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Golden North Hotel Ghost Story

3rd and Broadway St , Skagway, AK (907) 983-2451

Built in 1898, the oldest operating hotel in Alaska was a two story hotel, moved in 1908 by horse and capsten to its present location. A third story and the world famous golden dome was also added at this time.

Corrington's purchased the property in 1997 and spent more than one million dollars renovating the Crown Jewel of the Gold Rush. Now solid and up to code, each of the 31 rooms are dedicated to gold rush families and filled with their momentos and antiques.

The first floor offers a 60 seat pub, 80 seat Victorian style restaurant, 30 seat outdoor patio and Southeast Alaska’s first microbrewery.

Two ghosts are often said to haunt thishaunted Alaska hotel. Many employees of the golden North Hote l have so often had to explain the haunting that they have named one of the many Ghost " Scary Mary."

Scary Mar , is the spirit or ghost of a young lost little lady who sadly died all alone in her room of what some believe was pneumonia or tuberculosos, while waiting for her fiancé to return from his long gold-prospecting expedition. Locals and visitors and staff believe her ghost still haunts everyone who stays in her room.

She is said to still haunt actual Room 23, where her body was discovered dead one fine day long agao. Scary Mary's misty ghostly images has appeared as well as is heard quite often. Several recent guests have complained of hearing choking as well as having the sensations themselves. She can be heard coughing in the middle of the night.

Room 14 is haunted also some staff and haunted hotel gurest say is a strange "light form" orb like manifestion or ghost, but not, it slowly moves around in the room night and day and has been captured on video and ghost photos.

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