The Canadian Immigration Historical Society La Societe Historique de /'immigration canadienne C.P.jP.O. Box 9502, Terminal "T" /Terminus Postale 7", Ottawa, Ontario, K1G 3V2 C.I.H.S. BULLETIN S.H.I.C I.s.s.N. 0843-8242 ISSUE NO. 11 (NOVEMBER 1992) FROM THE EDITOR years, and a few of the immigrants who 1994 - Immigration's 125th Anniversary landed at Pier 21. This is the eleventh issue of the Employment and Immigration Canada is BULLETIN and my first as editor, so This 9 minute 20 second English and planning a number of activities to please bear with me as I try to get the French video was made to celebrate celebrate the 125th anniversary of the hang of this. I sure hope our previous Canada's 125th birthday. If you would creation of the Immigration Service. The editor, Bob Shalka is thinking about the like a copy of the video, Pier 21, send a Society has offered its support. As part CIHS, while in Kiev, Ukraine. I'm sure blank tape with your request to: Audio of this support, I wrote to Canada Post thinking about him ... he didn't warn me Visual & Exhibits, Public Affairs, on behalf of the Society to back a about how much work it can be to pull Employment & Immigration Canada, request from the Hon. Bernard Valcourt an issue of the Bulletin together. He Place du Portage -Phase IV, 12th Floor, for an Immigration Service stamp in just let me blindly volunteer for this Ottawa-Hull, KlA OJ9. 1994. The letter included the following assignment. So please, anyone out points: there who is interested in helping out, PRESIDENT'S COLUMN or in contributing an article or two, From its inception in 1869, the contact me at 819-953-0721. Together, Annual General Meeting Canadian Immigration Service has maybe we can meet the high standards played a vital role in nation building. Bob set when he flrst took over the The highlight of the AGM for many Through the selection and settlement of Bulletin. people was Peter Harder's update on millions of 'new Canadians', the Service the Immigration Program. His has helped build the economic and discussion of what he called the 'poetry social strength of the country. and plumbing' of immigration gave a Pier 21 -The MOVIE clear picture of some of the future A commemorative stamp would pay directions Immigration is likely to take. tribute to the work of thousands of Pier 21, a video produced by Public immigration staff over the last century Affairs, Nova Scotia Region, As always, many people arrived early to and a quarter. Our Society believes a Employment & Immigration Canada, have a chance to chat and reminisce. It special stamp would also promote shows a slice of Canada's immigration was good to see two of our most senior national unity by reminding Canadians history. members. Edna Whinney brought us up of the contribution immigrants have to date on her travels over the last year made to this country. During the years 1928 to 1971, 1.5 including a visit to Australia. Len million immigrants passed through the Goddard renewed acquaintances with Local Chapters doors of Pier 21. This is their story members who had known him at and that of the people who worked at Toronto airport. Harry Cunliffe and other founding Pier 21 - volunteers from churches and members of the Society believed that the Red Cross, as well as federal staff Changing Responsibilities much of the collecting, writing and from various agencies. disseminating of immigration history Carrie Hunter is now producing the should be done by local chapters in the The video uses archival film, photos Bulletin and will continue to look after main cities across the country. The and interviews. It features former the recruitment of new members for the Board of Directors will be giving special immigration employee Fenton Society. To ease her burden a little, our attention to the creation of chapters Crossman, Father J.R. Brown who new Secretary, AI Gunn, has agreed to over the coming year. AI Gunn is worked at that port of entry for 19 maintain the membership list. developing some ideas. If you have any thoughts, please contact AI. The Society has been issued letters patent under the Canada Corporations Act, and is qualified as a registered charity under the Income Tax Act. When items in the C.I.H.S. BULLETIN S.H.I.C. are attributed by name or initials, the views expressed are those of the authors. C.I.H.S. 8~%8 S.H.I.C. NUMBER 11 PAGE 2 Feedback Gallant, and to the present day, Brudenell Island, at the eastern end of numerous members of the Gallant the province, is also the site of a We've been pleased that a number of family still are to be found on the monument, erected on July 16, 1903, to members have written to comment on Island. This early settlement