• A mystery, archival film footage, an old suitcase, and a 75th anniversary
    … called Canadian Notebook , released in 1952. The film focuses on newcomer families working in four corners of Canada and in four major … The family moved around for a few years working on farms in various communities before finally settling in the village of River John, where …
  • A Welcome Sign?
    … MacKinnon captures something felt by many- the feeling of being welcomed in Canada – the feeling that the country represented a chance at … above where passengers disembarked, were written the words “Welcome Home to Canada.” The Welcome Home to Canada sign, visible from the deck of a ship as it arrives …
  • Becky Forshaw Angus
    … spirits. Chub was liberated on May 2nd, 1945 and was repatriated to Canada in July, where he was immediately hospitalized. He continued to … a couple of broom handles. I must say that she made the most of it; it can't have been easy coming to new country and having to stay with a strange family." Having come from such a picturesque part of Scotland, with its many lochs and …
  • Ellen M. Nielsen, Birthe and Inge
    … Inge Nielsen Inge came to Canada with her sister Birthe Marie and mother Ellen Margrethe Nielsen. … First Story I was 3 yrs of age when my mother, sister and I came to Canada to join my father, Johannes Nielsen, who had emigrated to Canada … work for my father assuring us of a Christmas that I remember to this day, with a small Christmas tree, home made ornaments, a good dinner …
  • Romeo and Maria Zussino Macorig
    … on the ship Saturnia and on December 06, 1958 they were married. The day Mom left Italy (Sanguarzo/Cividale/Udine) her father (Our …
  • Herbert and Ella
    … They built their home on the SE 19-41-24 (where they still reside today). Herb and Bernice have five daughters, four son-in-laws, seven … in Birch River the fall of 1998 and in September 2000 on her 89 birthday she moved to the Benito Health Centre where she resides to this day. …
  • Marjorie Franklyne
    … arrived with her first born, a son who was just shy of his first birthday. He was a toddler and she carried him in her arms as she … one arm, and I was doing the same over the other. It lasted about a day. A couple of girls from Holland, war brides, weren't sick and they … wasn't good. I didn't like what I saw. I thought, what the heck have I come to? I took a train from Halifax to Ottawa with John, nobody met …
  • Petronella Van Luxemburg Seiferling
    … in quarantine in Halifax due to illness. Their next step was a four-day train ride to her new home in Saskatchewan – their ride from the … away in 1984 at the young age of 60, and Dad passed in 1988, two days before his 68th birthday. Lovingly remembered through the following photo gallery: Engagement …
  • Museum Unveils a “Super Important Resource”
    … were created by Dr. Daniel Sims, Associate Professor, First Nations Studies at the University of Northern British Columbia, working with a … rights. Arrivals The arrivals lens is about the history of people coming to these lands , beginning with the temporary settlement of … of this story through to the present, and will continue to be into the future.” “History is important to our futures, in terms of getting to a …
  • Museum Unveils a “Super Important Resource”
    … were created by Dr. Daniel Sims, Associate Professor, First Nations Studies at the University of Northern British Columbia, working with a … rights. Arrivals The arrivals lens is about the history of people coming to these lands , beginning with the temporary settlement of … of this story through to the present, and will continue to be into the future.” “History is important to our futures, in terms of getting to a …