POSTED: Saturday, March 26th, 2011

Norwegian Early Immigrants to BC Photo Exhibit

Nordic Spirit Her­itage Images Series: Nor­we­gian Early Immi­grants to BC (200 early pho­tos). Open­ing Recep­tion 11:30 Sat­ur­day March 26.

Date: March 26/27, 2011
Time: 11am — 4pm
Place: Scan­di­na­vian Com­mu­nity Cen­tre
Con­tact: RSVP to Scan­di­na­vian Com­mu­nity Cen­tre, 604 294‑2777 or info@scandinaviancentre.org”>info@scandinaviancentre.org; ques­tions about the pho­tos: Con­tact <a href=“mailto:sonjabusch@hotmail.com]sonjabusch@hotmail.com[/email] 604 522‑4567

Early Nor­we­gians made many valu­able con­tri­bu­tions to the fab­ric of British …

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POSTED: Sunday, August 29th, 2010

Photo Exhibit — 1721–1922: Two Centuries of Finnish Labour Migration to Imperial Russia

An excit­ing 44 panel pho­to­graphic exhi­bi­tion explor­ing the east­ward migra­tion of Finns to Russia.

Pre­sented by the Cana­dian Friends of Fin­land and orga­nized by the Åland Island Emi­grant Insti­tute, Eva Meyer & Maria Enck­ell of the Insti­tute will give talks about the sub­ject at 2pm both days.

Date: Sat­ur­day & Sun­day August 28 & 29, 2010
Time: 12 (noon) — 5pm
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POSTED: Saturday, August 28th, 2010

Photo Exhibit — 1721–1922: Two Centuries of Finnish Labour Migration to Imperial Russia

An excit­ing 44 panel pho­to­graphic exhi­bi­tion explor­ing the east­ward migra­tion of Finns to Russia.

Pre­sented by the Cana­dian Friends of Fin­land and orga­nized by the Åland Island Emi­grant Insti­tute, Eva Meyer & Maria Enck­ell of the Insti­tute will give talks about the sub­ject at 2pm both days.

Date: Sat­ur­day & Sun­day August 28 & 29, 2010
Time: 12 (noon) — 5pm
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POSTED: Sunday, March 28th, 2010

Swedes in BC: The Life & Times of Early Swedish Settlers in BC

Photo Exhibit

Come and see this one-of-a-kind photo exhibit of the early Swedish set­tlers to BC. It is fas­ci­nat­ing to see how those who trav­elled from Scan­di­navia to such a far away coun­try as Canada, in those days, lived and made a place for them­selves right here, in the area we now call home.

Where: Scan­di­na­vian Cen­tre
Date: Sat­ur­day & Sunday …

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POSTED: Saturday, March 27th, 2010

Swedes in BC: The Life & Times of Early Swedish Settlers in BC

Photo Exhibit

Come and see this one-of-a-kind photo exhibit of the early Swedish set­tlers to BC. It is fas­ci­nat­ing to see how those who trav­elled from Scan­di­navia to such a far away coun­try as Canada, in those days, lived and made a place for them­selves right here, in the area we now call home.

Where: Scan­di­na­vian Cen­tre
Date: Sat­ur­day & Sunday …

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