• Karl H. Wubbenhorst
    … a bush camp near Hurkett at Black Bay, a Bay of Lake Superior, after 3 days and 2 nights of train travel. Great Lakes Paper Co. sponsored and … Canadians refused to work this area. After training and pay on a daywork basis, which lasted about two weeks, I was put on piecework. I … were Russian and Ukrainian and few spoke any English. After a hard day's work in the bush felling and hauling with horses, the workers …
  • Caranguejeira Pioneers
    … Six young men from a village in Portugal called Caranguejeira decided to embark to a distant and unknown land called Canada with the … except working on the fields for family survival. They were brave to come especially when they first arrived and could not understand anyone …
  • The Netherlands Trunk
    … inconvenience caused Dutch Culture and Traditions Quotes Statistics Recommended Resources …
  • Teresa and Vittorio Pagnucco
    … I married Teresa (Teresina) and the next day I was on a ship heading to Canada without her. Talk about making …
  • Donor Impact
    … exhibitions to personal commemorations to free admission on Canada Day, your support is crucial. Passages shows why.  The Winter 2026 …
  • Ole Didrik Falkeisen
    … The trip from Rotterdam took seven days and I arrived in Halifax full of hope and the expectation of … was placed overnight on a farm run by the Catholic Brothers. The next day I was placed with a rancher in Hartleyville, Alberta. There I …
  • Ruby Leeson Kaspard
    Henry M. Kaspard and I were married October 1, 1945 and shortly after, he returned home to Toronto, Canada. I followed in June 1946 on the Lady Nelson. I could not believe how well we were fed aboard the ship, and how white the bread was. I met lots of friends on the ship and we were all hoping for …
  • Mario Bellina
    … working on the railroad as a worker and also cut hair on the side. One day a Poole Construction truck came by and said they needed a few men …
  • The Victor Kvasheninikoff Family
    … Canadian soil. The next leg of their journey involved a two or three day train ride to Hamilton. Each person was given a few dollars for the …
  • Olive Hall and Bill Wells
    … after WWII who was from Strathmore,Quebec. Still married to this day 56 years later, with nine(9) grown children and several grand … bunk most of the trip and ate crackers galore. She thinks it took 7 days. She had never been away from home and did not realize how far …