Major European Ports of Departure for Immigrants
Immigrants from European countries provided the largest portion of immigrants to the United States and Canada. Below are the primiary ports of departure for the major steamship lines from the 1880s through 1954.
United Kindom and Ireland
- Belfast, Ireland
- Dublin, Ireland
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Liverpool, England
- London, England
- Londonderry or Derry, Northern Ireland
- Moville, Ireland
- Plymouth, England
- Queenstown (Cobh). Ireland
- Southampton, England
Scandinavian Countries
- Bergen, Norway
- Christiana (Oslo), Norway
- Göteborg (Gothenburg), Sweden
- København (Copenhagen), Denmark
- Stockholm, Sweden
Germany
France
- Boulogne-sur-Mer
- Cherbourg
- Le Havre
Benolux Countries
- Antwerp, Belgium
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Rotterdam, Netherlands