The Golden Bridge: Young Immigrants to Canada, 1833-1939

Millions of Canadians are descended from those young immigrants shipped from the Mother Country. The Golden Bridge paints a broad picture of juvenile migration to Canadian shores prior to World War II. It also deals with philanthropic movements prior to that period and includes the last 76 boys who came to Duncan, BC, between 1945 and 1948. This book is the culmination of Marjorie Kohli’s years of active involvement with home children issues. A welcome and indispensable tool for family researchers, The Golden Bridge provides the most comprehensive resource on Home Children to date. With ten chapters, eight appendices, and an extensive bibliography, Kohli’s work provides information on conditions in the UK and Canada, the efforts of Miss Rye, Annie Macpherson and others, government reports, the voyage over and the work of numerous agencies, all with an emphasis on Canadian records, and the Canadian perspective of the operations.