• Joan Farrell Wilson
    … Joan's husband Gerald Wilson . Joan's daughter Sandra . Joan with her parents Gerald and Joan Wilson A … in uniform Joan at the War Bride's Club Joan with her husband and granddaughter Sandra and Ken Sandra with father Gerald and brother Ken. …
  • Cor Groenewegen
    … The voyage on board the Waterman from Rotterdam to Halifax took 7 days. On the first day of their journey they found 5 more single young men on board and … which was served by a priest of Dutch decent. After mass one Sunday he mentioned that a Dutch family had arrived in Formosa. The …
  • CSM Donald Thomas Whitfield
    … The following is a quote from a speech Don gave on Remembrance Day 2009: “It was September 1941 when I enlisted in the Canadian Army …
  • 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 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 “Dartmouth’s oldest bar.” Purchased in 2017 by Hari and Junu Joshi …
  • 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 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 “Dartmouth’s oldest bar.” Purchased in 2017 by Hari and Junu Joshi …
  • Annual Public Meeting 2025
    … year. July 1, 2024 marked 25 years since we opened our doors,  welcoming visitors to the National Historic site that would become today’s … concluded its run here at the Museum in January, and in April of 2026, travels to the Joseph Brandt Museum in Burlington, Ontario, the … French) For centuries now, newcomers have adapted recipes and ingredients to their new situation in Canada to some very delicious results. …
  • Andrea, Rosa, Antonino, Franca Maio
    … his six daughters, he had to employ men as he did not have any sons to do the heavier chores. As children, we carried out the same work as the … up early to work in the fields as it would get too hot later in the day. In summer, we walked and worked barefoot and, in the winter, we … heads with our hands to protect ourselves from the shrapnel. At one point, we went to our grandmother’s home for refuge where the men dug …
  • Nicolangelo Romano
    … routes from the same small town to Canada. In 1953 after an eleven-day journey aboard the small Greek liner the Nea Hellas, I arrived at … stood more than 70 years ago and still remembered it like it was yesterday. Canada has been good to us, and we like to think that we have …
  • 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 … so they had to learn very quickly how to cook food that people in Canada would want to eat. And of course, most of the people coming into the …
  • Joyce Margaret Pinnow
    … On one trip to the Maritimes, Joyce’s group of war brides had the chance to sail on the Blue Nose II and visited their original landing …