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Carricks of Whitehaven Shipwreck Memorial

History
On April 28, 1847, the ship Carricks of Whitehaven was wrecked here, and 187 Irish immigrants from Sligo were lost; 87 are buried here. The dead are remembered in a memorial erected by parishioners of St Patricks Parish, Montreal, under Rev. J. Quinlivan, P.P.
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