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'''Ellis Island''' is a small [[island]] at the mouth of the [[Hudson River]] in [[New York]] Harbour, which between 1892 and 1954 served as the main centre for welcoming immigrants to the United States.

[[Image:Ellis island 1902.jpg|thumb|350px|Immigrants arriving on Ellis Island afer disembarking from a transfer barge which brought them from the steamship company's docks. The large building in the background is the newly opened hospital.]]'''Ellis Island''' is a small [[island]] at the mouth of the [[Hudson River]] in [[New York]] Harbour, which between 1892 and 1954 served as the main centre for welcoming immigrants to the United States.

Eliis Island was formerly known as Little Oyster Island; its current name commemorates Samuel Ellis, who owned the island in the late eighteenth century. The Federal Immigration Station on the island opened on 1 January 1892 and closed on 12 November 1954. In the intervening period, 12 million immigrants passed through the island, the peak year being 1907 when 1,004,756 immigrants arrived there.

Eliis Island was formerly known as Little Oyster Island; its current name commemorates Samuel Ellis, who owned the island in the late eighteenth century. The Federal Immigration Station on the island opened on 1 January 1892 and closed on 12 November 1954. In the intervening period, 12 million immigrants passed through the island, the peak year being 1907 when 1,004,756 immigrants arrived there.