BRO k so i was trying to see if there is some sort of Doukhobor social thing or something in my city, and learned about their quarantine experience on Lawlor's Island in Hfx (literally in the harbour beside McNab's). this island was originally a Mi'kmaq summer encampment, but after it was bought by some German guy it has historically been used to quarantine (mainly) smallpox.
one ship of Doukhobors was quarantined bc an 8yo girl died of smallpox on the way there. they has to bury her in the ocean bc that shit is contagious as fuck. Lawlor's island and its facilities were not prepared to accommodate a sudden influx of 2000 people, but bc Doukhobors literally build their own homes, most of them were pretty skilled in that area. they just built more stuff (a lot of which is still there) to basically expand the 1400 person capacity hospital/facilities/etc. three weeks of isolation later, no one had contracted smallpox and the 8yo girl had been the only death, so the Doukhobors were allowed into the country and they headed for Saskatchewan.
however, during those three weeks, someone gave birth.