Open Air Museums in Canada - Grosse Isle, Quebec, Fortress of Louisbourg, Fort Edmonton Park, Markham Museum (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 44. Chapters: Grosse Isle, Quebec, Fortress of Louisbourg, Fort Edmonton Park, Markham Museum, Fort Langley National Historic Site, Barkerville, British Columbia, Upper Canada Village, Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village, Fort Steele, British Columbia, Habitation at Port-Royal, Doukhobors at Veregin, Saskatchewan Western Development Museum, Fort Whoop-Up, Museum of Ontario Archaeology, Grey Roots Museum and Archives, Fort Carlton, BC Forest Discovery Centre, Uncle Tom's Cabin Historic Site, Manitoba Agricultural Museum, Fort Calgary, Ross Farm Museum, Heritage Park Historical Village, Kalyna Country, Crawford Lake Conservation Area, Coulonge Chutes, Huronia Museum, Backus Mill Heritage and Conservation Centre, Westfield Heritage Centre, Black Creek Pioneer Village, Mennonite Heritage Village, Canadian Grain Elevator Discovery Center, Mokotakan, Burnaby Village Museum, Prairie Elevator Museum, Sukanen Ship Pioneer Village and Museum, Spruce Grove Grain Elevator Museum, St. Albert Grain Elevator Park, Heritage Acres Farm Museum, Scandia Eastern Irrigation District Museum, Country Heritage Park, Val-Jalbert, Quebec, Motherwell Homestead, Krause Milling Co., South Peace Centennial Museum, Ellis Bird Farm, Norstead. Excerpt: Grosse Isle (French: , "big island," is located in Gulf of St. Lawrence in Quebec, Canada. It is one of the islands of the 21-island Isle-aux-Grues archipelago. It is part of the municipality of Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues, located in the Chaudiere-Appalaches region of the province. Also known as Grosse Isle and the Irish Memorial National Historic Site, the island was the site of an immigration depot which predominantly housed Irish Immigrants coming to Canada to escape the Great Irish Famine, 1845-1849. In 1832, the Lower Canadian Government set up this depot to contain the cholera epidemic at that time th...