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Since 1914, RMS Empress of Ireland, Canada’s Titanic, has rested at the bottom of the St. Lawrence River, 1,200 km away as the crow flies.
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For the next two summers, though, her artifacts rest here on Manitoulin Island, at the top of Lake Huron. They tell a gripping and poignant story of 1,012 lost souls.
We Kagawongians can relate to tragedy at sea. The pulpit of the Sailors’ Church, next to the marina, is the salvaged bow of the Rhu, a cabin cruiser whose wreck atop Mudge Bay claimed two wee girls, their mom and a family friend in 1965.
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