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  • Education Groups
    … 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. May to October Open: Seven days a week, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Proudly supported by J & W Murphy Foundation Supported by … Ages 3 - 8 $11.50 Special Lectures Ages 10+ $11.50 Add a guided tour (30 minutes) and/or presentation of our film in Canada (30 minutes) …
  • Artist-in-Residence 2016 - Kyle Jackson
    … disaster in Canadian history. Artist-in-Residence 2016 Kyle Jackson               Watch the video: Time 0:05:22 Transcript Hi, I'm Kyle … November 2015 to November 2106. Music: “God Be With You Till We Meet Again” hymn instrumental performed by Steven Sharp Nelson (“Sacred … Picture Map of St. Lawrence: National Library of the Netherlands, 52309. …
  • Jean K. Bowes Lawrie
    … May 1946. Jean left Haywards Heath 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 so, on her way back to England to care for our Mother, who was still living in our home there in Haywards Heath. In 1969, we met again in Britain, then I visited British Columbia when Jean lived in …
  • Refuge Canada Tent
    … – November 2022 Colchester Museum  Truro, NS July – September 2022 Yarmouth County Museum Yarmouth, NS April – June 2022 Glace Bay Library Glace Bay, NS March – … Library Halifax, NS October – November 2021  Harbourfront Museum  Yarmouth, NS June – October 2021 Maritime Museum of the Atlantic Halifax, …
  • Kay Smyk Kowalchuk
    … newspapers, she managed to find her husband in Canada. He sent funds so the family could be reunited. They arrived on May 20, 1950. Kateryna did not see her own family in the Ukraine again until 1976. …
  • Ineke Felderhof-Graham
    … and friends they left behind in Holland. My father was a physician and had practiced medicine for twenty years in Holland. The 9 years prior … fact, both my parents were lovers of land, nature, and space. But more so, they looked at this country as a land of great opportunities for … Hospital in New Glasgow had to write his medical exams all over again at the age of 47, and in the English language! My mother, having …
  • Berend Bergsma
    … greet us. However when we landed at Pier 21 in the late afternoon, we had to wait one more day on the ship before we could disembark. My Dad … my aunt, who was my dad's sister. As a nine year old boy I do remember some of the highlights when leaving our village in the Netherlands. … When I saw all of those ships and was told by my dad that we were going on that ship. I will never forget that. We were week at sea. …
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    … or mobility impairments. Learn about the free Navilens app and how it works.  → We are working to improve everyone's visit. … of all services and accommodations.  → Hours Seven days a week, 9:30 am to 5:30 pm Hours of operation year round.  → Filming and … All Admission prices.  → Are you a conference delegate?   Simply show your badge upon arrival at our Ticket Counter for 20% off …
  • Finding Peace by Selene
    … Time 0:03:06 Transcript Coming back to Mexico after two years living in Canada was exciting, we met with our family; enjoy our house with our son, it was a dream come true, right? Well the reality woke us up … I had in Mexico, but I really enjoy my life now, I have peace again. Last week I was in Mexico visiting my family. I think right now, …
  • Sarah Theresa Roberts
    … Nova Scotia. Sarah spoke of rough waters & a time when baby Moira fell out of her bunk to the floor with a thump & didn’t miss a wink of … life in that same home overlooking the Chaleur Bay watching the train go by daily. Sarah enjoyed raising her five girls & having her ten … scarce & her parents were arguing over whom should have the last egg. While her parents tried selflessly to give it to each other, Sarah …

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