Two ladies fall to their death off Sugarloaf Mountain
was probably the headlines of the Campbellton newspapers
in November of 1924
Two crosses were later painted where the bodies were found
Rumours have it that the Ramsay girl was pregnant
but what happened that nite on Sugarloaf Mountain
no one will ever know for sure
In the square below
you will see the crosses
larger one on the left
below the other
smaller one on the right
a bit above the other
Four P.M. Nov.9/1924 Mrs Edmund McLean age 19, and her sister, Miss Lottie Ramsay age 17 left home around 4pm on Nov.9/1924 to climb Sugarloaf Mountain They were the daughters of Mr. and Mrs Sydney Ramsay of Campbellton.
It must have been close to being dark in Nov. at that time of day
The bodies of the two ladies were found some 600 feet below
The girls were survived by husband, Edmund McLean
Pallbearers for the girls were :
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When the Ramsay girls fell to their death, their sister Ella, was living
with us in Niagara Falls, New York, not Buffalo. Our familys were close, and
it was a terrible tragedy, that Ella never fully got over.
Sugarloaf was a favorite place to picnic, and I have several pictures of
the good times we had there!