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Over 170 ‘plausible burials’ detected in search for unmarked graves at former Kenora residential school site

Residential Schools Kenora

Wauzhushk Onigum Nation says ground-penetrating radar (GPR) has detected more than 170 anomalies during a search for unmarked graves at the site of a former residential school in Kenora, Ont.

The anomalies, referred to as “plausible burials,” were found in cemetery grounds associated with the former St. Mary’s Indian Residential School, Wauzhushk Onigum Nation said in a media release Tuesday.

The search began in May.

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