1861, The "Maple Leaf" sailed for Quebec, where she arrived on June 11th with 598 passengers, nearly all from Telemark. The passengers were ravaged by dysentery, and 19 children and 3 adults died at sea. 198 people were completely broke when they arrived at Quebec, their food supply had run out and they had been forced to buy food from others. All of them had to wait for 8 days in Quebec. Those that had no means got free transportation on the railway to Toronto. After a lot of trouble, they were cheated by a Norwegian interpreter, they arrived in Stoughton, Madison, and La Crosse, Wisconsin.