Bones of Great Hunger dead show they suffered from fractures, bacterial infections, chronic diseases and signs of malnutrition. The bleak discoveries of the Irish Famine dead give an insight into the lives of these 14 people from the mid-1800s and their fatal health issues..
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.