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… as foreign as the accents that greeted them. They landed where 1.5 million other immigrants would also enter Canada, the Gateway to Canada. … we were going to sink. One minute you could see the sea and the next, all you could see was the sky. The bow of the ship was going up and … wasn't good. I didn't like what I saw. I thought, what the heck have I come to? I took a train from Halifax to Ottawa with John, nobody met …
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… 13, 1964 Age on Arrival: 21 My Immigration Voyage from Scotland to Canada At the age of 21, I made the decision to leave Scotland to get … I was given the choice to immigrate to Australia, United States or Canada. I chose the latter believing it would be a permanent life … of Partick, Glasgow, dancing, waving flags, it was a great time for all of us children. The night before our departure we all got drunk, …
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… learned the bus she missed had been struck by a German bomb, killing all aboard. In early 1941, she reluctantly accepted her co-workers’ offer to join them after work at the local dance hall: Hammersmith Palace. It was there she met Les Gallant , a handsome … Joan Winifred Gallant …
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… A collection of individual quotes are provided here to highlight some of the experiences of … from the Netherlands. Deciding to Leave - Saying Goodbye Travelling Arrival in Canada All Aboard - On The Train Life in Canada …
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… By guest contributor John Moses, Delaware & Upper Mohawk bands, Six Nations of the Grand River Territory, … Territory near Brantford, Ontario, and as a Six Nations veteran and community knowledge holder myself, I have been fortunate to become heir … and thus in this sense to begin viewing Pier 21, at least symbolically, as much a point of departure for a discussion of Indigenous …
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… While in a Nazi concentration camp, Rebecca Teitelbaum risked her life to secretly record the recipes of fellow prisoners. She included her own recipe for orange cake, a dish … portrait. Courtesy of the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre. All ingredients should be at room temperature. Step 1: Place all dry …
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… an email from Bonnie Pollock of Nova Scotia who wanted to find out more about her great-great-grandfather George Little. He arrived in … On March 28, 2012, I received an email from Patricia Desjardins-Galley of Quebec, who wanted to learn more about her grandmother Mary Ann McGivern. Patricia’s father had …
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Life in the Netherlands Leaving the Netherlands Travelling On Ship Arriving In Canada All Aboard Life In Canada …
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Life In Italy Leaving Italy Travelling On Ship Arriving In Canada All Aboard Life In Canada …
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… away and arrived in Halifax Pier 21 on December 4, 1951. I was not allowed to go to Canada with my husband because I was seven and one … later than scheduled because of the rough sea. I saw some officials come up the gangplank and pin a medal on our captain's chest. (the …