Ida Niemi: Independent Spirit on Wallis Island
At the age of 25, Ida Niemi left her Finnish hometown and journeyed to Canada in search of opportunity. A decade later…
At the age of 25, Ida Niemi left her Finnish hometown and journeyed to Canada in search of opportunity. A decade later…
In the late 1940s, Finnish immigrant John Sointu built this remarkable home on Wallis Island, near Forster…
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