• Narrow Escapes to Canada
    … We sometimes refer to this institution as a museum of stories. Stories … different places and time periods. They both ended with a new life in Canada . And although they are not part of our exhibitions, they are … refugees hidden under a tarpaulin until they reached the departure point. After another five days at sea, they landed at Christmas Island, …
  • Florence Campbell Deacon
    … On August 17 (I think) we left from Halifax on the S.S. Bayano (100 passengers) for Britain in … so the two days train trip was quite an adventure. We were put in the Nova Scotian and were not permitted to go out alone. There were twelve …
  • Erzsebet Guti
    … shortly after the revolution. I was about 6 years old at that time. We spent about two years in several refugee camps in Yugoslavia and … it sailed out of Napoli harbour. The voyage was very rough most of the way and we were glad when we finally reached Halifax. The weather was …
  • John Halani
    … Life in Uganda - Community Involvement Time 0:01:48 Transcript My two sisters went to … became the councillor, and became the vice-chair of the finance committee, became the vice-chair of the education committee, ran some five schools under the municipal council, and …
  • The Sydney C. Low Family
    … Our family landed at Pier 21 on the Aquitania in December, 1948. There were four of us, my mother and father, my little sister Tina, age 3 and … keep us girls safe from all the bombing. Half of our house was bombed away at the beginning of the war, luckily we were in the other half and …
  • Om Prakash Sharma
    … Our greatest glory is not in never falling but by in rising every time we fall. Confucius The Story of My Life Om Sharma, June 2, 2008 I was … and did a couple of acting roles, but to my surprise things are not always what you think they are. It is a very long process and … each province to acquire a teaching license and, within a few months, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Ontario each mailed me a license and …
  • My New Home by Assia
    … I am your counsellor. He asked for our papers and he brought us to Welcome Place. At first, I didn’t even see the city well, because there …
  • Ivy R. Woods Kelly, Isabel G. Kelly
    … My mother, Ivy (Woods) Kelly was a war bride and we arrived at Pier 21 in Halifax on March 7, 1946 during a terrible … down to the village, a horse and sleigh had to take us the rest of the way as the snow was so high and heavy. On arrival at the home of my …
  • Milan V. Gregor
    … "second class". A "first class officer" had to be a citizen of a western country, usually an American, a Canadian or a Brit. They all … Canadian bread. Today I like it, but only as a breakfast toast with jam. But considering the sheer number of immigrants Pier 21 had to …
  • Flight Lt. O. Ross Down
    … The late Orland Ross Down passed through Pier 21 four times between 1941 and 1945. He was an eighteen year old young man from Charlottetown who joined the RCAF in 1940, trained in Canada as a wireless-operator/air-gunner and left for overseas from … RAF in North Africa, Flt/Sgt. Down was posted back to the UK by way of the Red Sea, Indian Ocean and the Cape of Good Hope. In Cape …