Empress of Ireland Gravesite - Rimouski, Quebec, Canada
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N 48° 29.693 W 068° 29.483
19U E 537576 N 5371431
Empress of Ireland Gravesite is located in Rimouski, Quebec, Canada.
Waymark Code: WMHGMV
Location: Québec, Canada
Date Posted: 07/09/2013
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This is the site for the Canadian Pacific Railway Company memorial for Canada's greatest maritime disaster for 88 of those who lost their lives (including 68 unidentified victims) as a result of the sinking of the Empress of Ireland in the St. Lawrence River near Rimouski, Quebec.
RMS Empress of Ireland was an ocean liner that sank in the Saint Lawrence River following a collision with a Norwegian collier in the early hours of 29 May 1914.
Of the 1,477 persons on board the ship, the accident claimed the lives of 1,012 (840 passengers, 172 crew). The number of deaths is the largest of any Canadian maritime accident in peacetime.
On the grave is written the names of known people and as well as this : "sixty eight other unidentified who lost their lives when the R.M.S. Empress of Ireland was sunk by collision on the night of May 29 1914."
Ce site de la Canadian Pacific Steamship Company rend hommage à 88 des victimes du naufrage de l'Empress of Ireland qui a coulé dans le St-Laurent après être entré en collision avec le Storstad, bateau norvégien.
Avec 1 012 victimes parmi les 1 477 personnes embarquées, il constitue « le plus grand naufrage survenu au Canada » et se classe parmi les plus grands naufrages du début du xxe siècle, avec ceux du Titanic et du Lusitania.
Burial Location: along the St-Lawrence River
Available Times for Viewing: 24/7
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Visit Instructions:
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