• Cathy Bos
    … Families June 1953 – Groote Beer It was in the early fifties. There were a lot of people in Holland talking about "going to Canada." Many … sister Liz’s fiancé wanted to get married and immigrate to Canada to buy a farm. It was practically impossible to buy a farm in Holland at …
  • The Beginning of a Story Museum
    … by Carrie-Ann Smith, Vice President, Audience Engagement The Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 is a story museum. We collect and share the personal narratives of immigrants to Canada. …
  • Giuseppe, Addolorata DiFalco e figli
    … Addolorata Di Falco and daughters arrived at Pier 21 in Halifax aboard the Saturnia on May 27, 1954. Giuseppe Di Falco … 28, 1939. My husband and I lived in the same town and our families were long time friends. We worked on one of the local farms. When we …
  • Karl H. Wubbenhorst
    … trip westward. My final destination: a bush camp near Hurkett at Black Bay, a Bay of Lake Superior, after 3 days and 2 nights of train travel. Great …
  • Rhoda and I. Elizabeth Fulford
    … My husband, Carl Fulford , and I were married in 1943 in Dundee, Scotland. My husband was with the … in Northern Ontario and lived there for 50 years. I now live in North Bay and have just celebrated my 89th birthday. I have two daughters and … (2009) Editor's Note: Rhoda Fulford passed away in 2010 in North Bay, ON at the age of 90. …
  • The Barr/Britannia Colony, Part II
    … the east coast and then travelling by train across the country. When we left them, the colonists were just pulling out of the station at Regina, Saskatchewan, as the … trains finally arrived in Saskatoon on April 17, 1903, the colonists were greeted by C.W. Speers, the government’s Colonization Agent, who …
  • Abe Baanstra
    … tall order to sort out. I had behind me 6 months at the NCO school in Wezep and was already promoted to corporal. My career was definitely … the waves crash right overtop off this shelter. The weather on the way over was horrendous and many were totally seasick. Our family was …
  • John D. Haikings
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  • The tiny Lebanese village that changed the face of Halifax
    … Left: The mountain village of Diman and surrounding villages (photo courtesy of Jasmine … of an income. “A lot of people started off that way. They started to buy derelict property. Then they fixed it up over time, and they built some equity, and the natural progression was to buy more real estate. And they became experts at developing and …
  • The tiny Lebanese village that changed the face of Halifax
    … Left: The mountain village of Diman and surrounding villages (photo courtesy of Jasmine … of an income. “A lot of people started off that way. They started to buy derelict property. Then they fixed it up over time, and they built some equity, and the natural progression was to buy more real estate. And they became experts at developing and …