Category: Steamer Montreal

Categories: Canada, Maritime Disasters

On 26 June 1857 there was a fire onboard the Steamer Montreal which was carrying mostly Scottish emigrants on their way west from Quebec. Over 250 lives were lost either in the fire or when passengers tried jumping overboard and were drowned.

See Also: Mass Burial of Victims in Quebec: [Memorial Steamship Montreal]

Jean Baptiste Chouinard 23 Jun 1809 L'Islet, Bas-Canada - 26 Jun 1857

Agnes (Gibson) Watson abt 1811 Arbroath, Forfarshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 26 Jun 1857

David Gilchrist abt 18 Apr 1824 Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 26 Jun 1857

Narcisse Lamontagne 31 May 1842 Sorel, Bas-Canada - 16 Jan 1905

Olivier (Nos) Nault 16 Feb 1814 Bécancour, Bas-Canada - 26 Jun 1857

Stephen Phillips 04 Nov 1801 Salem, Massachusetts, United States - 26 Jun 1857

Agnes (Watson) Walker 1834 Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 1902

Christina Watson 1849 Arbroath, Forfarshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 26 Jun 1857

David Watson 28 Oct 1809 Leslie, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom - bef 22 Jul 1875

David Watson abt 1836 Scotland, United Kingdom - 17 Mar 1912

Elizabeth Watson 1836 Arbroath, Forfarshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 26 Jun 1857

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