Celtic Cross - Saint John, New Brunswick
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N 45° 16.007 W 066° 03.609
19T E 730626 N 5016792
This Celtic Cross, erected in 1967 by descendants of the Irish settlers, is a half scale replica of a cross which stands on Partridge Island in Saint John harbour.
Waymark Code: WM12FP4
Location: New Brunswick, Canada
Date Posted: 05/17/2020
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The inscription on the base of this cross is identical to the text found on the Partridge Island Cross.
This monument was erected in memory of more than 2000 Irish immigrants who died of typhus fever contracted on shipboard during the voyage from Ireland in the Famine year 1847, and of whom 600 were / buried in this island.
This cross also commemorates the devotion and sacrifice of Dr. Patrick Collins, who, after ministering to the victims of the disease, himself contracted it and died. Designed and erected by George McArthur 1927.
Original Cross on Partridge Island: (
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