Friends of the Forgotten

First stage of archaeological assessment complete. Release of report expected next week. The Stage 1 archaeological assessment of the Negro Burial Ground (now officially the Niagara Baptist Church Burial Ground) has been completed, and is anticipated to be presented by town staff to council, says a news release from the fundraising committee.

Brock project aims to remember historic Black community in NOTL. 'Just as other historic moments and communities have been marked by statues, cenotaph and clock towers, the African diasporic community needs to be represented in the landscape'.

Friends of the Forgotten would like to thank Niagara-on-the-Lake council for its unanimous vote on March 21 to support our group’s work in principle. Our mission is to respectfully restore the final resting place of Niagara Baptist Church parishioners buried at the Mississagua Street site known historically as the Negro Burial Ground.

Friends of the Forgotten get green light to care for NOTL’s Black burial ground. NOTL resident George Webber and chief administrative officer Marnie Cluckie stood before town council last Tuesday night to introduce the Friends of the Forgotten and seek councillors’ support.

Archeological assessment to begin at Black burial ground. After months of preparation and determination by a citizen-driven fundraising committee, the first stage of an archeological assessment will be done at the Niagara Baptist Church Burial Ground.