in conjunction with the property developers, filed an application to designate a section of the crash site as a cemetery and memorial garden. On July 7, 2013, the memorial was officially opened at the site near Degrey Drive and Decorso Drive in present-day Brampton. The small memorial park, approximately a third of a hectare in size (~3,000 m2), contains lilacs and 109 markers of polished white granite arranged in a random configuration within a bed of black granite paving stones. A polished black granite plaque listing all the victims' names is mounted on a large pink granite boulder. Diarmuid Horgan, coordinator of the memorial site, said that he hoped the dedication ceremony would help victims' families find closure. In popular culture The events of the crash featured in an episode of the History channel documentary Disasters of the Century, titled "Out of the Blue". References Further reading A chance to say goodbye: Memorial site of horrific Air Canada crash prompts reader memories, The Globe and Mail, July 5, 2013. Retrieved from GlobeandMail.com July 7, 2013. External links Cockpit voice recorder transcript Official accident report (Internet Archive) - Webcitation archive Friends of Flight 621 via the Internet Archive (Archive version) Location of Flight 621 Memorial Garden 1970 in Canada Accidents and incidents involving the Douglas DC-8 Air Canada accidents and incidents Aviation accidents and incidents in 1970 Airliner accidents and incidents caused by pilot error Airliner accidents and incidents in Canada History of Brampton Toronto Pearson International Airport 1970 in Ontario July 1970 events in Canada 1970 disasters in Canada