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Life and Death on Grosse Île, 1832-1937

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Grosse Île Image Gallery

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Death in Quarantine

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Black and white photograph of a few white cabins and houses on a rocky shoreline as seen from a hill
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View from the Celtic cross during the inauguration in 1909. We can see the wharf, wash house, and latrines

Black and white photograph of a crowd of well-dressed people kneeling in grass in front of a stage
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Religious ceremony at the inauguration of the Celtic cross, 1909

Black and white photograph of a crowd beneath a stone monument with a large celtic cross
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Memorial erected in 1909 in commemoration of the death of Irish immigrants in 1849

Close-up photograph of engraved names of individuals on a large glass plaque
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Over 6,000 names of immigrants and employees buried on Grosse Île appear on the Memorial

Watercolour of a telegraph mast and a goat on top of a rocky and wooded hill
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The telegraph mast around 1840, where the Celtic cross was built in 1909

Black and white photograph of a crowd of well-dressed people kneeling in a cemetary surrounded by trees
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Religious ceremony at the inauguration of the Celtic cross in 1909, celebrated in the 1847 cemetery

Hand-drawn map of a cemetary
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Map of Grosse Île Cemetery

Letter handwritten in cursive
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Letter from Dr. Montizambert regarding rules for ship captains wishing to dipose of diseased bodies, dated 6 October, 1888

Letter handwritten in cursive
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Letter from Dr. Montizambert accompanying Justice Department report on rules for ship captains wishing to dipose of diseased bodies, dated 26 October, 1888

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