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| Refugees | |||
| Hungarian Refugees Hungarian refugees arriving in 1957 after
the democratic revolt in Hungary was crushed. ID #20989 |
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| Hungarian Refugees Hungarian refugees arriving in Canada in
1957 after Soviet troops and tanks had crushed the democratic revolt in their
homeland. ID #20209 |
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| Refugee Passports Post Second War II refugees receiving
passports for Canada at the office of the Canadian Christian Council for the Resettlement of
Refugees, in Breman, Germany. ID #21100 |
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| Settlers | |||
| Red River Settlers Early settlers arriving at the Red River
Colony, 1812, with the first governor of the colony, Miles Macdonell. ID #10271 |
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| Red River Settlers Settlers at Red River, early 1820s, in a sketch
by Peter Rindisbacher showing a Swiss immigrant wife, husband and two children, a German, a
Scots Highlander, and a French Canadian. ID #10275 |
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| Moving West Ontario settlers moving west through Winnipeg, in
response to the Dominion Lands Act of 1872, which opened ample western lands for
settlement. ID #20732 |
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| Incoming Settlers Settlers detraining at Calgary, Alberta, as part
of an incoming wave during the new century boom of the early twentieth century. ID #20781 |
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| Voyageurs | |||
| Voyageurs Voyageurs, critical to the fur trade, traversing
Northern Ontario by canoe. ID #20273 |
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| Workers: East Coast | |||
| Shipyard Welder Mrs. A. Mackay, a shipyard welder in Pictou,
Nova Scotia, World War II. ID #20953 |
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| Pictou Shipyard Women workers at Pictou Shipyard, Pictou,
Nova Scotia, 1943. ID #21897 |
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| Workers: Northwest Territories | |||
| Uranium Mining Starting the tunnel at a uranium mine, LaBine
Point, N.W.T. ID #21870 |
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