Peter The Lordly
Verigin Patio

“Peter Vasilievich Verigin, known by the single name “Lordly,” was revered as a semi-deity by the Doukhobors. He inspired his Doukhobor followers to build a communal empire that spread over three western provinces in the years after 1899 when they arrived in Canada.”

“But in the early morning of October 29, 1924, an explosion on the remote Kettle Valley Line in southeastern British Columbia ripped apart Canadian Pacific Railroad Car 1586, killing the 65-year-old Lordly, his 17-year-old female companion and seven others.” ¹

Peter Verigin’s death was shrouded in mystery and theories on whether he was murdered abounded. To learn more about those theories, click the buttons below.

1 “Explosion on the Kettle Valley Line. The Death of Peter Verigin.” Canadian Mysteries, www.canadianmysteries.ca/sites/verigin/home/indexen.html. 05/2021.