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.
Fractures, bacterial infections, chronic diseases, and signs of malnutrition provide a window into the lives of Irish migrants in the mid 1800s, said bio-archaeologist Marine Puech at Boucherville lab Ethnoscop.
Ahead of the annual Walk to the Stone in Pointe-St-Charles, there’s progress on a plan to build a fitting tribute to 6,000 Irish immigrants who died here in 1847 – 175 years ago.