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Ireland Park and CN Tower Toronto

EXPLORED #231 May 3rd -- Thanks all.

Ireland Park honours the Irish immigrants who fled during the Famine of 1847 and the 38,000 who arrived in Toronto that summer when the City's population was a mere 20,000. Ireland Park is a bridge that will link two nations and two cities. It is the story of a destitute people overcoming unimaginable hardship and suffering, and speaks to the kindness and generosity of Canadians, which is as consistent today as it was in 1847.

 

It is a reminder of the trauma of famine, which still exists in many parts of the world today. The failure of a harvest is an act of nature. Starvation is the result of our failure to respond with generosity to those who are hungry in our world today

 

The rocks in front of the old mill contains the names of the Irish immigrants that died either on ship or in make-shift hospitals. CN Tower in the background.

 

This photo is not HDR.

 

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