Grosse île Immigration/Quarantine Island Canada
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The footage shows the approach to Grosse île in the Saint Laurence River, Quebec. Grosse île was a former immigration station upon entry to the Port of Quebec and also acted as a Quarantine Islnad. It is also known has a sector known as "The Irish Famine memorial" represented by the tallest Celtic Cross in the world which you can see to the very left of the footage taken at the start.The cemetery is a burial site of up to 7500 people - the majority Irish who perished on coffin ships and on ...
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