DCHP-1 Online
emigrant depot Obs. 
a building equipped to shelter immigrants newly arrived in the country.
See also: immigration shed
- 1821 An Emigrant House . . . has been provided at Cobourg for the accomodation of settlers--and will no doubt be found very useful.
- 1871 l hope the Dominion Government has made the unused barracks at London and elsewhere, habitable as emigrant depots.
- 1876 The former boat had some 800 hungry Mennonites, who immediately took possession of the N.P. emigrant house. . . .
- 1821 An Emigrant House . . . has been provided at Cobourg for the accomodation of settlers--and will no doubt be found very useful.