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Life and Death on Grosse Île, 1832-1937

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Grosse Île Image Gallery

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Grosse Île Today

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Photograph of a white church
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View of the Catholic chapel, 2007

Photograph of a close-up view of the front porch of a white building with green trim
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View of the Marconi station, 2007

Photograph of two cannons looking out over the shoreline
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View of the battery of cannons, 2007

Photograph of two cannons looking out over the shoreline with sailboats and an island in the distance
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View of the battery of cannons, 2007

Photograph looking down the barrel of a cannon towards the shoreline of Grosse Île with buildings in the distance
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View of the west sector from the battery of cannons, 2007

Photograph of a small green and white boat with a sail and an oar
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View of a small boat, 2007

Photograph of a long two-storey building with yellow siding
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View of the lazaretto (smallpox hospital), 2007

Photograph of a stone monument with a Celtic cross on top
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View of the Celtic cross, 2007

Photograph of a close-up view of an engraved stone plaque
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French inscription on the Celtic cross reading: [Translation] "Sacred to the memory of thousands of Irish emigrants who, to preserve the faith, suffered hunger and exile, and stricken with typhus ended here their sorrowful pilgrimage, consoled and strengthened by the Canadian priest"

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Date Created: 2008-11-04
Date Modified: 2008-11-04

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