User:The Mainlanders

While there are many interpertations, as to whom, or what a mainlander is.....

This page is solely for the purpose of providing the music of an Ontario folk band, that write about the Canadian landscape, both past, and present.

Started in 2000, as an east coast cover band, The Mainlanders were writing and performing thier own pieces, which centred around the history of Canada. With a strong love of the East Coast,founder, Ryan Reed provided a couple of salt water tales on the bands first album titled, ' Old Country Store '.

Pier 21 tells the story of the many immigrants who sailed to the shores of Canada, via the way of Pier 21 in Halifax, after the first world war. Many moved on to other parts of the nation, with the help of the railway.