dealing with them. 1939 - 1945 (approx): Used by the Department of National Defence to research bacteriological warfare, including the manufacture of anthrax. 1956: Taken over by Agriculture Canada for quarantining animals. 1974: Declared a National Historic Site by the Canadian government. 1993: Grosse Isle becomes a national historic park operated by Parks Canada. 1997: A memorial is erected in memory of those who died on the island. Irish Memorial National Historic Site Visitors can tour many of the buildings used for the immigrants and by the islanders. The disinfection building features the original showers, waiting rooms and steam disinfection apparatus, as well as a multimedia exhibit about the island's history. A walking trail or trolley are available for visits of the village and hospital sector, including the 1847 lazaretto (quarantine station), Catholic chapel, Anglican chapel, the superintendent's gardens, the eastern wharf and a transport museum. In season, costumed interpreters portray various islanders, such as the quarantine station's staff, the nurse, Catholic priest, carter and school teacher. The lazaretto features an exhibit about the tragic experiences of the immigrants in 1847. A walking trail leads to the Celtic cross and the Irish Memorial, which honours the memory of the immigrants, the employees of the quarantine station, the sailors, the doctors and the priests who perished on this island. Grosse Île and the Irish Memorial National Historic Site were twinned on May 25, 1998, with the National Famine Museum in Strokestown, Ireland. Notes References O'Gallagher, Marianna, Rose Masson Dompierre (1995). Eyewitness, Grosse Îsle 1847, Sainte-Foy: Livres Carraig Books, 432 p. Cecil Woodham-Smith (1991). The Great Hunger - Ireland 1845-1849, Penguin Books MacKay, Donald (1990). Flight from famine: The Coming of the Irish to Canada, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 368 p. Vekeman Masson, Jeannette (1989). A Grandmother remembers Grosse Île, Ste-Foy: Carraig Books, 183 p. [translated from the French by Johanne L. Massé] O'Gallagher, Marianna (1984). Grosse Ile. Gateway to Canada 1832-1937, Ste-Foy: Carraig Books, 184 p. Jordan, John A (1909). The Grosse-Isle Tragedy and the Monument to the Irish Fever Victims 1847 [...], Quebec: Telegraph Printing Company, 136 p. (online) Historical publications Mariages de St-Luc, Grosse-Île - 1834-1937 (Montmagny), compiled by abbé Armand Proulx, Éditions Bergeron & Fils enr, 1976, 10 pages. External links Grosse Île and the Irish Memorial National Historic Site - Official Parks Canada site Robert Whyte's 1847 Famine Ship Diary Passenger List for the Agnes BBC Short