During construction of the Chedoke Expressway section of Highway 403 in 1962, a mass grave for cholera victims near the Desjardins Canal was removed. The remains of the cholera victims were reinterred at the Hamilton Cemetery.
Section J has been identified as the mass burial ground for the 1854 cholera victims. 391 individuals were buried there. Deaths occurred between June and September 1854.
In total more than 550 of 16,000 residents in Hamilton died from the disease. Authorities believe many more died in the epidemic without being reported. An accurate count of the death toll was impossible because many victims were hastily buried without the death being reported to government authorities.
The discovery of the cholera burial ground on Hamilton Cemetery is credited to the late Gary Winston Hill
https://www.thespec.com/life/local-history/2016/09/23/june-26-1854-cholera-epidemic-claims-550-in-hamilton.html#:~:text=On%20June%2026%2C%201854%20Hamilton%20experienced%20its%20first,was%20the%20first%20of%20many%20more%20to%20come.
Section J has been identified as the mass burial ground for the 1854 cholera victims. 391 individuals were buried there. Deaths occurred between June and September 1854.
In total more than 550 of 16,000 residents in Hamilton died from the disease. Authorities believe many more died in the epidemic without being reported. An accurate count of the death toll was impossible because many victims were hastily buried without the death being reported to government authorities.
The discovery of the cholera burial ground on Hamilton Cemetery is credited to the late Gary Winston Hill
https://www.thespec.com/life/local-history/2016/09/23/june-26-1854-cholera-epidemic-claims-550-in-hamilton.html#:~:text=On%20June%2026%2C%201854%20Hamilton%20experienced%20its%20first,was%20the%20first%20of%20many%20more%20to%20come.
During construction of the Chedoke Expressway section of Highway 403 in 1962, a mass grave for cholera victims near the Desjardins Canal was removed. The remains of the cholera victims were reinterred at the Hamilton Cemetery.
Section J has been identified as the mass burial ground for the 1854 cholera victims. 391 individuals were buried there. Deaths occurred between June and September 1854.
In total more than 550 of 16,000 residents in Hamilton died from the disease. Authorities believe many more died in the epidemic without being reported. An accurate count of the death toll was impossible because many victims were hastily buried without the death being reported to government authorities.
The discovery of the cholera burial ground on Hamilton Cemetery is credited to the late Gary Winston Hill
https://www.thespec.com/life/local-history/2016/09/23/june-26-1854-cholera-epidemic-claims-550-in-hamilton.html#:~:text=On%20June%2026%2C%201854%20Hamilton%20experienced%20its%20first,was%20the%20first%20of%20many%20more%20to%20come.
Section J has been identified as the mass burial ground for the 1854 cholera victims. 391 individuals were buried there. Deaths occurred between June and September 1854.
In total more than 550 of 16,000 residents in Hamilton died from the disease. Authorities believe many more died in the epidemic without being reported. An accurate count of the death toll was impossible because many victims were hastily buried without the death being reported to government authorities.
The discovery of the cholera burial ground on Hamilton Cemetery is credited to the late Gary Winston Hill
https://www.thespec.com/life/local-history/2016/09/23/june-26-1854-cholera-epidemic-claims-550-in-hamilton.html#:~:text=On%20June%2026%2C%201854%20Hamilton%20experienced%20its%20first,was%20the%20first%20of%20many%20more%20to%20come.
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