Empress of Ireland
![Large marble monument surrounded by trees in the shade](https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/cimetiere-mount-hermon_cemetery/wp-content/uploads/sites/75/2019/09/Empress-of-Ireland.jpg)
Location: Mount Hermon Cemetery, Section J
Date: c. 2019
Source: Archives of Treggett Family
The Empress of Ireland liner sank in the St. Lawrence River following a collision with another ship in thick fog in the early hours of May 29, 1914. It was one of the worst peacetime maritime tragedies in the history of Canada.