Grosse Isle: Canada’s Famine Memorial

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Title
Grosse Isle: Canada’s Famine Memorial
Abstract
More than 5,000 Irish famine refugees died of cholera in 1847 on Grosse Île, an island quarantine station for incoming immigrants in the St. Lawrence River below Quebec City. In 1996, the federal government declared the island a national historic site.
Publication
Érie-Ireland
Volume
Vol. 32
Issue
no. 1
Pages
20-40
Date
1997
Language
en
Citation
Quigley, Michael. “Grosse Isle: Canada’s Famine Memorial.” Érie-Ireland Vol. 32, no. 1 (1997): 20–40.
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