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… Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4P7 Tel: (902) 425-7770 Toll Free: 1-855-526-4721 Email: info@pier21.ca Parking There is a large paved parking … of $12.00 per day. Weekends, evenings (6 p.m. - 7 a.m.) and holidays complimentary. On-street metered parking is available near entrance. After dropping off visitors at the entrance of the Museum, large vehicles such as buses …
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… Titanic – The Empress of Ireland is a dramatic exhibition that takes visitors to the heart of the one of the greatest maritime disasters in …
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… shows why. The Winter 2026 edition has stories about: A special visit by two sisters who arrived at Pier 21 65 years ago How a staff …
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… Families 1953 – Groote Beer When my parents decided to come to Canada in 1953, I was faced with a huge dilemma. I had become a … The weather on the way over was horrendous and many were totally seasick. Our family was separated, the males in one dormitory and the … black. John took on the job of keeping our compartment clean. He washed the walls while those Pullman cars bucked endlessly. He did such …
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… a labourer on the St. Lawrence Seaway building project. Bought a ‘49 Ford and headed west to BC to work on the railroad from Squamish to Prince George. He still owns and drives his Ford. Came to the Outaouais region of QC to visit Dutch friends, worked as a bulldozer operator at a paper mill in …
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… made it much easier for income. I still travel down Eastern Canada to visit my son and daughter-in-law, four grandchildren (two married) and five great grandchildren. Also I … I miss my family, but we have phones to keep in contact and my family visits here to see us and the beauty of the Rockies. I enjoy all the …
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… February 1946 and we did not meet again for 21 years. She came east to visit me in North Sydney, Cape Breton by air, staying for a month or … home there in Haywards Heath. In 1969, we met again in Britain, then I visited British Columbia when Jean lived in Mission, a couple of times …
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… sons and a daughter. Helene returned to Germany on a few occasions to visit her family and relatives but Alex never did, fearing his freedom … him. Helene worked for 25 years at Dauphin Hospital caring for the sick and elderly. She had a close circle of working friends. She …
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… married on Feb 9, 1937 (now Olga Harwood) and returned to Europe to visit her family aboard CP steamship lines ship the Duchess of York in … old to travel. She was though everything Canadian. Her desire was to become the best Canadian she could be, dedicated to learning English and … get her Canadian citizenship and she always said those who choose to come to Canada must give Canada their undying gratitude and respect, …
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… Recently I have returned from a trip to the East Coast and visited the tall ships in Halifax, Nova Scotia and Pier 21. What a … It was a sentimental time for me. It was of great interest for me to visit the museum and I saw the picture #7 of the Aquitania. I had …