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Grosse île Immigration/Quarantine Island Canada


Title:
Grosse île Immigration/Quarantine Island Canada

Description:
The footage shows the approach to Grosse île in the Saint Laurence River, Quebec. Grosse île was a former immigration station upon entry to the Port of Quebec and also acted as a Quarantine Islnad. It is also known has a sector known as "The Irish Famine memorial" represented by the tallest Celtic Cross in the world which you can see to the very left of the footage taken at the start.The cemetery is a burial site of up to 7,500 people - the majority Irish who perished on coffin ships and on the Island in 1847 - the year of the Irish Famine. There's more to Irish history in North America than the settlement of Irish people in American cities like Boston, Chicago and New York. C'est une île à L'Irlandais au coeur du Canada-Français! It's an Irish island in the heart of French Canada!

Author:
foxymm

Tags:
1847, America, Canada, Celtic, Cross, Famine, Grosse, History, ile, Immigration, Ireland, Irish, Irlandais, North, Quebec, Travel,

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