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ie is on on ue o o tnt R e es * j catenyt " dikhadiy . P 7 e‘ c aprce trcumpery and one day, while chatting with _ all hours, discharging hindreds of tired people escapâ€" | one ot»[hem. happcned to mention the story of his . ing war, persecution or economic hardship. â€" * it W & new Irish worker. On finding out the worker‘s name In her office at Pier 21, Carrieâ€"Ann Smith, direcâ€" ‘ After was Cree, ;he Campcr»comme!.'\[(‘d that he knew a _ tor of research and information services, talks about PiEr 3 the Way ul r;\:j‘me Salm Crte,m Beloeil, Q“C-, a small town _ Canada‘s immigration history and the role Pier 21 1 We‘CQm » near n 011;1-;3 â€" The farmer got in touch with the played in it. "Immigration is a key element of Move ie flrask . thDu ed man, found he was indeed John Cree‘s halfâ€"brother, _ Canada‘s history," she explains. "It helped build and e retUrn‘ Sands of and invited him to visit. The next day, Sam arrived, _ define our country." A s in ; ; ; f ks sold; q Canadian to t]hehsurpnsc and Idehght. ofl'lls young halfâ€"brother. In the 1920s, when Canada was desperate for t iy t dlerS, SUCh jsb Qfitncwle‘lil :ljl ‘Vle Wl.lh laam. who got him a farmers to work the land, it encouraged immigration e i s " eemiee â€" â€"Iâ€" e chemica ; l iig hOSe Who as was emele ;J Jot company where he by offering land deals and by advertising for farmers c ; as jed. John was v tC $ ; * On the // ar”ved 33 'ear"p ‘ft'l oin Wd[; to work for CAâ€"L for â€" and farm hands in both Britain and the United j ~ 8 e Fran 8 } hs,éln & reQrmg{m artmouth.‘N.b., in 1968. â€" States. British immigration was encouraged, she on JU|y ta Ce , ohn ,reessLuryf() courage.ltenacuy and a desire _ notes, because it appealed to Canadian policy ’Y , o survive is one of many such stori c . ; ts ool d al s< Tpnafs C 1945_ nexwiFÂ¥ensâ€"Red Ploses Y ho es told at the â€" makers who wanted to strengthen our ties 10 the ; Nee s c ss*"0" k * snnfi an 1 nenoefzed * .. , which opened in 1999 as â€" British Empite. During the 1930s, however, with the e uz. St,;'? m ic anians “w Re _ L is\ nress ]151:;51-;;]|K:“::1rm t atfruc(mn[s .rhe stories of the Depression having taken hold, immigration d\'O]"‘p‘f‘Jv w â€"â€"â€" _ ‘ulbsite. c Strapmigs > m. s s sr~ase mer b-_d s 8 grants, re ugees, child evacuees, war â€" with only a third of applicants gaining admittance» 4 Eo 4 nthns â€" s im t N rides, defectors and returning members of the armed T " ver Cl o e _ P forces who passed through Pier 21 fr 1928 until he Department of National Defence took 0% ® « â€" Bs omm e e 1. _ om 1928 until â€" Pier 21 as s as Sn Yar beganâ€" § ul Ned C tiny, ~<20 t wa . S Fes , ns hn sggen ~rass 1971. Canada‘s Ellis Island, it had accommodat; 'Ll fomorem e s o in d °* a# - ids w o mmeais | _ Atracain.. * ncb i Nllmincs for 400 people on _ Immigration virtually ceased, but Pier 21 continu© mm on â€"â€" irmecsse.: =â€" c i or people, reception areas, a ho»piral, dimng sb b l sed, af fea io. "oug d wl meins . Mess cite ; c a busy place, seeing almost half a M! a 6 Sike ofi "*%. . s 3 F. t room, kitchen and canteen, baggage and storage areas â€" Canadian‘s [‘ ace, g a : ha o and » x Te teeint: h ane and even a jail. Ships arrived at Halifax dail f 20 oo imnapmiannaiant ol on Een o t n * hee [ TL . â€"*~ lidki s f y isomeâ€" _ witnessi pass g vacuees h es ys d is ; , L. = o times as many as five would arrive in a single day), at â€"f essing the arrival of numerous child eva¢ * i. ‘ $ h 9e i. ~ e -ma"' 9 w WWites .e a /f"‘f/ «e Â¥), rom Britain as well as prisoners of wat. ( s y« ooo _ e *_‘.’