• Looking for Nepalese food and heavy metal? Try “Dartmouth’s Oldest Bar.”
    Sketch of the Woodside Tavern by Mary Louise Doyle. Dartmouth’s Woodside Tavern is a simple building in the parking lot of a shopping plaza— a small island of brick in a sea of asphalt and parked cars. With dartboards, pool tables, and long tables lined with rows of wooden chairs, it claims to be …
  • Austrian Canadian Council • Austrian Society Ottawa
    … Austrian Canadian Council Austrian Society Ottawa Here we set foot on Canadian soil and began our journey to the interior, contributing diligently to Canadia´s cultural mosaic. Wir, die hier gelandet sind, haben am kulturellen mosaic Kanada’s mitgearbeitet. In …
  • Stephen Csibor
    … General Saxonia.When we came out of Hungary we had to leave everything behind and the money … worthless outside the country. The clothing we wore was ill fitting (we got those used shoes and clothing in Austria, since ours were …
  • Walter L, Violet L Drew
    … Canada together. Many relatives saw us off at 1:00pm on August 1st as we were drawn out by tugboats. While on the ship we had life saving … with nine other men. He took our son on a walk around the deck each day as I did not feel well. Children had their dinner earlier at 5:30pm …
  • Bill Shaw, wife Kaye and Family
    … Lynn (4), Hazel (3) and Kevin (1) Shaw arrived at Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia aboard the Georgic on April 26, 1952 on Kevin's first birthday. We sailed from Southampton on April 19, 1952. Our Mum was quite sic for …
  • No Chop Suey in China - and other food stories
    … Chinatown. What were these dishes, she wondered. Why were they so common in Canadian Chinese restaurants, and what was their origin? … were created by people who were not necessarily cooks, using the ingredients available to them and trying to cater to a North American … sectors. Among the few places they could work were laundromats, convenience stores and restaurants. “They didn't even necessarily know how …
  • No Chop Suey in China - and other food stories
    … Chinatown. What were these dishes, she wondered. Why were they so common in Canadian Chinese restaurants, and what was their origin? … were created by people who were not necessarily cooks, using the ingredients available to them and trying to cater to a North American … sectors. Among the few places they could work were laundromats, convenience stores and restaurants. “They didn't even necessarily know how …
  • Quarantined on the Journey Over to Canada
    … Halifax with her baby was frightening for British war bride Audrey (Hawes) Doyle Ash. Audrey was onboard the Queen Mary when she and Patrick were put into isolation with others. “We were a day and a half out to sea when a little girl got meningitis,” wrote … Quarantined on the Journey Over to Canada …
  • Anna Spaunberg
    … Departed Dec 19-1926, arrived Pier 21 Halifax, December 28 1926. Our 9 day voyage – Mother with 3 children ages 6, 4, 2, I was the oldest – … of a tree and gifts for all the children. One trip to the dining area, we were unable to eat as our plates got away from us. Good thing the …
  • Domenico Ciolfitto
    … After thirteen days at sea, we finally arrived in Halifax, Canada; myself, my mother, my grandmother and my younger brother Tony. The day that we arrived was also my 13th birthday and to me 13 is always and remains …