Seventy years ago today my parents, the Rev. and Mrs. J.T. van Popta, arrived in Canada. After a ten-day voyage they stepped off of the SS Volendam on to the quay at Quebec city. They arrived in their new country with their two daughters, Joanna and Sarah. A third daughter, Alida, would enter the outside world two months later, after the family had trekked across the country by rail and arrived at their ultimate destination, Edmonton, Alberta.
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| Photo taken at the family's departure from Mussel, the Netherlands. |
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| On board the SS Volendam |
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On board the SS Volendam
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