Day 2 was my day to discover Pier 21 the very site where my father had arrived as a landed immigrant on July 13, 1949.
The T.S. Arosa Klum was the passenger ship my mother travelled on when she arrived in Quebec City.
My father's ship was the General J.H. McRae. The resettlement officer issued his immigration visa from Munich Germany on June 2, 1949. He was to travel to the country of milk and honey to seek freedom from oppression. Entering and looking on to the harbour of Halifax, I can only imagine how he must of curiously observed his new homeland with much reverence.
Canadian Museum of Immigration Pier 21
Pier 21 is a National Historic Site which was the gateway to Canada for one million immigrants between 1928 and 1971. It also served as the departure point for 500,000 Canadian Military personnel during the Second World War. Today, Pier 21 hosts the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21—Atlantic Canada’s only national museum!
After spending a day or two in Halifax seeing the sights, he boarded a train bound for the farmlands outside of Ottawa where he worked for a year as a farmhand and then on to Toronto.
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ReplyDeleteI love your history about your Dad you are very fortunate to know such past family history so that your kids can know where your roots are.
ReplyDeleteHappy New year! what a great place to be unusual no snow
My father's ship was the General J.H. McRae. Gui hang quoc te
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