Ghost Bride

Built in 1888, the iconic Fairmont Banff Springs hotel has long been a premier mountain getaway for nature lovers, travellers and even high society. Its architectural beauty and breathtaking vistas of the surrounding Rocky Mountain landscape have long cemented its reputation as an elegant, romantic setting for weddings and special events. 

And as legend has it, one bride has also made it her eternal home since the early 1930s.

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Perhaps the bride caught her heel in the hem of her dress, or some movement caused her dress tobrush up against a candle's flame - something startled the bride,who suddenly stumbled then fell down the stairs ultimately meeting her demise. It was a truly tragic end to a love story, and a life that was cut all too short.

But this bride's story doesn't end with her death. For years, stories have circulated about an apparition in a white wedding dress that moves quietly up and down theaforementioned staircase in the hotel. Some claim to have seen this otherworldly bride dancing alone in the solitude. It is believed that this Dancing Bride is seeking to relive that fateful day, when death denied her and her beloved their first dance as husband and wife. "Till death do us part."

This coin is the first issue of the Haunted Canada collection.
The first coin of the series, released in 2014, depicts the Ghost Bride. 
The second coin of the series, released in 2015, depicts the Brakeman.
Thethird and last coin of the series, released in 2016, depicts the Bell Island.

HAUNTED CANADA - GHOST BRIDE - 2014 CANADIAN COINS 01 is categorised COINS AND PAPER MONEY / 08- ROYAL CANADIAN MINT / 13- CANADIAN HISTORY and sold by l'Imaginaire, a store and specialised website.