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… (Updated January 28, 2022) Perfect Landings was created by the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 to coincide with the Canadian … from the Nova Scotia Museum. Second, Halifax has hosted a few other major skating competitions over the past two or three decades (notably … to the late 1800s, when people waltzed on ice in the Public Gardens. More recently, I think it is fair to say that the city has both …
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… John River (known in Wolastoqiyik as Wolastoq ) and the area later encompassing Saint John ( Menahkwesk ). In 1604, a French expedition … River. As part of the Pierre Du Gua, Sieur de Monts expedition, Samuel de Champlain “discovered” the river and named it after the feast of … Canada. Dept. of Interior / Library and Archives Canada / PA-047926 Beginning in the latter-half of the nineteenth century, Saint John …
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… gave us historical maps of the island as well as building plans for all the major structures. After we finished the historical research and had a … only helpful and professional, but also really enthusiastic to learn more about the island. (Thanks to Brian Kinsman of Nova Scotia’s …
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… Transcript: This little 1970s doll here tells a story about two major groups of refugees who came to Canada. This doll is on loan from Dr. Tran-Davies, a medical doctor in … group of South-East Asian refugees who fled South-East Asia after the fall of Saigon in 1975. Over 60 thousand Cambodian, Laotian and …
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… individuals, or 37 percent of the movement, chose to resettle in Canada. [1] The Netherlands experienced a surplus of farmers after the … to 16,000 individuals from Dutch farm families resettled in Canada. A majority of these newcomers resided in Ontario, with sizable … arrived at Pier 21 aboard SS Zuiderkruis and were greeted in the large hall by representatives of the Canadian Red Cross who offered the …
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… goods. We were able to do a little traveling. If my father had been more patient, our lives would have been quite different. But he wasn't. … War broke out in 1950, we were back to rationed sugar and cooking oil. What did Germany have to do with the Korean War on the other side … us unacceptable. We were probably Communists; it was the 1950's after all. The U.S. was unacceptable to us, too, for they had the military …
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… his training on twin-engine Wellingtons before transitioning to the more formidable four-engine Halifax bombers. Beginning in the summer …
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… Promotional Video ... Cynthia Price Verreault, Chairperson Bonjour, hello, I'm Cynthia Price Verreault, Chair of the Canadian Museum of … year. July 1, 2024 marked 25 years since we opened our doors, welcoming visitors to the National Historic site that would become today’s … concluded its run here at the Museum in January, and in April of 2026, travels to the Joseph Brandt Museum in Burlington, Ontario, the …
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… (Updated January 28, 2022) Introduction: The Immigration Boom to the Canadian West From 1867 to 1914, the Canadian West became home to … to Canada’s international role – like agriculture, mining, and oil . The Prairie Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta grew … statement that “a stalwart peasant in a sheep-skin coat, born on the soil, whose forefathers have been farmers for ten generations, with a …
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… Major Harry L. Mitcheltree Royal Canadian Engineers 1911 – 1977 Harry … Command in Calgary and in January 1952 he was promoted to the rank of Major. Harry was posted for several months to Edmonton and in September …