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… the mouth of the Wolastoq River. As part of the Pierre Du Gua, Sieur de Monts expedition, Samuel de Champlain “discovered” the river and named it after the feast of St. John (24 June). This expedition is considered the source of the earliest written record about the Port of Saint …
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… RACCONTO DI VITA: CANDIDA FRANCA IACCINO (dedico questa mia storia ai miei … avevo un ricordo vago e triste. Così il primo di luglio (Canada Day) 2003 ho visitato Pier 21, è stata una grandissima emozione. Sono … Candida Franca Iaccino …
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… somewhat dumbstruck, in the lower level of Pier 21, the site of the Canadian Museum of Immigration and was going through a temporary … interactive exhibit aimed at giving people a feeling for the relative ease or difficulty of immigrating to this country. Several normal … As one tried to walk through each door one found that some were easy to open, while others offered resistance. The ‘inside’ of each …
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… Caronia , Cunard Date of Arrival: April 21, 1929 My grandmother, Ms. Aili Edit Kinnunen, at the age of 28 set sail for Canada. She arrived … sister who followed her to Canada commented a year before his death to Aili's granddaughter " that she was the kindest most generous soul he … A late family friend, Camille Reid, told her granddaughter, Nancy that "Aili Edit Kinnunen was a remarkable and generous woman and they did …
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… the High Church of England, where she would go to church every Wednesday and twice on Sundays. After finishing school at age 16, she went to … to work in the munitions factory. One day a handsome soldier from Canada commented on her red kilt that she was wearing; telling her that … due to his worsening heart condition, but he did manage to build their house. Sheila was living in Edmonton. When Sheila’s son David burned …
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… army: August 27, 1945. He disembarked at Juno Beach two weeks after D-Day, advanced inland for six weeks, taken prisoner of war near Falaise … on Juno Beach, Gold Beach and Sword Beaches. Advances were made on foot every day to consolidate and obtain strong points. We fought …
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… at Pier 21, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on March 22, 1948. (This day is special for me for two reasons: freedom day in Canada and, my … birthday) My first Impressions and Feelings: At last I put my foot in a free country after many painful circumstances: I lost my … Germany with my mother, brothers and sisters, always hoping to some day come to a free country. Coming out of war ravaged Europe, Canada …
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… Germany. Reconstruction of the bombed-out buildings was speeding up. Food was no longer so scarce, except for luxury items like coffee. The … Germany was so that his children would be free from war, with no chance of Hans ever being drafted into the military. He was right, too. … Karlsruhe, about 200 km south of us, and sitting in a waiting room all day, in order to obtain the necessary stamps in our passports. In the …
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… The Armenian Genocide Centennial Committee of Canada Comité Canadian du Centenaire du … et de l'Église Unie du Canada. Pour beaucoup d'entr eux, Halifax fut le port d'entrée avant de rendre au Refuge agricole des garçons … The Armenian Genocide Centennial Committee of Canada • Comité Canadian du Centenaire du …
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… Patties, like these ones from Brawta Jamaican Jerk Joint in Halifax, are a great meal to warm up a Canadian Winter. Are Jamaican Patties the most history-packed food in Canada? Okay, okay, … open up the patty and see what’s inside. Colonization and Hand-Pies Jamaica, home to the Indigenous Taíno people, was colonized first by …