Tag: Jeanie Johnston

  • In the summer of 1847, a version of hell came to Grosse Île.

    In the summer of 1847, a version of hell came to Grosse Île.

    No place in Canada represents the life-changing crucible of immigration better than Grosse Île. From 1832 to 1937, this small island in the St.-Lawrence River 48 kilometres east of Quebec City served as a quarantine station where immigrants to Canada were screened for disease. More than four million mostly Europeans passed through the station, with […]