The Emigrant - Halifax, NS, Canada
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"The Emigrant" honors those who left their homes to find a new life in Canada. It is located on the harbor boardwalk near Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Waymark Code: WMWGNB
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Date Posted: 09/03/2017
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The Halifax Port Authority erected the bronze and marble monument called the “The Emigrant,” which is installed on Halifax Seaport district a short distance from Pier 21, where thousands of people first landed in Canada from foreign countries seeking a better life.
The monument depicts a life-size bronze sculpture of a man wearing a suit and fedora hat leaving his home country with a single piece of luggage as he steps off a pier with his right foot onto the deck of a ship. A bas relief sculpture in the back of the monument has a vignette of a woman carrying a baby and holding the hand of a small child who is waving goodbye. A bell tower in the background is indicative of the old country. The vignette is set on a 5' high,marble, table-like base.
A bronze plaque in front of the monument is inscribed in English, French and Italian:
THE EMIGRANT
The pain of separation he overcame,
with faith and hope his heart aflame...
La souffrance de la separation il a surmontée,
le coeur brûlant de foi d' espérance...
Vinse il dolor della lontananza,
spinto dalla fede e dalla speranza...
Created by Sculptor
ARMANDO BARBON
and donated by his family to the:
HALIFAX PORT AUTHORITY
SEPTEMBER 19, 2013