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It is Irish Heritage Month and I am looking at Canada's Irish History.

Today, it is Goose Village in Montreal!

Located near Griffintown in Montreal, the area was once known as Windmill Point.
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It was here that 3,500 to 6,000 Irish immigrants died of typhus in 1847 and 1848 upon arriving in Montreal.

Fever sheds, 22 in all, were built in the area and troops were station around the area to prevent people from leaving.
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The Grey Nuns helped the immigrants, but of the 40 who aided them, 30 became sick and seven died.

In 1859, Victoria Bridge workers found the mass graves of Irish immigrants who died of typhus that died in the 1840s.
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They erected a monument called The Black Rock, which remains there to this day to honour the victims who lived in Goose Village.

The area became a thriving Irish neighbourhood, and by the 1960s, Italian immigrants lived there as well. The rest of Montreal looked on it with scorn.
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It was demolished and turned into a stadium and parking lot for Expo 67 in 1964.

The residents were forced to find new places to live and many believed Goose Village was demolished so visitors to Expo 67 wouldn't see it as they drove across the Victoria Bridge into Montreal.
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Today, the area contains undeveloped land, a Costco & a parking lot.

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