A staggering 137 men lost their lives as a result of accidents that occurred during the construction of the Welland Ship Canal. This number is shockingly high. To our knowledge, it is the largest loss of life in the history of Canadian government infrastructure projects.
We're focusing this podcast episode on the memory of these workers by featuring the stories of three of the workers: Antonio Collini, Estafy Eliashevich, and John Hawthorne.
In addition to these graphic and tragic stories, we also detail all the work and various projects working to commemorate, memorialize, and honour the Fallen Workers. Check the footnotes to the episode on our blog: stcatharinesmuseumblog.com for more information.
