Another 5,424 are buried on Grosse Île.
A Celtic cross commemorates the tragic
events of 1847.
The quarantine station closed in
- Parks Canada as Grosse Île and
the Irish Memorial National Historic Site
now manage the island. Visitors can take
a trolley tour of the village where the
station’s employees lived, and explore
buildings such as a disinfection facility,
hospitals, and hotels. A memorial is
inscribed with the names of more than
6,000 people—immigrants and staff—who
are buried on the island.
FAST FACTS- Seventy-one people officially became
Canadian citizens at the 2018 citizenship
ceremony at Pier 21. - Have you ever heard someone who’s
preparing for a trip joke that he or she packed
“everything but the kitchen sink”? Well,
customs officials at Pier 21 actually did find a
kitchen sink in someone’s luggage. - Several rare species of plants and animals
make their homes on Grosse Île. These
include the butternut tree and the little brown
bat.
Rebecca Szulhan’s travels have taken her
across Canada, from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Pier 21 and Grosse Île were fascinating places
to visit.Nearly a million immigrants passed through Pier 21 between 1928 and 1971.