
Pier 21
A History
Steven Schwinghamer
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Imprint: University of Ottawa Press
Published: 03/2020
Pages: 200
Subject: History, Social Science
Print ISBN: 9780776631363
eBook ISBN: 9780776631387
DESCRIPTION
Between 1928 and 1971, nearly one million immigrants landed in Canada at Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. This book presents a history of this important Canadian ocean immigration facility during its years of operation and later emergence as a site of public commemoration.