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Partridge Island Quarantine Station Collection
Collection
0.2 cm textual records.
Partridge Island, the first quarantine station in Canada, was established in 1785, although its first use as a Quarantine Station is recorded as 1816. It is located in the Bay of Fundy off the coast of New Brunswick.
Purchased by the Osler Library in 2017 from Warren Baker. Provenance John Townsend.
Collection contains a manuscript note written by a doctor at Partridge Island, dated August 21, 1833, that a Mrs. Campbell is allowed to depart from quarantine; also includes a travel document for Mrs. Campbell and two other adults sailing from Belfast to St. John, NB.
The documents are in English.
Items can be requested for consultation online via the Library Catalogue or by email at osler.library@mcgill.ca. Advance notice is recommended.