Monuments

Hugging the western coast of Inverness, just above the main beach parking lot lies the Shean Cemetery, the resting place of our first settlers and others who came to our shores. As fall approaches and the vegetation loses its life stand back and you can see the undulating mounds on the hill that signify the graves of Allan MacIsaac, Mary {MacDonald} MacIsaac, Angus MacIsaac, Catherine {Mac Pherson} MacIsaac, James MacIsaac, and other passing souls. 

The cairn was dedicated on July 27, 1991 to mark the final resting place of some of some of our pioneer settlers and the arrival of the Highland Scots to our shores. The building of the cairn was initiated by the Inverness Historical Society and the descendants of Allan and Mary {MacDonald} MacIsaac and Angus and Catherine {MacPherson} MacIsaac, many of whom still reside in the area.

The committee overseeing the project consisted of John MacIsaac as well as Ned and Terry MacDonald. and Annie Dixon. The stone mason was Jackie Mac Leod. The cairn was unveiled by Mamie Gillis and Edward Alex AuCoin.

Beside the Inverness Miners Museum on Station Street was erected a monument to honor those hard- working men who lost their lives while working to support their families and create an internationally renowned community of 3000 people. The casualties occurred between 1902- 1947 in the Inverness Coal Field. The names appear on the monument in the order in which they were killed in the official documents. Of note is the first casualty -Angus Allan Kennedy who was working his first shift in the coal mine at the age of 16.The miners whose names are on the plaque is as follows…