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  • Port of Precedence: A History of Immigration at the Port of Quebec Part 1
    … 2020) Introduction Before the arrival of Europeans, Algonquin and Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) nations were the primary inhabitants along the … narrows”). In 1535 , French explorer Jacques Cartier discovered a Haudenosaunee village, Stadacona, where some 1,000 inhabitants lived … corn, fishing, and hunting. In 1608, French explorer Samuel de Champlain established a trading post and habitation , and named it …
  • Pte / Flt Sgt Arthur Wright
    … helmet for 20 francs with the proceeds of both sales used to purchase food. Entries in his pay records show that he was paid one dollar a day and an extra ten cents a day when in the trenches. He called the … period a brief notation in his diary on April 9th says "We're over the top", referring to his own Battalion, the 20th, and a few days later …
  • Iris M. Cunneyworth
    … Olive. In 1944, she married Bob Cunneyworth, an Airman with the Royal Canadian Air Force. In doing so, she set the wheels in motion for what … who had been holding war exercises for the past year. In those early days of the war, I was a member of a social club that volunteered to … were looked after by some very nice people from the Women's Voluntary Service. Early the next morning we left the Hostel and boarded buses …
  • Cooking Nepalese Food in Charlottetown
    … Cooking Nepalese Food in Charlottetown …
  • What is Canadian Food, Anyway?
    … What is Canadian Food, Anyway? …
  • What is Canadian Food, Anyway?
    … What is Canadian Food, Anyway? …
  • William Gouweleeuw
    … Parry Sound, Ontario. Recently my wife and I were on a bus trip (15 days) that ended up in Halifax. We were told about Pier 21. Since I am … in my nickel's worth as to ‘how, why, and what for' I wanted to come to Canada. I worked for my father as a Market Gardener for eleven … that dinner was ready. The cook and his assistants joked about the food - potatoes, veggies, and of all things, fried sole. They told us …
  • LACW Grace Shewan
    … sworn to an oath of secrecy which was not fully lifted for 50 years. Can you imagine in this day and age, something involving so many people being kept a secret at … Museum in our London, ON has a great deal to show. There was quite a Canadian connection since 5000 Canadian Airmen trained, at the request …
  • Mels van der Laan
    … truly, fondly known as Mels. Although very young at the time, I still can see the invading troops marching down the Dijk where I lived. I … when the Canadian, British and American soldiers came through our town of Lisse in 1945. My fathers’ business was growing bulbs for … Lavington, BC. After his return to The Netherlands, he was invited to come and have supper with our family and talk about his adventures …
  • George and Evelyn DeLorey
    … Evelyn May (Blackburn) DeLorey Daughter of Henry and Jane (Cullen) Blackburn Born March 15, … 1993 in Ft McMurray, Alberta   Met her husband George Willis Renford DeLorey, a soldier with the West Nova Scotia Regiment at a social in … a room with other War Brides that were to be sent to Canada. The next day, she and her children took the train to Grenack, Scotland. Sailed …

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