Place your Mouse over this picture to see the original sketch of Fort Kamloops by John Tod. This is what researchers believe Tod House would have looked like before the additions that have changed it over the last 150 years.

Welcome to the oldest inhabited House in British Columbia! I'm one of the Tod house ghosts. Just like the owner, old "Scotch Boy" John Tod, this pretty white house and I have seen many things over the years; even the creation of the province of British Columbia. Today the house is nestled in a busy neighbourhood, but in Tod's time it would have sat in a hundred acres of fields and oak groves, with the property stretching all the way down to the ocean.

As houses grow over the years, they sometimes change according to the needs of the families who live there. A new room might be built for a new baby, or the kitchen might grow bigger or smaller as modern appliances replace old-fashioned ones. Tod House has seen a lot of changes over the last century and a half, and researchers believe it was built in three stages.

So how do people today figure out how a 150-year-old house has changed? Well, since I'm a ghost, going into every nook and cranny is not an issue! And there are certainly clues that can help you mortals if you know where to look!

Now, I know it might take you a while to get the hang of the "Passing Through Solid Walls" technique (or P.T.S.W. as it's known in the Apparitions Training Handbook). However, I think I can still guide a rookie into some basic secret areas of old Tod's house, and we can figure out how this place has been put together. Incidentally, all the linked words here take you to an architectural glossary if you want to learn a bit more about house construction. This might help you build the tree fort of your dreams if you are a little young yet for retirement! So follow me and I'll take you to the oldest part of the Tod family home.