• Then and Now by Gunnvor
    … Time 0:02:51 Transcript Going for a visit to Iceland I go home, and coming back to Canada I come …
  • Yolanda Garcia
    … So would you say that Canada feels like home to you now? YG: Uh home for me, yes, definitely. Uh—it is going to sound very bad, but I’m … uh—now this is my place and, and I’m going to Colombia basically to visit my family, my—my close family, my parents and my siblings, and … Biography: Yolanda Garcia was born in Bucaramanga, Colombia. She completed an undergraduate degree in systems engineering from …
  • Mary Moir Cathcart
    … 21, a story of friendship by Mary Cathcart My friend, Grace Cadieux, also a London War Bride, and I were lucky enough to be able to change our … on in the harbour because we spent much of the time watching what seemed like hundreds of yachts tacking back and forth all around us. It … Not knowing I was on my way, my husband Neil had driven his parents to visit his sister in Waterton Park, Alberta. With difficulty, the Red …
  • New Year, Canadian Beer
    … I received an email on January 2 nd from a very excited Margot Tarajos. She asked if we would be open for her visit 363 days later. Margot was two and a half on New Year’s Eve in … and gave my mother three rosaries -- one for each of us -- and welcomed us to Canada. The best ambassadors this country could ever have …
  • A Good Life by Metta
    … just close to Carberry. When the girls moved to Winnipeg, I would visit them on weekends. Their brother Joseph, would visit the girls too when he was hauling cattle. One time I didn’t have … the frog legs as a delicacy. I worked at the store and a museum there for 30 years. I raised five children. I now have 13 grandchildren, and …
  • No eggs or butter? Baking during difficult times is nothing new.
    … reconstruction period, the Canadian Government wanted to fulfill its commitments to England by providing a vast quantity of food supplies for troops and civilians. Therefore, from 1942 to 1947, a system that … number of household members. To purchase rationed goods, they would visit a store, present a coupon for butter, and pay the required price. …
  • Does Anyone Have Any Questions?
    … to interact with the public on a daily basis. There are numerous reasons behind coming to Pier 21, but there is something universal I hope all visitors bring: questions. It might seem like a trivial thing, … in helping me do my job, and to ensure you get the most out of your visit. I thought I would take a moment and share the reasons I prize …
  • “Young Man, You Take Yourself Far Too Seriously”: The Memoirs of Immigration Officer Fenton Crosman
    … by Steve Schwinghamer, Historian (Updated January 28, 2022) Canadian immigration history can be researched using a staggering variety of sources . There are ship logs and passenger manifests, architectural plans and harbour … aged, with deep-set serious eyes, and in his spare time is a gentleman farmer, chess player and a poet. He showed me a collection of his …
  • Morris Josef Haugg
    … 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 … it was so much less interesting then the ones I heard about during my visit to the Pier21 Museum. I changed my mind after reading through the …
  • Angelo Di Placido
    … I loved geography and opportunity; I chose to move to Canada. I researched where I could settle to build a future for myself and … Thereafter, I departed for Canada from the port of Naples on the ship Olympia in January 1968. The trip throughout the Atlantic Ocean … while waiting to be processed by the port authorities, I went to buy some bread and ham in order to make myself a sandwich, the bread was …