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  • Windsor Foundation Classroom
    The Windsor Foundation Classroom features a projector, sound equipment, and natural light. This fully accessible room is perfect for your next meeting or conference. Inclusions: 6ft rectangular tables and chairs Drop down screen and projector Wifi Podium and microphone Natural light Facility …
  • Order-in-Council PC 1911-1324
    … train travel, rather than the reduced settler rate. [4] The Commissioner of Immigration for Western Canada bribed a medical examiner to refuse black immigrants. [5] In one case, officials invoked the continuous journey regulation , a rule …
  • Veke,Toini,Raili
    … nine years old. My sister, Raili, is eleven and Äiti is thirty-two. Isi is five years older. This train just left the Kuopio railway … . I don’t think that’s a good idea because I want to be with Äiti and Isi. Raili is angry as a bee and is sulking in the corner by the train … of hugging and crying. Also the people from Äiti’s work came to stand beside the railroad tracks to wave goodbye. That made her cry some …
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    … Museum’s Accessibility Plan and information on how to provide feedback can be found on this web page . → NaviLens To improve accessibility, … Museum uses NaviLens technology. Download the free NaviLens App . You can scan nearly 100 codes around our museum. This will guide you with audio …
  • Port of Precedence: A History of Immigration at the Port of Quebec Part 1
    … modes of transportation . This report argues that within Quebec City, one site was shaped by all three aforementioned areas: the Port of Quebec. In turn, the port later helped to … the city. By 1850, forty percent of the city’s population was Anglophone with the Port of Quebec handling two-thirds of all European …
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    … Pier 21 is committed to providing websites that respect the privacy of visitors. This privacy notice summarizes the privacy practices for the … that Web servers automatically collect certain information about a visit to a website, including the visitor’s Internet Protocol (IP) address. IP addresses are unique …
  • Audrey Pratt
    … research and exhibit of 2006. The Pier 21 Society would like to thank Ms. Maher, Ms. MacLellan and the war brides that contributed to this … sound of their engines that they were the enemy. It had a different drone of the engine. You could see the soldier's eyes in the cockpit - … 13 each. Coupons were used up quickly so new clothes were difficult to come by. Fabric and yarn for knitting were also rationed. Husband: …
  • Cescato Aldo, Renato
    … Aldo Cescato La mia vita di emigrante, e cominciata un paio di anni dopo la fine della seconda guerra mondiale. Sono nato e ho vissuto nella Regione del Veneto fino a 23 anni, il Veneto si trova al nord d'italia ed e sempre stata una Regione completamente agricola fino agli anni 1960. Da allora ha …
  • Charles J. Lutton
    … Port of Entry: Saint John, New Brunswick Date of Arrival: February 26, 1928 Age on Arrival: 24 CHARLES JOSEPH LUTTON/"C" COMPANY THE IRISH REGIMENT OF CANADA 23/09/1939 - Militia … Charles J. Lutton …
  • Pte. Charles Joseph Lutton
    … CHARLES JOSEPH LUTTON/"C" COMPANY THE IRISH REGIMENT OF CANADA 23/09/1939 - Militia … Company /15 Platoon/Capt. H. Hendrie Camp Borden - January 1941 - C. Lutton, A. Fitzsimmons, E. McConnell l/r back row: L/Cpl. E. McConnell … Pte. Charles Joseph Lutton …

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