Not too long ago I wrote about an historical photo exhibition of British Columbia’s Finnish settlers. How interesting then to find an article on the weekend about the story of one Finnish family’s experience immigrating and settling here! I recognized one or two of the photos (there are several in the print version) that was also in the exhibition.

This is just one of many moving personal histories in a series called An immigrant’s journey: 150 years of newcomers to B.C.** which is being published by The Vancouver Sun as part of a celebration of our province’s 150th anniversary of joining the Confederation, the sixth province to do so. And a celebration of our diversity.

Amongst the history articles, Stephen Hume, my favourite writer in the Sun, has written a monumental series on explorer Simon Fraser**. I see the website also has some videos that look very interesting that I must look at. It’s wonderful to have it all together here, congratulations to the Sun for this!

UPDATE April 28, 2008: I just learned about this exhibition on the same theme: Free Spirit: Stories of You, Me and BC** is a major feature exhibition at the Royal BC Museum in Victoria, BC’s capital. We’ll have to see this the next time we go visit!
** links have since expired and have been removed