• Margaret Jeffs and son William
    … on Letitia on June 17th, 1946 arriving June 27th at Pier 21. Then we travelled by train to Vancouver where we still live today. My father was a Canadian who joined the RAF prior …
  • Aljas Peep, arrived from Estonia, 1949
    … I was also highly amazed at the way Corn Flakes was packed and served in individual cut-open boxes. … to what seemed to be a POW camp with barbed wire around it. From there we were directed to our destinations, my mother and I to Orillia in …
  • Carmina, Paolo e Giuseppe Colicchio
    … in Halifax to join the rest of my brothers and sister in Toronto. We came for an opportunity and a better life. I am happy to say that although my mother passed away, we are all alive and happy to be in this magnificent country. All of my …
  • John, Ellen, Philip, Ann McDermott
    … Philip, Ann McDermott It was the summer of 1951, when John 28 Ellen 26 Philip 2 and six months and Ann 6 months landed at Pier 21 on board the Georgic II. We sailed from Southhampton, England. After a short stay in Halifax, we …
  • Maria Nielsen, Son Eric
    … France and arrived in Halifax on March 28, 1949. After processing we departed by train to join my father who was already in Canada (10 months earlier). Our first home in Canada was on Hwy 129 in Ontario, about 40 kilometres north of Thessalon. I now …
  • Eva E. Wilson
    … after completing a tour of operations over Europe - mostly Germany. We were married in October 1943. His home was in Truro, N.S. and that is where I arrived on the above date. We were married for 52 years and had three children. He died in April …
  • Dorothy Lacey Blake
    … sailed out of Southampton, England. After going through immigration we boarded a train for Yarmouth, Nova Scotia and there we lived with my father for the next six years. Over the years Dorothy, …
  • Tamoikins Museum • DMT Collection Canada
    … It's up to us to remember the past so there may be a brighter future. We must never forget where we came from and always seek the truth. …
  • LCol. Gordon Carington Smith
    … Smith (now deceased) returned from war in 1946 and my mother and I went down to meet him at Pier 21. He had been away for six years less a … seeing him leaning against one of the funnels and he waved to us. We were very excited as we had not seen him for six years. That is my …
  • Chris and Roger Nash
    … I arrived at Pier 21 only because Cunard Lines staff was on strike. We were dropped off by Holland American in Halifax instead of going on to … Montreal. Three days later I married my husband, Roger, in Hawkesbury. We were to stay one year but Sudbury and Canada captured our hearts and …