy Schindel. The NPL first interviewed a few key members of the Hume’s regular night staff as well as the general manager Ryan Martin, and then began their dusk til dawn vigil, eight hours of filmed investigation through the heart and bowels of Nelson’s most infamous paranormal hotspot.
On October 2006, and after a year of study and scrutiny, the NPL revealed their findings to the public in “Haunt at the Hume”, a 45 minute documentary chronicling the events of that evening and the mysterious evidence gathered.
For more info contact the NPL at 250-505-5016 or nelsonparanormal@shaw.ca
Nelson, BC has a rich history and houses many buildings that were built in the late 1800s to early 1900s. A surprising number of these buildings have “haunted” histories and are reported to be inhabited by spirits, both benevolent and malevolent.
The NPL’s mission is to investigate these histories and attempt to explain the strange phenomena that seems to surround them.
The NPL’s story began in the late spring of 2004, husband and wife team Chris Holland and Serene Stewart of Juggernaut Marketing and Communications wanted to start a ghost tour of Nelson for the Hallowe’en season, as many other cities have (interesting side note: Holland and Stewart were married on Hallowe’en night, 2003). It would be a haunted tram ride, but unlike other cities, they insisted it not rely on cheesy scare tactics or plastic skeletons, but on local ghost stories, true to Nelson. They invited friend and graphic designer Kevin Macintyre to join in the endeavour, and so began months of intensive research and interviews with locals.
As the trio delved into the history of the Queen City, it became apparent that Nelson, a city rich with catalogued history, also had a great number of tales that went largely unknown by the public. Nelson’s history includes an opium den, whorehouses, and secret tunnels that ran beneath the streets - as well as a number of stories of spirits, apparitions, and other unexplainable phenomenon.
The team was fascinated, and re-doubled their research efforts. The more stories they uncovered, the more questions arose. And with the strong desire to answer those questions, the Nelson Paranormal League was born.
Fuelled by spooky stories of local history that chilled and delighted the public, the 2004 Haunted Heritage Tour was a huge success, with all seats selling out on all four shows in under 24 hours and with over 120 people on a waiting list.
And more stories rolled in. It seemed that almost every person that walked off the Haunted Heritage tram had a spooky tale of their own, and many of these stories would ultimately lead the League to uncover a little more of Nelson’s haunted history.
The success of the Haunted Heritage Tour lead the League to their next project: an intensive paranormal study of one of Nelson’s most reputedly haunted sites, the Hume Hotel. In October of 2005, the NPL entered the Hume along with noted Tarot Card reader, psychic, and listener Thea Trussler, as well as a three-man camera crew led by Blue Dog Media’s Jacy Schindel. The NPL first interviewed a few key members of the Hume’s regular night staff as well as the general manager Ryan Martin, and then began their dusk til dawn vigil, eight hours of filmed investigation through the heart and bowels of Nelson’s most infamous paranormal hotspot.
On October 2006, and after a year of study and scrutiny, the NPL revealed their findings to the public in “Haunt at the Hume”, a 45 minute documentary chronicling the events of that evening and the mysterious evidence gathered.
For more info contact the NPL at 250-505-5016 or nelsonparanormal@shaw.ca
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