at Port La the memory of the Brudenell Pioneers the Bulletin or to offer suggestions on J oye is marked by a recent who had arrived from Scotland a how the Society should evolve. Please archaeological excavation which has century earlier. On July 16, 1953, a keep the letters coming! We would also revealed interesting artifacts from the plaque was unveiled to mark the 150th like to receive short articles (1-3 pages) garrison and from the Hache-Gallant anniversary of the arrival of this group describing an interesting immigration property. of Scottish pioneers. anecdote or event. We'll publish them in future issues of the Bulletin. At Stanhope, on the north shore of the Then, too, there is a memorial at Island, is a memorial cairn, with an Churchill, P.E.I., reading as follows, On behalf of the Board of Directors, I inscription, which reads in part as would like to wish you and your loved follows, "1833-1933. To commemorate the ones the very best for the holiday landing on P .E.I. of the emigrants who season and the new year. "Erected to commemorate the arrival of came from the Isle of Mull on the good Sincerely the ship 'Falmouth', from Greenock, ship 'Amity', of Glasgow, and erected by John Hunter Scotland, June 8, 1770, and the two­ their descendants this 21st day of hundredth anniversary of the settlement August 1933. Sian Leis Na Doaine of Stanhope, Covehead and Brackley." Goire Gaisghail - Farewell to the Brave and Gallant People." Update on Immigration Landmark This was one of the ftrst recorded -by Fenton Crossman arrivals of Scottish immigrants on P .E.I. Another notable group of Scottish --------------- It was followed, in October 1770, by the Highlanders to migrate to P.E.I. were During our search for Canadian "Annabella", a Scottish brigantine, the Selkirk Settlers. Since several other Immigration landmarks, we wrote to carrying sixty families, which landed at groups, under the auspices of Lord the Prince Edward Island Museum and Malpeque, also on the island's north Selkirk, settled in other parts of Canada Heritage Foundation in Charlottetown. shore. Like many others, this group did and as the Selkirk story is a long and A reply came from Mr. Edward not arrive in Canada without hardship; a interesting one, it would be deserving of MacDonald, Curator of History, who monument erected at Malpeque on a separate and more detailed report. most generously provided us with September 6, 1964, tells us in brief this information on several of the many story, Mr. MacDonald points out that, monuments to the early settlers on our although the largest ethnic group on smallest yet, very important province. "On this shore the brigantine P .E.I. is the Irish, whose ancestors Although a native of P.E.I., I was 'Annabella', from Campbellton, Scotland arrived before the Great Famine somewhat surprised to learn of the was wrecked in October 1770. Her devastated their homeland, no existence of such a large number of passengers having lost all their monument or plaque has yet been immigration landmarks on "The Island" possessions, found welcome shelter in erected to their memory. The sad story and I shall try to summarize briefly French homes. In spite of extreme of the Irish immigrants who arrived at some of those described to us by Mr. hardship, these immigrants and their Grosse lie, Quebec, during the mid-19th MacDonald. descendants by their faith and courage century, will be described later in a made worthy contributions to the future bulletin. Although Prince Edward Island was development of a progressive earlier occupied by one or more tribes community, Province and country." Many immigrants other than those of Micmacs, the ftrst settlers from mentioned have since arrived at P.E.I., abroad were the French. In 1720, a On July 19, 1922, there was erected at but few of these have been group of farmers, fishermen, craftsmen, Scotchfort, P.E.I., a Scotch granite commemorated by the erection of and soldiers, under the auspices of the Celtic cross, commemorating the arrival monuments or plaques. We are most Compte St. Pierre, landed at Port La in 1772 of the ftrst Scottish Catholic grateful, therefore to Mr. MacDonald Joye, not far from present day Immigrants. It was considered that a for providing us with so much Charlottetown. This became the Celtic cross, marking their faith and the interesting information on some of the military and administrative centre of land of their origin, would be an earliest pioneers who bravely crossed the colony. Eventually, however, many appropriate memorial of their migration the Atlantic Ocean to settle on Prince of the properties established by these to Canada from their beloved Scottish Edward Island.