Island of hope and sorrow : the story of Grosse Île

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

Anne, Renaud

Sommaire
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.

Date de publication comme intervalle
2007

Canadian immigration series

Description matérielle
24 p. : ill.

Note générale
One map on lining paper.
 
19.00

Informations sur le programme
Juvenile
 
Accelerated Reader MG 7.7 1.0 126647

Terme de vedette-matière
Communicable diseases -- Grosse Ile (Montmagny, Québec) -- History.
 
Quarantine -- Québec (Province) -- Grosse Île (Montmagny) -- History.

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

Vedette secondaire auteur
Cheung, Aries, 1960-

Résumé
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.

Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN)
9781897073544

Informations de publication
Montreal : Lobster Press, c2007.


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