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Did all immigrants who arrived in Halifax before 1918 disembark at the Ocean Terminal?

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Did all immigrants who arrived in Halifax before 1918 disembark at the Ocean Terminal?

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Before 1908, it is impossible to say exactly where immigrants landed. The Halifax waterfront was lined with small “finger piers”. An immigrant could have disembarked at any one of them. Immigration records only cite Halifax; a specific pier is never named.