Pier 21, Departure

Pier 21, National Historic Site of Canada is a former Immigration Shed on the Halifax waterfront. It was the gateway for thousands of troops, immigrants.

I took my grandfather there with my wife and children back in the summer of 2003. It was a wonderful time. Since his health had begun to weaken him, he was given a wheelchair and an assistant. He felt great as there was a special program for veterans who had actually left from Pier 21. He also found the troopship he had sailed on.

From wikipedia:



The Pier was the primary point of entry for over one million immigrants and refugees from Europe and elsewhere, as well as the departure point for 496,000 military personal Canadian troops during World War Two.