https://hibernianparknola.org/home daily 1.0 2025-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ae9413d7bdcecfe13c1360/1509382841390-DHWIYMCBHGDB635140EC/Irish+Monument+1-800.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ae9413d7bdcecfe13c1360/1510003270917-M8Q2KS2B9Y2P2YFCHN0H/Maunsel_White_1851.jpg Home - Maunsel White Maunsel White, an Irish merchant-planter from Tipperary who arrived in New Orleans around 1800, was the chief founder of the improvement bank established to build the canal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ae9413d7bdcecfe13c1360/1509389643666-M9ZFAWCRB4DFAQ5CQIM9/Canal+Bank-crop.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ae9413d7bdcecfe13c1360/1510003479008-NHQ8RWG4LZF6P9O9MMK8/simoncameronante00crip_0010.jpg Home - Simon Cameron Simon Cameron of Pennsylvania was the first contractor hired to construct the New Basin Canal, employing twelve hundred "Yankee Irish" in Philadelphia and sending them by sea to New Orleans in 1831. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ae9413d7bdcecfe13c1360/1509390014786-AH986HRMGQ40IRW8JGNE/Scan0122.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ae9413d7bdcecfe13c1360/1510763971930-4CQP0W4SU9E7DGV3NRRS/1863+map+showing+NB+Canal.jpg Home 1863 map showing the New Basin Canal in the area of the Metairie Race Course and Canal Street’s “Grave Yard” cemeteries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ae9413d7bdcecfe13c1360/1509389716663-9U0E8EU1111Q93VM4NEL/NO%2BC-NewBasin%2BCarrollton.jpg Home Streetcars crossing the New Basin Canal bridge on Carrollton Avenue, 1901. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ae9413d7bdcecfe13c1360/1504621687535-TYI4XBIXJS9YS3208YNI/5.png Home - Shell Road Toll Gate c. 1906. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ae9413d7bdcecfe13c1360/1510003357962-MVN5D8GWZPIGYUYBOTHV/canals11-1200.png Home - New Basin Canal c. 1907. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ae9413d7bdcecfe13c1360/1509383069534-8K73A0U2Y5P8KLNXUYDF/canals12-1200.png Home - Charcoal Landing, New Basin Canal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ae9413d7bdcecfe13c1360/1509389858389-R8ZZ1WEMISGUXNTF1UE8/9.png Home The New Basin Canal reached Lake Pontchartrain at West End, photo c. 1907. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ae9413d7bdcecfe13c1360/1509389830794-EM7KLUBLOREJQ0OLM2JH/7.png Home 1940’s photo showing restaurants and businesses that lined the New Basin Canal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ae9413d7bdcecfe13c1360/1509389937304-MLV2LUP0BRB9R8LJGM5J/NewBasinCanalAirView1948+%282%29.jpg Home - The New Basin Canal at West End, c. 1948 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ae9413d7bdcecfe13c1360/1509389906261-S6W0BIVQ7Z3AX7MZ0AUU/new+basin+canal+almost+filled+in.jpg Home Filling and paving of the canal began in 1937 and was completed in the 1950’s, resulting in the Pontchartrain Expressway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ae9413d7bdcecfe13c1360/1509389997595-FS3YJC51GO6OKN5M3Y49/DSC_0149-2+%282%29.JPG Home - The Celtic Cross Monument The Celtic Cross Monument was dedicated in 1990 to honor the Irish laborers who built the New Basin Canal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ae9413d7bdcecfe13c1360/1509382861710-XT9CPFVIMQEYFSGFD1LG/canals11-800.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ae9413d7bdcecfe13c1360/1715349768536-QA3VA2JE7OB7ELMY808D/Hmp+2024+3.jpg Home https://hibernianparknola.org/about-the-park daily 0.75 2025-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ae9413d7bdcecfe13c1360/a69e9d5d-c721-45ff-8fc4-0820ea5d64f1/Hmp+2024+1.jpg About The Park - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ae9413d7bdcecfe13c1360/1510765167579-99N3FLRVXMWO6NHN488F/New+Basin+Canal+Life+Boat+practice+-+Copy.jpg About The Park - Why the memorial? The 4-acre park will increase awareness about the significance of the New Basin Canal, a six-mile waterway that created a back door to the Gulf of Mexico through Lake Pontchartrain that brought commerce to the city for nearly 100 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ae9413d7bdcecfe13c1360/f748416f-0595-493e-be3c-5e52174de96f/Hmp+2024+4.jpg About The Park - Our Plans With the establishment of the Hibernian Memorial Park, New Orleans will join cities across the U.S. that have significant monuments commemorating the contribution of the Irish before, during and after the Great Famine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ae9413d7bdcecfe13c1360/ae6692ba-d726-49cd-a8ff-983ab404d18b/Hmp+2024+2.jpg About The Park - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ae9413d7bdcecfe13c1360/1715350589361-WOZAA39OZL7E4PWSDE4B/Remy+1.jpg About The Park https://hibernianparknola.org/history-of-the-canal daily 0.75 2018-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ae9413d7bdcecfe13c1360/1504619316916-C2P9MXK4LL7Z1XJ5KJRP/4.png History Of The Canal The Cross https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ae9413d7bdcecfe13c1360/1504619252963-7DHCWMXNZTO2PR6T1AIK/1.png History Of The Canal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ae9413d7bdcecfe13c1360/1509384343661-DTZ54AWB9AAJZGO6XTBS/NewBasinCanalAirView1948+%282%29.jpg History Of The Canal For almost 100 years the New Basin Canal contributed to New Orleans’ trade with ship traffic carrying building materials, fruits and vegetables, seafood, cotton and other products into the growing city from the Lake Pontchartrain Basin and the Gulf Coast. A 25-foot- wide shell road along the canal provided access to the lake and helped facilitate the development of New Orleans West End as a lakeside resort. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ae9413d7bdcecfe13c1360/1509383770017-HTC77H1NXYPAUQ09RORH/Canal+Bank-crop.png History Of The Canal     https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ae9413d7bdcecfe13c1360/1509383589445-ZXHYOW5T55B3SW539OZC/canals12-1200.png History Of The Canal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ae9413d7bdcecfe13c1360/1509384573256-ZWMNS7QK2LCUPLNXU1QH/ICM+168.jpeg History Of The Canal Advances in shipping and competition with rail and road transportation decreased the economic viability of the New Basin Canal. Filling and paving of the canal began in 1937 and by the early 1950’s the historic canal was completely filled in. 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