Montreal bids adieu to Amherst, removing British general’s name from city street

"Goodbye, Mr. Amherst."

With three words, Montreal's mayor declared British commander Jeffery Amherst's name expunged from a central city street because of the general's role in advocating germ warfare against Aboriginal peoples in the 18th century.

The announcement by Mayor Denis Coderre means that Amherst Street is set to disappear after 200 years on Montreal's landscape. And Gen. Amherst becomes the latest historic figure in Canada to face erasure from a public space as past beliefs collide with modern sensibilities.

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