• Ship Arrival Database
    … such as those chartered by refugee assistance organizations, may not be reflected. If you are looking for an arrival that doesn’t appear, or to find out how …
  • Interpretation Guidelines and Resources for Refuge Canada
    … and maintaining the exhibition (1500 sq. ft.). Exhibition Questions If you have any questions, please contact: Sara England, Curator, …
  • Gunther and Elisabeth Sparkuhl
    … Gunther Sparkuhl was born in 1924 in Zarrentin in northern Germany. Elisabeth Sparkuhl (née Hund) … to be a distinct possibility. It seemed a good time to be elsewhere. I can recall my parents listening unhappily to news broadcasts on a large old radio. …
  • Major Robert L. Aikens
    … Born May 1914, in Stellarton, Nova Scotia. He received the Pictou Academy … University and volunteered for active service in 1939 (or 1940) for WW II. He left Halifax from Pier 21 as a medical officer with the RCAMC in …
  • John and Anisia Lysack and Family
    … ocean trip – seeing whales and large schools of fish, climbing anchor chains, and seeing moving pictures for the first time. It was a big adventure for them. As they got close to Canada, the children had a competition amongst themselves – who would … “We have had such a rich and full life. I feel ever so grateful to my parents for having had the courage to leave a comfortable life in …
  • Elsie Kennedy and Lynda
    … in Sidney, on Vancouver Island. Canada has been a wonderful place to me, from the time I first stepped on the train at Halifax Pier until … streets with maple trees which formed an arch over the roadway. Thank you Canada. …
  • Lunshof, Geert and Geesje
    … 1951 Geert and Geesje Lunshof and their 6 children arrived at Pier 21 in Halifax Nova Scotia. They had left Beilen, their village in The … departure as our grandparents were very upset that we were leaving. My mother came from a tight family that found immigration an alien … he brought back a couple of loaves of bread and an enormous jar of jam. It was the first time we had ever seen or tasted white bread. We …
  • Royal Commission on Italian Immigration, 1904-1905
    … The Royal Commission Appointed to Inquire into the Immigration of Italian Labourers to Montreal … immigration agents. There were at least 6,000 Italians in Montreal in May of 1904, many of them unemployed despite being promised immediate … to 150 percent above cost. [2] Cordasco induced Italian labourers to come to Canada by taking out advertisements in Italian-Canadian …
  • Museum Unveils a “Super Important Resource”
    … Explore the timeline at timeline.pier21.ca Attention history nerds: Clear your next several hours. There are … rights. Arrivals The arrivals lens is about the history of people coming to these lands , beginning with the temporary settlement of … Museum Unveils a “Super Important Resource” …
  • Museum Unveils a “Super Important Resource”
    … Explore the timeline at timeline.pier21.ca Attention history nerds: Clear your next several hours. There are … rights. Arrivals The arrivals lens is about the history of people coming to these lands , beginning with the temporary settlement of … Museum Unveils a “Super Important Resource” …