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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J5C_the-celtic-cross_LIsle-aux-Grues-Quebec.html
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Raised in 1909 by members of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, this monument honours the memory of the thousands of Irish immigrants who died on Grosse Île in 1847. Inscriptions in Irish, French and English recall their tragic destiny du…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J53_grosse-ile-and-immigration-to-canada_LIsle-aux-Grues-Quebec.html
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Grosse Île and the Irish Memorial National Historic Site commemorates the significant waves of immigration welcomed to Canada between the opening of the 19th century and the First World War. During this period Québec was Canada's…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J52_cholera-arrives-in-the-americas_LIsle-aux-Grues-Quebec.html
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To prevent the disease from spreading to the general population, a military detachment hurriedly set up quarantine facilities on Grosse Île.
Temporary wooden buildings were constructed: initially a 40 patient hospital with two nearby…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J3O_veterinarians-mark-the-history-of-animal-health-in-canada_LIsle-aux-Grues-Quebec.html
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Canadian government veterinarians based on Grosse Île played a major role in protecting animal health in Canada for more than forty years.
Their research during the Second World War led, 1946, to the development of a vaccine against r…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J3N_doukhobor-immigrants_LIsle-aux-Grues-Quebec.html
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On June 6, 1899, some 2,275 Doukhobor immigrants were forced to disembark at Grosse Île. Several cases of smallpox had been observed aboard the Lake Huron since its departure 23 days previously, thus compelling the complete disinfectio…