SS Arosa Star & MS Vulcania

Within The museum we found this little connection to Matthew's family history.

The SS Arosa is the ship that Matt's dad came in on when he immigrated to Canada (landing in Montreal) in 1954... he was only a few months old at the time.

The MS Vulcania is the ship that Matt's mom arrived on when she came to Canada (landing right here in Halifax) as a refugee in 1958. She was only about 1.5 years old at the time.

This was really neat to see. In previous trips we've stopped at places with connections to my family history (my ancestors came to Canada wayyyy back in the 1700s!) so it was really awesome to touch on a bit of Matt's from the 1950's. I love comparing the differences between our family history. So neat!Read more