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  • Jewish Immigration to Canada
    … prior knowledge of Jewish History Jewish immigrants to Canada have come for many reasons and been a part of the fabric of the country … prior knowledge of Jewish History. If you would like to book a virtual visit, please contact Saïd Allibou by email or by telephone …
  • Location and Parking
    … 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 …
  • Abe Baanstra
    … 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 … force was sent in to what ever department we could think off. But each one was denied or forwarded to another department, (Typical government … I was out off there and on the train to Boskoop. When I got there the house was empty and everyone had gone to relations nearby for their …
  • Canada’s Titanic – The Empress of Ireland
    … Titanic – The Empress of Ireland is a dramatic exhibition that takes visitors to the heart of the one of the greatest maritime disasters in …
  • Donor Impact
    … 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 …
  • Erkelens Jacobus Jaap
    … 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 …
  • Jean K. Bowes Lawrie
    … 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 …
  • Hilda E. Scovill
    … Theodore passed away in 1979 from Cancer. Our two sons had graduated, one in teaching, and the other in Engineering which he was gratified to … times travelling with them through the Rockies. I worked making telephones and inspecting dials for about twenty years. Having done so has … 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 …
  • Alex and Helene Dmitruk
    … 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 …
  • Laura Ogilvie Dunn
    … 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 magnificent experience this was for me and one of great sentiment as I am one of the many immigrants who arrived here August 28th, 1947 on the …

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