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Immigrants Dock at Quebec.

Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. R9266-273 Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana | Copyright Expired

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Date

ca. 1904

Artist

Sydney Higham (active c. 1890-1905)

Collection

Library and Archives Canada

Image Link

https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=FonAndCol&id=2838623&lang=eng

Description

Image depicting immigrants disembarking in a busy port. The foreground, being the deck of a ship, includes three main characters: an aged woman sitting with her head resting on her hand; a clean-shaven man sitting cross-legged on the deck with his open suitcase before him; a bearded man smoking a pipe while standing between the two others, his arms full of his belongings. The background reveals the hustle and bustle of a variety of ships leaving and entering the port.

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Copyright Expired

Image Credit

Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. R9266-273 Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana

Location

Grosse Île, Quebec, Canada

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Category

People & Society

TWW Comment

Grosse Île, part of the Isle-aux-Grues archipelago in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, was used as a quarantine site for Irish migrants during the 19th century. It is believed that over 3,000 died there of typhus and other diseases. Also known as Grosse Isle and the Irish Memorial National Historic Site.

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