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What fate awaited the typhus-stricken Irish Famine refugees upon their arrival in early Bytown?
Michael McBane, author of 'Bytown 1847, Élisabeth Bruyère & the Irish Famine refugees', explores the shocking tragedy and inspiring heroism that emerged during that era of great crisis from Ottawa's past.
