Island of hope and sorrow : the story of Grosse Île

Título
Island of hope and sorrow : the story of Grosse Île

Anne, Renaud

Resumen
Presents a history of Grosse Île, Québec, which was a quarantine station for newly arrived immigrants from 1832 to 1937, discussing inspection procedure, cholera and typhus epidemics, and waves of immigrants.

Fecha de publicación como intervalo
2007

Canadian immigration series

Descripción física
24 p. : ill.

Nota general
One map on lining paper.
 
19.00

Información del programa
Juvenile
 
Accelerated Reader MG 7.7 1.0 126647

Término de la materia
Communicable diseases -- Grosse Ile (Montmagny, Québec) -- History.
 
Quarantine -- Québec (Province) -- Grosse Île (Montmagny) -- History.

Término geográfico
Grosse Ile (Montmagny, Québec) -- History.
 
Canada -- Immigration and emigration -- History.
 
Grosse Île (Montmagny, Québec) -- History -- Juvenile literature.
 
Canada -- Immigration and emigration -- History -- Juvenile literature.

Autor añadido
Cheung, Aries, 1960-

Síntesis
Presents a history of Grosse Île, Québec, which was a quarantine station for newly arrived immigrants from 1832 to 1937, discussing inspection procedure, cholera and typhus epidemics, and waves of immigrants.

ISBN
9781897073544

Información de publicación
Montreal : Lobster Press, c2007.


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