Pier 21: A History
By Steven Schwinghamer and Jan Raska
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Entre 1928 et 1971, presque un million d’immigrants sont arrivés par bateau au Canada, plus précisément au Quai 21, situé à Halifax en Nouvelle-Écosse. Durant toute cette période, le Quai 21 fut une des principales « portes d’entrée du Canada » ; ce fut aussi le point de débarquement de presque 400 000 soldats canadiens qui rentraient au pays après avoir effectué leur service militaire en Europe durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Dans la période de l’immédiat après-guerre, le Quai 21 est devenu la porte d’entrée maritime la plus active au Canada.
Aujourd’hui encore, de nombreux Canadiens entretiennent des liens particuliers avec le Quai 21, et ce, à travers leurs antécédents familiaux ou les récits d’arrivée de leurs parents sur le site du Quai 21. Depuis 1998, les chercheurs du Centre d’interprétation du Quai 21 et du Musée canadien de l’immigration ont mené de très nombreuses entrevues, examiné d’innombrables documents d’archives, compilé des récits écrits par des immigrants et acquis des photographies, des documents et d’autres objets emblématiques de l’histoire du Quai 21.
Pier 21: A History est le produit de ce long et patient travail de collecte. Il nous révèle l’histoire de cet immense hangar maritime canadien durant ses années d’activité et, ultérieurement, en tant que lieu historique national, musée et site mémoriel ouvert au grand public.
Publié en anglais. Également disponible en français : Quai 21: Une histoire.
Steven Schwinghamer
Steven Schwinghamer is a historian at the Canadian Museum of Immigration and holds an MA in History from Saint Mary's University. Since joining the Museum in 2000, he has conducted over two hundred interviews and has written numerous scholarly and popular articles about the history of Pier 21.
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