Island of Hope and Sorrow: The Story of Grosse Île
by Anne Renaud
Share a chapter of Canada’s history with a new generation. From 1832 to 1937 more than four million people sailed across the Atlantic to the port of Quebec with the dream of creating better lives for themselves in the New World. During this period, a tiny island called Grosse Île, located fifty kilometres downstream from the port, served as a quarantine station. Its mission was to prevent ship passengers from spreading diseases to the mainland.
