Bone fragments found in Guelph at Baker Street tunnel

More bone fragments have been found by Guelph workers in a section of buried tunnel under a parking lot in the downtown core.

The discovery came asworkers shut off the water as part of a project to remove a parking booth at the Baker Street parking lot.

"We have called the coroner and an archaeologist and are awaiting their arrival on site," saidAllisterMcIlveen, manager of Transportation Services in a statement.

"We will provide an update when we hear back from the coroner's test and archeological investigations."

Not first remains

The location was once the site of an all-faith public burial ground from 1827 to 1853.

Human remains have been found at the Baker Street location before.

Remains unearthed in 2005 of a man, woman, nine infants and other incomplete remains were reinterred at Woodlawn Memorial Park in a special section of the cemetery.

The remains of an infant found in 2010 were also reinterred to Woodlawn Memorial Park.