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Williams Lake First Nation announced Tuesday that 93 potential gravesites had been discovered following an initial search of a former B.C. residential school using ground-penetrating radar and magnetometry.

Officials said 50 of those potential burial sites were not associated with a historic cemetery at St. Joseph’s Mission Residential School.

The 93 possible burial sites are “reflections” or anomalies detected by ground-penetrating radar. Excavation is required to confirm whether they are human remains.

Chief Willie Sellars added that even after their investigation of the site is completed, many families would not have “closure” as many children who died were not buried.

“It is for those children and families that we grieve the most,” he said.

St. Joseph’s Mission Residential School operated from 1886 to 1981 and has since been demolished. An additional property, the Onward Ranch, was added in 1964 to support the operational needs of the school. The sites were predominantly run by Roman Catholic missionaries.

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