Kinsmen Park named one of the most haunted places in Saskatchewan
Prince Albert’s Kinsmen Park, which may be best known for its water slides and barbecue pits, may have a dark side according to an article published by Haunted Rooms.
The article names Kinsmen Park the sixth most haunted place in the province due the jail which was located near the park’s current grounds in the early-1900s. Eighteen of the prisoners there were sentenced to be hanged, and Michelle Taylor with the Prince Albert Historical Society said some of those men were buried on what are now the park’s grounds.
“If you were hanged and you were not claimed by a family member or a member of the community, you would be buried on jail ground,” Taylor said.
The first territorial jail was built in 1891 and was located just north of the current Court of Queen’s Bench. A second jail was built in the early 1920s and was located just off 28th St. E. where an apartment building now stands. The land in between was all jail property and was used mainly for agriculture purposes. According to Haunted Rooms, the last five people hanged at the jail were buried on the grounds and if visitors to the park listen close enough, they can hear the voices of the dead men. Taylor, on the other hand, said she personally has not heard of any paranormal encounters in the park.