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… sailed to the mouth of the Wolastoq River. As part of the Pierre Du Gua, Sieur de Monts expedition, Samuel de Champlain “discovered” the … In 1775, Portland Point, at the mouth of the St. John River, only had about 140 inhabitants. In the 1780s, some 15,000 Loyalists from the … and the rise of westward expansion across BNA increased railway links while passenger travel brought people and trade to the city’s port …
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… Leo and Muriel Hogan, daughter Susan …
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… I am a Pier 21 Alumni and I am pleased to say also a current member. I have been reluctant to tell my Pier 21 story … parts of Canada. My story is a little different. Not only did I come a different way, (by train) and from a different direction (from …
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… Arrived as: Displaced person Country of origin: Hungary Date of entry: December 4, 1951 Ship … story of their arrival in Canada. All my mother told me was that she had been very sick during the crossing, and she still clung to the … 27, 1927 – November 25, 1988 (60 years old) Gizella Sandor, January 30, 1900 – April 10, 1992 (92 years old) Márta, September 18, 1929 – …
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… under the command of General Wladyslaw Anders, from those Poles who had been forced to move eastward. In March 1942, Soviet officials … the Polish unit to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, before reaching Iran. While ‘Anders’ Army’ eventually made its way to Palestine where it … “We Wanted to Come to Canada”: Pier 21 and the Arrival of Polish Orphans …
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… chartered a plane to take professionals to Toronto. I would have had to wait two years to get an airplane, hence the sea voyage. I had … I asked for my luggage. I was told that my luggage had been taken off in England. Apparently, there was another Mr. A. Munro traveling first class as well, who had cancelled his passage at the last minute and his luggage …
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… There was no particular reason for me to leave the Netherlands. I had a good position at the National Research institute, was (am) married with … Imagine me, as a young boy, reading in bed this fascinating story while the wind and snow was whirling around our house near the …
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… Czechoslovak leaders that if their reforms continued, they would come with grave consequences. Moscow demanded that the Communist Party … the 1960s Many of the Prague Spring refugees, who had applied to come to Canada at Canadian embassies across Europe, arrived by … horizon. There were ramblings in Moscow that the Soviets are ready to come to ‘help’ us to make sure that we follow the ‘right way’ of …
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… He was employed in administrative positions at various hospitals as well as tending to his patients, who were mostly wounded Hungarian … then, spoke no English and never did return to practice. In Hungary he had been a member of the Federal parliament for a quarter century as … with it’s lens shutters, [I later learned it was for sending Morse code]; the life boats row on row and the air scoop funnels everywhere. …
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… What's Inside the Wall? by Oyoung …