The Anglican Church has donated the parcel of land near the Victoria Bridge to memorialize 6,000 Irish immigrants who died in Montreal more than a century-and-a-half ago.
Bishop Mary Irwin-Gibson of the Anglican Diocese of Montreal has announced the official transfer of the land upon which the historic Black Rock Monument rests to The Montreal Irish Monument Park Foundation.
The Anglican Diocese of Montreal is ceding the territory surrounding "Black Rock," the site of a mass Irish grave on Bridge Street, to the Montreal Irish Monument Park Foundation.
After The Main, a second Montreal smoked meat business is announcing its closure in the span of a week. Quebec Smoked Meat, a family business in Pointe-Saint-Charles that served "old-fashioned" smoked meat, is closing down too.