• ALL ABOARD!
    … increasingly cater to younger passengers by promoting their services and products to them and their parents. Youth now hold more … transportation companies realized that illustrating the services they offered and the travel experience aboard was vital to acquire … vanilla ice cream, peach cream cake, biscuits, bread and butter, jam, fresh milk, tea or cocoa, and oranges. [1] Ship menu, SS Duchess …
  • Daphne Barber Jensen
    … of the Plaque commemorating war brides and children on August 26, 2000 at Pier 21, a lovely visit! …
  • Lucia Olivo D'Angelo
    … where she would marry our father Alceo D’Angelo. Our father had come to Canada previously in 1955. Travelling with my mother were two friends, Santina Romano and Marcella Pico. Her friends were bound for British Columbia where they were to be … Pier 21 by ship. We took her on a Canada/New England cruise aboard the M.S. Maasdam that stopped at Halifax. Not only did it stop at Halifax, …
  • Morris Koggel, Ann Meyerink Koggel
    … Ann and Marinus Antonius Koggel entered Pier 21 in Halifax, September 26, 1952, Arriving aboard the Zuiderkruis from the Netherlands. I left … would never see her again. I promised him that she would be back to visit him within 3 years. As difficult as times were in Canada in those … all of whom have visited Holland. We're happy about the decision to come to Canada. …
  • Giel, Els, Jack Jonkhout
    … Holland on Pier 21- Friday, April 2. 1954. I was 28 years old (born 1926), my wife 26 years (1928) and our son was born June 21, 1953. We … positions in their Electrical Design Group- Engineering Department. One of my functions was Electrical Inspector during the construction of …
  • Elise Marini
    … remarried a lady from Italy also employed with an Italian countess who visited Denmark when Queen Elizabeth II, then princess, came to … I never had since I was living in an orphanage in Denmark. Until one day an uncle came along and took me to get ready for this long … up immediately. I believe we left Copenhagen in and around November 26, 1951 and arrived at Halifax Nova Scotia on December 5, 1951. Just …
  • Two Ways to Dig into the History of the Black Battalion (1916-1920)
    … and exclusion. The British War Office did not want to train Black combat units in case they decided to rise up against British colonial … Records at Library and Archives Canada (LAC)” is being offered on Feb 26 th , 2022, in partnership with LAC. Visit No. 2 Construction Battalion exhibition at the Black Cultural …
  • Two Ways to Dig into the History of the Black Battalion (1916-1920)
    … and exclusion. The British War Office did not want to train Black combat units in case they decided to rise up against British colonial … Records at Library and Archives Canada (LAC)” is being offered on Feb 26 th , 2022, in partnership with LAC. Visit No. 2 Construction Battalion exhibition at the Black Cultural …
  • Facility Rentals Frequently Asked Questions
    … must be arranged through RCR Hospitality Group. For more information, visit www.rcr.ca . The Museum limits the service of alcoholic beverages … music or live entertainment is employed. SOCAN (the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada) represents music … Without dancing With dancing 1-100 $9.25 $18.51 101-300 $13.30 $26.63 301-500 $27.76 $55.52 Over 500 $39.33 $78.66 *All rates are …
  • History
    … was an important waterway from pre-Roman times. The Magyars, who would come to be known as Hungarians, travelled from the foothills of the … disintegrated and borders moved once again. Hungary was a state, one-third of which was transferred to Romania with the remaining … Revolution in 1956. Pier 21 was one of the entry points which welcomed many of these Hungarian immigrants, particularly the large group …