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LöGBERG-HEIMSKRINGLA, RlMMTUDAGINN 23. JÚLÍ 1964
boundary was Latitude 50°,
30’ (which runs approximately
through Winnipeg Beach). In
1881 the boundary was ex-
tended west to the present
boundary (between ranges
29 and 30, west lst) and north
to the north bounday of town-
ship 44 (which runs about 12
miles north of Mafeking). In
1912 the present Manitoba
boundaries were formed.
The population of the
Province of Manitoba in 1870
numbered in all 11,000 people
including the Indians. Winni-
peg was the capital and
centre of trade and commerce
with a population of 215.
There was no easy means
of access to the outside world
in this pioneering community.
The Red and Assiniboine
Rivers and Lake Winnipeg
with its other tributaries
constituted the main arteries
of travel. Transportation was
by canoe, York boats or small
steamers. Steamers travelled
on the Assiniboine River, at
high water, as far west as
Fort Ellice at the junction of
the Assiniboine and Qu’Ap-
pelle Rivers, now St. Lazare
CONGRATULATIONS . . .
to the lcelandic People on the
Occasion of the 75th Anniver-
sary of their Annual Celebra-
tion Day at Gimli, August 3rd,
1964.
International docks at Fort Garry 1875
in western Manitoba. Other-
wise the chief method of
transportation across the
plains and to the south was
overland by horseback or by
caravans of Red River carts
drawn by oxen.
Arrival of the Icelandic
Settlers
This was the situation in
Manitoba when Lord Duffer-
in, Governor-General of
Canada from 1872 to 1878,
first urged the Canadian
Government to send emis-
saries to Iceland to encourage
some of its people to come
to Canada. On earlier visits
to Iceland he had made many
friends and was familiar with
the history of the country
and its literature. He had
published a book in 1857 en-
titled “Letters from High
Latitudes” in which he dealt
with his impressions and ex-
periences on these voyages to
the north.
During the previous forty
years the people of Iceland,
and especially those in the
northern districts, had suffer-
ed great privations and hard-
ships due to a combination of
factors. Polar pack-ice had
remained in the fjords of the
north for much of the sum-
mer months, preventing the
fishermen from going out to
sea. The weather was un-
usually cold. Grass and hay
were scarce so that sheep
died in great numbers and
their wool was of poor
quality. During this period
there were repeated volcanic
eruptions in the north which
covered great areas with
molten lava. The trade of the
country was controlled by
Danish monopolies which
further served to restrict and
depress the economy of the
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nation. For these reasons, the
stories of free land and great
opportunities in the New
World fell on receptive ears.
Many families decided to
emigrate.
It was in 1874 that 365 Ice-
landic settlers came to On-
tario. In 1875, 285 of this
small group of hardy pioneers
including some from Wis-
consin, moved from Ontario
to the west shore of Lake
Winnipeg via Duluth and
overland to Fisher Landing
in Minnesota, then north-
ward on the Red River to
Winnipeg on the stern-
wheeler “International”. The
last lap of their journey to
Lake Winnipeg was by open
York Boats. Gimli, just north
of Boundary Creek, became
the “capital” of New Iceland
which included Riverton, Ar-
borg and Hecla Island.
Hugheilar árnaðaróskir
CRONSHAW'S
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GIMLI, MAN. PHONE 642-5039 BOX 188
Compliments of . . .
MUNDY'S BARBER SHOP
JOHN SLOBODIAN, Proprietor
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HAMINGJUÓSKIR . . .
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CONGRATULATIONS . . .
to the Icelandic People on the Occasion of the
75th Anniversary of their Annual Celebration
Day at Gimli, August 3rd, 1964.
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