• Abe Baanstra, Netherlands 1953
    We were grateful for the roof over our heads and no one complained… … Abe Baanstra, Netherlands 1953 …
  • Berber (Bep) Koster, Netherlands 1953
    Our first house in Canada was a farmhouse 2 km outside of Bowmanville … Berber (Bep) Koster, Netherlands 1953 …
  • Borge Eskesen, Denmark 1957
    In 1963 we bought our first house in West Vancouver … Borge Eskesen, Denmark 1957 …
  • Charles Bonello, Malta 1951
    …In 1966 we bought our first house in Etobicoke, a suburb of Toronto … Charles Bonello, Malta 1951 …
  • Ed Smith, Netherlands 1952
    Mom and Dad worked had to improve the family way of life … Ed Smith, Netherlands 1952 …
  • Jack Devries, Netherlands 1952
    …January 1, 1953. Our agreed time to work and save as a family was up. I began saving for my wedding. … Jack Devries, Netherlands 1952 …
  • Kathleen Fournier, English War Bride 1946
    …In the spring of 1947 we bought our first house; a two storey log house in Bear Creek. … Kathleen Fournier, English War Bride 1946 …
  • Pietro Di Ioia, Italy 1950
    …Our first house was near Botanical Gardens so guess where we went for walks on Sunday afternoons? … Pietro Di Ioia, Italy 1950 …
  • Rudolf Dasberg, Netherlands 1948
    My father and his friends built our first house in 1953. … Rudolf Dasberg, Netherlands 1948 …
  • Strategic Winter Port: A History of the Port of Saint John
    by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated October 20, 2020) Introduction: Establishing a Port at the Mouth of the St. John River Before the arrival of Europeans, the Wolastoqiyik (also known as Maliseet) were the primary inhabitants along the St. John River (known in Wolastoqiyik as Wolastoq ) and the …