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Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Partridge Island Quarantine Station
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Description area
Dates of existence
1816-
History
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.