Pier 21

Multiculturalism Dept: War brides, home children, British evacuees and a stripe of multiculturalism a mile wide; one in five Canadians can trace a connection to Pier 21, according to The Star. They keep boxes of tissue next to the computers in the museum Scotiabank Family History Centre. Not a day goes by when we dont have people cry, says Cara MacDonald, the centre reference services manager. Our job is to collect and preserve living memory. We encourage the side-by-side experience. It quite moving and overwhelming for many people and HALIFAX My mother first stepped onto Canadian soil in this city. It an experience shared by more than a million immigrants who passed through the entrance point and a story told so well at the dockside Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21. More on Nova Scotia Travel (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.