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The Irish Commemorative Stone (also known as the Black Rock) is a monument in Pointe-Saint-Charles, island of Montreal, Quebec commemorating the deaths from "ship fever" (typhoid) of 6,000 mostly Irish immigrants to Canada during the immigration following the Great Irish Famine in the years 1847-1848.
It was decided to place the boulder to preserve the location of the cemetery that contains mostly Irish emigrants.[1] James Hodges[2] who was in charge of building the Victoria Bridge wrote of the day the stone was placed in his book.[3]
The weight is approximately 30-tonnes, and size of approximately 3 meters or 10-foot high.[4][5]
Officially named the Irish Commemorative Stone, it is more commonly known as the Black Rock and also has been referred to as the Ship Fever Monument[6] or the Boulder Stone.[7]
As of October 2023 the Montreal Irish Monument Park Foundation became the owner of the monument. Plans are to make a park in the area and it is to be completed by the year 2030.[8][9]
- ^ "Vicissitudes of Boulder Stone Whose Unveiling To-Morrow Recalls Sad Tragedy" The Daily Telegraph. August 16, 1913. Page 29.
- ^ Dictionary of Canadian Biography
- ^ Construction of the great Victoria Bridge in Canada by James Hodges, engineer, to Messrs. Peto, Brassey, and Betts, contractors. London 1860. Page 76.
- ^ "Seeking hope, they found death...Sunday marks the 150th anniversary..." . Newspaper Montreal Gazette. Author RENE BRUEMMER. May 31, 2009.
- ^ "Plan for memorial park at Montreal's Black Rock in jeopardy" CBC news. Authors Laura Marchand, Loreen Pindera. May 28, 2017.
- ^ McMahon, Colin (2007). "Montreal's Ship Fever Monument: An Irish Famine Memorial in the Making". The Canadian Journal of Irish Studies. 33 (1): 48–60. doi:10.2307/25515660. JSTOR 25515660.
- ^ Gallagher
- ^ "Montreal makes progress on a park to mark Irish mass grave site" Montreal Gazette. October 21, 2023. Author Pierre Saint-Arnaud.
- ^ CBC news. October 21, 2023. Author Pierre Saint-Arnaud