Grosse Île and Sugar Shack

Visit of the Grosse Île and the Irish Memorial National Historic Site. Follow in the footsteps of the tens of thousands of immigrants who landed on Grosse-Île in the hope of a better future. Located in the middle of the St. Lawrence River, Grosse-Île was once the main gateway to Canada and served as a quarantine station for the port of Quebec from 1832 to 1937.