1847, Grosse Île: A Record of Daily Events

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Title
1847, Grosse Île: A Record of Daily Events
Abstract
Written as a chronicle, this book makes accessible to the general public the day-to-day account of the sad events that took place in 1847 on Grosse Île. This island in the St. Lawrence River was the quarantine station for the Port of Québec which saw more than 90 000 emigrants, mostly Irish, arrive during that tragic summer. More than 5 000 were buried on Grosse Île in 1847. This record of daily events gives a detailed description of the administrative measures taken by the authorities to deal with the influx of such a large number of emigrants in deplorable conditions of disease and misery. It records the arrivals and departures of ships and gives weekly accounts of the sick and the dead. Priests, doctors, sailors, and the emigrants themselves were called upon to give first-hand accounts of what happened in 1847. Extracts from newspapers recall the perception of events from the point of view of some representatives of the local community.
Place
Ottawa
Publisher
Parks Canada
Date
1997
# of Pages
xii-276p.
Language
en
ISBN
0-660-16878-2
Notes

With the collaboration of Robert Grace and Sylvie Tremblay.

Issued in French under title: 1847, Grosse-Île au fil des jours.
Citation
Charbonneau, André, and André Sévigny. 1847, Grosse Île: A Record of Daily Events. Ottawa: Parks Canada, 1997.
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