Ghost Hunters Weekend

Getaway Ghost Weekend:

Portland Style through

Portland Underground Tours

(Cascade Geographic Society)

Getaway Ghost Weekend Dates:

March 18-20 (Winter)

May 6-9 (Spring)

September 9-11 (Autumn)

For reservations and booking details,

and for information, please contact:

Portland Underground Tours

(Cascade Geographic Society)

P.O. Box 398

Rhododendron, Oregon 97049

(503) 622-4798

email: 

cgsmthood@onemain.com

Website:

http://members.tripod.com/cgs-mthood/

 Getaway Ghost Weekend Schedule

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Friday

Arrival at Four-Points by Sheraton Hotel

       Portland Downtown ---

    4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

 Located on the Portland Waterfront at

50 S.W. Morrison

at the junction of S.W. Naito Parkway, right along the historic waterfront

where many folks swear that within the gentle sweep of the Willamette River

you can still the horns of the steamboats,

and when foggy, you can easily visualize the ghostly sailing ships

of a now bygone era.

The Four-Points by Sheraton Hotel

Portland Downtown will provide an

elegant touch in the tradition of the

"City of Roses". 

It is situated alongside

the MAX light rail tracks,

where your lodging will place

you in the most centralized area

in the city,

and will strategically situate

you where you can gain easy access to the "Portland Underground”

(the Shanghai Tunnels"),

cruising along the adjacent

Willamette River

(which at one time was dubbed

"Shanghai Harbor"

because of the brisk business that took place in the selling of unsuspecting men to unscrupulous sea captains),

as well as near the other reportedly haunted urban landscapes of the

"Rose City".

Also, the strategic location of the

Four-Points by Sheraton Hotel Portland Downtown alongside the MAX light rail tracks, will offer you some great opportunities to both explore and shop on your own in the Downtown Area and the many booths of hand-crafted items at

Saturday Market (which is also held

on Sundays), as well as in Lloyd Center, which was the world's first shopping mall.  And because all of

these places are located within "Fareless Square", the cost for this unique form of transit to all these places is

absolutely free.

 ~Getaway Ghost Weekend Schedule: 

    ~ No-Host Reception --- 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Gather together in the lounge of the Four-Points by Sheraton Hotel Portland Downtown

with the other participants of the Getaway Ghost Weekend and relax in a comfortable atmosphere,

where at one time the rambling wharfs of Portland occupied the landscape of the west bank of the

Willamette River.  Swap stories and share past adventures of other excursions, and get prepared

for what will most assuredly be a unique weekend.

    ~ Dinner --- 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Enjoy a special meal prepared by the award- winning chefs of

the Four-Points by Sheraton Hotel Portland Downtown. 

Imagine, eating so close to the waterfront where, at one-time,

the shanghaiers ruled the wharfs and dominated this unique form

of shipboard slavery in the early maritime days of the "Rose City".

It is here, all along what is now Tom McCall's Waterfront Park,

that their ghosts are said to still haunt this beautiful, yet mysterious,

urban landscape.

    ~ Paranormal Presentation --- 8:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.

This special presentation will give Getaway Ghost Weekend participants

a glimpse into the study of the procedures that are professionally utilized

in documenting and identifying, and understanding the paranormal activity in

the "Portland Underground"(the infamous "Shanghai Tunnels") and those in the

Old Town/ Chinatown/Skidmore Fountain area.

 ~Getaway Ghost Weekend Schedule: 

    ~ "Old Town Ghost Tour" (walking tour) ---

                9:30 p.m. to 11 p.m.

 Venture above ground into the cloak of the night in the

Old North End --- known today as Old Town/Chinatown/Skidmore area.

In these unique sections of Downtown Portland, you'll see the places

where paranormal activity reportedly takes place and hear the stories

of the hauntings that has been gleaned from Portland's notorious past.

An historian, writer, educator, and explorer of the "Portland Underground"

(the infamous "Shanghai Tunnels"), will give you a unique glimpse back into

the past.  He has selected stories from his past that numbered at least a

hundred, and put together this tour that is based on his book,

Ghosts of the Shanghaiing Era of the Old North End. 

[Please see "Old Town Ghost Tour (walking tour details) " for more information.]

    ~ Individual Exploration of Portland's Nightlife ---

Take time to explore the nightlife in the "City of Roses". 

Venture into the clubs that now occupy the places where the notorious saloons,

complete with trapdoors, once provided the shanghaiers with plenty of men to sell

to sea captains destined for faraway ports. Discover your own establishments where

hauntings still reportedly take place...if you are aware of what is happening around you.

 ~Getaway Ghost Weekend Schedule: 

Saturday

    ~ Breakfast at Four-Point Sheraton Hotel Portland Downtown

                Between 6:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.

Start your day off with a leisurely breakfast in the dining room of the Sheraton. 

Near this location, where the windjammers plied the waters of the Willamette River,

shanghaiers seized their victims, locked them up in underground holding facilities,

and then, later, hauled them through an inter-connecting maze of tunnels, basements,

and catacombs that lead to the wharfs along the waterfront, and sold them to sea captains

bound for far-off ports in the Orient.  Due to rough handling and administering of over-powerful

knockout drugs, sadly some of their prey died.  This is why paranormal activity has been taking

place in this location for as long as anyone can remember.  This is why some strange and unusual

occurrences will sometimes take place at this establishment.

    ~ "Shanghaied Along the Willamette"

            Special Adventure Cruise:

         10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

This unique cruise will give Getaway Ghost Weekend participants an opportunity to venture out on to

the Willamette River and view from the water the historic setting of "Shanghai Harbor", as the

infamous Portland waterfront was called back during those days when shanghaiers ruled the darkness and

shadows of the wharfs of the "Rose City". See Portland from the water, which will help you understand the

infamous nature of this city as night falls and you venture underground in what was called back then the

Old North End into the "Portland Underground".

 ~Getaway Ghost Weekend Schedule: 

    ~ Free Time --- 1:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

This is your time.  Do what you like. Relax in your hotel room;

have lunch in one of the great restaurants in the "Rose City";

explore and shop in Downtown Portland, the Portland Saturday Market,

or Lloyd Center; go for a stroll along the Willamette River in

"Tom McCall Waterfront Park"; or venture into the Old Town/Chinatown/Skidmore Fountain Area

where the darkness and shadows of evening and the curtain of darkness reportedly holds the secrets

to the ghosts of the infamous "Portland Underground" (the "Shanghai Tunnels").

    ~ No Host Bar --- 5:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m.

Regroup in the lounge of the Four-P