Balder Ex-Libris

Author : Bryden John
Title : Deadly allies Canada's secret war 1937-1947
Year : 1989

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Preface. Grosse lie stretches out in the blue St. Lawrence like a nearly submerged giant - patches of head, trunk, legs and feet greygreen with spring. White buildings cluster at the head and foot; formations of snow geese soar above the river. It is an idyllic scene and the island is certain to fulfil its bright promise as Quebec’s newest national park. Maybe, I wondered, I should have tried coming first at night, perhaps a moonless one. The sun denies the shadows of Grosse He’s history - first as a quarantine station and graveyard for thousands of immigrants, mostly Irish, seeking new lives in a new land, but never crossing that last short stretch of water. It is estimated that twelve thousand lie buried where the long grass slopes to a pretty cove called Cholera Bay. It is easy to imagine throngs of men in rough woollen suits and women in long dresses, shawls and kerchiefs silently watching as our boat nears shore. Grosse He has its ghosts. ...