• Margaret Chase Huxford
    … Margaret Chase Huxford On September 3rd I was in Times Square, New York. I saw the declaration of war spelt out on the … taken the next train home. But this was the trip of a lifetime, my first bit of independence and the chance to study art in summer school in this huge cosmopolitan city. I …
  • Koster
    … The following is the story of the Koster family. Why and how they came to Canada … 2 oldest boys [twins] would go alone. They wanted to be farmers and if your parents did not own a farm in Holland then it was impossible to … about his stuttering. They both stuttered, but Hans was worse. So on May 8, 1953 Kees, at only 18 years of age, sailed on the "Waterman" …
  • ALL ABOARD!
    … by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated November 5, 2020) Introduction Welcome to my first blog here at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21! I’d like to share a bit of our collection with you today. After searching for interesting historical tidbits, I came …
  • A Good Life by Metta
    … Time 0:03:42 Transcript There was nothing to do in Arnes so when I finished grade 11, I went to Winnipeg and I stayed with my best friend Mary Daniels family. Ruth, Mary’s mother, was a war bride and she took me round all … A Good Life by Metta …
  • Flight Lt. O. Ross Down
    … through Pier 21 four times between 1941 and 1945. He was an eighteen year old young man from Charlottetown who joined the RCAF in 1940, trained in Canada as a wireless-operator/air-gunner and left for overseas from … little information available so two of us were given permission to visit Eastern Command H.Q. I can still see the startled looks we got …
  • Daxa Popat
    … Life in Uganda - A Multifaceted Community Time 0:01:10 Transcript I speak English, Gujarati, Gujarati’s our mother tongue, and Hindi. I speak … Daxa Popat …
  • Sarah Sharpe Platana
    … Day, a day which has always been of particular significance to me, and never more so than this year. The past significance has always been the reminder of the father …
  • Flying Officer Daniel D. Platana
    … Day, a day which has always been of particular significance to me, and never more so than this year. The past significance has always been the reminder of the father … Flying Officer Daniel D. Platana …
  • LACW Sarah Sharpe Platana
    … Day, a day which has always been of particular significance to me, and never more so than this year. The past significance has always been the reminder of the father …
  • Port of Entry, Process and Gatekeepers – A History of Immigration at the Port of Quebec during the Great Depression
    … by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated October 14, 2020) In May 2015, the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 opened new … passenger season commenced. Saint John and Halifax remained open year round. Vessels that docked at Quebec City before continuing on to … and Gatekeepers – A History of Immigration at the Port of Quebec during the Great Depression …