Victoria's Craigdarroch Castle (Craig-Derrick)

I love castles and had to take a tour. Very beautiful wood work done in this home. No hauntings of any kind. It was built by Robert Dunsmuir (a very wealthy coalworker) for his wife Joan who would only live in Victoria if it was in a Castle. Before it was finished Robert died and Joan lived in it until she died a long time later. The kids were left with it and did not want it. The eldest son decided to build his own castle and moved out. The kids tried to sell it and nothing, they tried to sell furniture inside and some sold. They eventually raffled it off for $1 a ticket and made more that way then they thought. A fur trader won it for a dollar and moved in boarding himself up in only one room since it costs so mujch to heat it with six fireplaces. He eventually lost the castle and all of his money to it, and over the years it eventually became a historic site and the furniture sold before was either bought back or re-donated. Very well restored and a great story.