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Pier 21 is a former ocean liner terminal and immigration shed from 1928 to 1971 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Nearly one million immigrants came to Canada through Pier 21, and it is the last surviving seaport immigration facility in Canada. [ 1 ]
Halifax Port Authority facilities include: South End Container Terminal – Piers 36–42 (operated by PSA Halifax) Ocean Terminals – Piers 23–34; Halifax Seaport (formerly the Seawall) – Piers 20–22, Cruise Ship Pavilion and Pier 21 museum, NSCAD University, HPA administrative building
The Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 (French: Musée canadien de l'immigration du Quai 21), in Halifax, Nova Scotia, is Canada's national museum of immigration. The museum occupies part of Pier 21, the former ocean liner terminal and immigration shed from 1928 to 1971. Pier 21 is Canada's last remaining ocean immigration shed.
Nautical chart of Halifax Harbour in the 1880s. ... Pier 20, Halifax Seaport Farmers Market, The Cruise Ship Pavilion and Pier 21 Museum ... December 24, 1944;
Directly opposite to Pier 9 on the Halifax side sat a community in Tufts Cove which included the Mi'kmaq community of Turtle Grove. In the years and months preceding the explosion, the Department of Indian Affairs had been actively trying to force the Mi'kmaq to give up their land and move to a reserve, but this had not occurred by the time of ...
The Halifax Waterfront Boardwalk is a public footpath located on the Halifax Harbour waterfront in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Constructed of durable heavy timber, the Halifax boardwalk is open to the public 24 hours a day.
Pier 2 in Halifax, Nova Scotia was operational as an immigration shed from 1895 to 1915. [ 1 ] 2.7 million immigrants entered Canada through the shed during this time. [ 2 ] In 1895, a fire roared through the building and it was eventually rebuilt in 1911. [ 3 ]
The Halifax Waterfront Boardwalk runs along the harbour from Casino Nova Scotia in the northern-part of Downtown-to-the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 in the southern-part of Downtown. It is a 24-hour public footpath, and at 4 km (2.5 mi) in length, it is one of the longest urban footpaths in the world. [10]