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Creating a Memorial

A photograph of the two granite stones for the Almonte Train Wreck memorial, with four wreaths laid across the centre of them, 2000

Source: North Lanark Regional Museum

The North Lanark Historical Society formed the Almonte Train Accident Committee in February, 1999. The goal was to establish a memorial commemorating the accident as a millennium project. The memorial was erected in December, 2000, in a small park near the original site of the wreck.