- * 1 T a R .« 9 ul @al id k e e * *g. C‘ e *% 6. 2l rae But Pler 21 was to see its busiest days after the ’ * y < s @ xt M Andliaits:.... ces m mm T i § * \. C\ 35 /‘. war, explains Smith. First came the returning 5‘3(1 m f pet Me _ Ek. \ * 20 M th ul t / s dos ' â€" d ~ s A Pe »9”’:" ;fi :llcelnszn and women, then 48,000 war b“‘lt’_ 'm;l tisking their lives to come here, travelling in dreadful _ arrived in Halifax in 1948 at the age of three with \ i | zt ¢ heir ) j g . t s a ng uc . 1 . . ; : } fous Pea d P"“‘ i Def ;000 children. The Department of Natio 21 conditions, knowing there‘s only a slim hope that _ his mother, father and baby brother. Polish Jews, A Cunard liner docks ks . & i & i‘l ® 4 3 ‘ »L“.Le t)?é:rsa\\ these arrivals, remaining at Pict they‘ll be able to make a life here. We are a country of _ they were the only people left from their 86â€"member tPier 21 (ab ) + e 3 n P s h until immigration staff took over in 1947. BÂ¥ th"" immigrants, and we should all take pride in that." ppended{nally â€"the rest had disd in the Hol gtrigr«?! |above}. <p. Nki NO t:ile‘es _ * e , the BHGE um + oAAS immigrants, and we should all take pride in that. extended family â€" the rest had died in the Holocaust. . . s ,fi i ;*" P E ‘i’ *T zs L aed I‘f’L postwar wave of refugees had starte 18 It took six years, a spectacular fundâ€"raising _ Ann Kazimirski, Mark‘s mother, who now lives in After dlsembarkmg, ue % * e frige : wods . . 2 e ; 88 2. dn ; AH se Evunt i e { l # _ Caned rudm Europe â€" in all, 100,000 would com effort and $9 million to make the dream a reality. _ Montreal, still cries when she recalls the family‘s immigrants went to ( R â€" 4 2 â€"anad s i5 ; were ; M . c n ‘ P a T yP ~< P 8 on ?“”r“‘g the late 1940s and ‘50s. Thfl;& a When the newly tenovated Pier 21 opened on _ arrival. "It meant we were safe and free," she says. h . 2 a 2 ow re of Enemessetnwalnr: ceking 2 . a 8 hnd 4 €" cb * wal ‘ a fiog ed by a wave of European immigrants seekinE Canada Day, 1999, behindâ€"theâ€"scenes omm [ remember hundreds of people getting off the reception area s ‘5“ * Cage. /2 esh start i ; : . : ; â€" A â€" ns 36 G ETC] t g ‘{:]_" ml Canada. corants organizers thought they were being ky 9 C i . the ship and lying down to kiss the (below). A man looks ( 7 . Oy o : : ; a 2 : busos & . w â€" ols ; ; â€" â€" % \ s 5* *‘f i ~8 . wer "1 ¢ Alt 1960s, the majority of immig" ic optimistic in projecting that 2,000 e ag “‘ l ground in Halifax. There was a big through a telescope | g ul 9 ;‘t‘ & Â¥h Fa | gl~:-| s ‘c ‘.o;;smg air travel over multiday Atl"“‘“f people would visit the interactive 4V \’" e ie sign that said Welcome to Canada. +Blhikâ€" *4 Sn fhitke 5. S p crossings, which would lead to the closing ° facility that inaugural day â€" in . . M@@@ // Q K a “ It brought tears to our