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Search detects 114 ‘unmarked burial features’ on former McIntosh Indian Residential School property
WARNING: This story contains details of experiences at residential schools. An investigation has detected 114 “unmarked burial features” on the former property of McIntosh Indian Residential School (IRS) in the Kenora district of northwestern Ontario, the Wiikwogaming Tiinahtiisiiwin Project Team said Thursday. It’s one of multiple searches underway for missing children and unmarked burials at former residential school sites across Canada. According to the Paths to Reconciliation map of unmarked burial sites on Canadian Geographic, there are an additional five sites in northwestern Ontario with active investigations…