Such an adventure!

by Olwyn Rutter
(Douliana, Crete, Greece)

Passenger Booklet pages from Empress of Scotland crossing to Quebec City in June 1930

Passenger Booklet pages from Empress of Scotland crossing to Quebec City in June 1930

When I was eleven my family emigrated to Canada. We travelled on the Empress of England from Liverpool to Montreal. I believe we left England on April 28th and arrived in Canada on May 6th 1964, It was the most wonderful, exciting adventure and was the first of many for me. After immigration we boarded the train for the trip of a lifetime across Canada to West Vancouver where I was to do my growing up. Can you imagine going from the life of a kid in the middle of Manchester, England in 1964 to the life I led in Canada with sailboats and skiing and ice skating. As I said before, this trip was the first adventure of many for me. It put the travel bug in my blood and now at 71 years of age, I am planning another trip to cross the Sahara, again. I would love to hear of others who crossed to a new life as I did. I am also trying to find a passenger list for this trip, should anyone have one.
Thank you for listening.
Olwyn.

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Nov 17, 2023
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by: Deborah

It appears that passenger records for travel from the UK to Canada are not available. Here is a link from the "Pier 21" website saying what is available and how to access it.

https://pier21.ca/research/immigration-records/uk-after-1960

Would there have been a booklet naming the passengers for the benefit of the passengers themselves? My grandparents had one from a crossing in June 1930 from Southampton on the Empress of Scotland. See the image added above which is from my collection.

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