eyes." at the newly "'_‘ w2 hle , * Ast 4 £ * ‘ t sh;;”Zl) says Smith. Canada‘s last “1m1mgrf1t10fl fact, 9,000 came. | zul ’ "we ’i},\ al Wns Ann also recalls the stranger renovated facility '\ e ‘Y; \ ( * ¢ Â¥0 M was to welcome its final immigrant shiP 9 The day began with an. flls hss $A > o o en raneg {middle} â€"< i \ a /> + * y 3 March 28, 1971 serle quigt as eople of all â€" (Wha "Q& D BR Pier 21. "She gave me a loaf of * + lt | h { * \ #* t ‘ It was the end of a ME * e Vn \\ P bread and a honey cake that s . s n era. colours and backgrounds gathâ€" ;&'" \NN _,__/ he‘d haked horelf. She dide‘t 5 /5 â€" . | Ne ce.. she‘d bake erself. She R f f ered at Pier 21. A piper in tarâ€" â€" ®@Reteaimenamg f 5 e stt 1 â€" l M In 1993, A GroUr or HaLicontans, PROMPTEP 2Y 4 Bsnnd whe oc N»po en BRYZ know me, but she hugged and Hitrâ€"â€"1â€"1 Ate fuf / ':* € J desite to keep ali d ts nigra~ tan kilt played while the visitors pomessnesmmstesmmmenammeese® . |cissod mc. ShC was Che kincest PCTâ€" P1 6 Tr; @ j y Mc o fp alive the stories of their city‘s un:l.l;i . took their places for the opening son N dessrimer." : [ 1â€"A F ’ C 0 > : mesu stablish 2 : su l e 5 f | P ‘ 3 ( en c Roee the Plas 21 ssm n ts 1 ceremony. Former war brides arrived on {Izht quntics the F The woman was Sadie Fineberg, who was uk \: 1 ; ( permanent memorial honouring the immigrant ¢*P<" * . _ o‘ Mo 9n "re * Arremiges .. â€"â€"â€" \rof | l S 4 fienes: The Sociens 8 n oolaiino board the HMCS Preserver. Members & fl]cd to 30 ye, Snce Nightingale of Pier 21. For more than mhas cmli t It â€" society‘s past presider oldbleoms ~ . â€" * .e R i "3p M | j | . p J says the group (:‘h’(h%d?[ gr%mdmt, Bu % g on the Royal Canadian Legion proudly bore fl{‘g * fliill"‘“.‘rD "Khe, 5 Fineberg brought bread and cakes, sandâ€" . PAAMIN ce ‘ teas., Â¥ P C p Halifax w ere was something sitting ; came in their scarlet tunics. Everyon" ;9 ther$ â€" Sneeq : "hd compassion to people who had experiâ€" 6 i n a in iaucnld + rediiizped | â€" A °C Prus h hi Hax waterfront that was vitally important t0 the Fvax . Pist L Some lat & * dâ€" d Up poss i im minnl| w ‘ s p \ â€"~~ Ir&Q BY â€" history of Canade bar that would just disappeat if have a connection to Pier 21. Some \,\{.LPBI dgfi”“ k LlfQ ‘told horrors. . â€"a ~Â¥ ~~/ e3 x nothing was done, "We wanted our greapgrenvgfflm'l' who had been accepted tohs Canac flv’:. a c m‘“ir&‘l Canada was by no means casy h\rrth\ (e" ; ~ ‘ /Â¥ in $ m C “} M children to know what it was like to arrive in a n the sons and daughters, nieces, nephe? ],flr, NS# d“ln, it ‘1kis. While Canada provided safety and freeâ€" E_ ‘ j o 1 ‘x â€" : _ WB country without soyiftiing." i & ; & "Te want» children of immigrants. 40"" pe had Ht‘llry };blmm(led a lot in return. A dentist in Poland, A 1 ~\ u9 t any ," she explains. ; . P un 4 s 1 & ~ Seall ht 0 OE cdihem c . she expiains Mark Kazimirski, a physician from w aÂ¥ "zimirski, Mark‘s father, wasn‘t allowed to go Uhip somes . = S j em to understand the courage it took and to real" 4 0 ‘ â€" : * SERERRE . izc thar these SBdie® an o‘t "] 3 mpfe 2te seill was among those attending the ceren‘ ~_~m S e s haven‘t ended _ people are : -»\, <2 k. e ‘ . ; * w Dniretiai Oin Review 5