To All Our Children: The Story of the Postwar Dutch Immigration to Canada

Foreword by Edward Schreyer, the then governor-general of Canada.

After the conclusion of the Second World War, there was an exodus of emigration from the Netherlands to North America. As of May 1954, 100,000 Dutch men, women, and children had voyaged across the Atlantic, immigrating to Canada to begin a new life.

This is the story of those who left the fertile lands of the decimated Low Countries, for greener pastures in central and western Canada.

Of nautical interest: 27. Dutch Immigrant Ships, depicting the liners that carried Dutch immigrants to Canada and the eastern seaboard of the United States. Numerous nautical references throughout.

Contents:
1. The Land They Left Behind.
2. The Vanguard.
3. How It All Began.
4. Deciding to Leave.
5. The Parting is Hard.
6. The Crossing.
7. On Solid Ground.
8. Another Journey.
9. New Homes.
10. Earning Bread.
11. In the Beetfields and Elsewhere.
12. Homesickness.
13. Everything Was So Different.
14. The Language Barrier.
15. The First Car.
16. One Family's Dream Come True.
17. Immigrants of All Kinds.
18. Keeping the Faith.
19. Helping Hands.
20. Forging a Visible Identity.
21. After A Decade.
22. But Life Goes On.
23. "Thank You, Canada!"
24. Making an Impact.
25. They're Still Coming.
26. Reclaiming the Heritage.
27. Dutch Immigrant Ships (pp.493-512, with photos of 43 ships).

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