Lögberg-Heimskringla - 17.04.1992, Blaðsíða 7

Lögberg-Heimskringla - 17.04.1992, Blaðsíða 7
Lögberg-Heimskringla • Föstudagur 17. apríl 1992 • 7 A Hundred Years Ago Young Reader’s Where Corner: the lcelanders? by Frank Slgurdson Manitoba attracts most lcelanders Lögberg miðvikudaginn 13. apríl 1892 Úr Bænum og Grendinni íslenzki hljóðfæraleikenda flokkur- inn hjer í bænum ætlar að halda „con- cert“ á sumardaginn fyrsta. ★ ★ ★ Mr. Brandur Johnson, landi vor, var kosinníbæjarstjóminaí Pembina, N.D., á mánudaginn var. ★ ★ ★ Mr. Jóhann Briem fór á þriðjudaginn var með fjölskyldu sína vestur í Aigyle- nýlendu. ★ ★ ★ Númer 3. og 4. af öðrum árg. Kirkjublaðsins er komið og biður W. H. Paulson kaupendur þess hjer í bænum að vitja þess að 162 Kate St. ★ ★ ★ Capt. JónasBeigmann, sem hefur haft umsjón yfir breikkun á Nýja íslands- veginum, kom til bæjarins nú í vikunni, hafði neyðzt til að fresta vinnunni, vegna þess hve mikið vatn er á veginum. As mentioned before, the Icelanders had discovered that there were many places for them to settle. However, Manitoba, and especially Winnipeg, attracted most of the immigrants from Iceland. Actually, Winnipeg became the centre for Icelanders in America. Likemostimmigrantgroups, the Ice- landers, at first, stayed together in a community. They built their houses, or more correctly, their shanties in the area at the eastern end of Broadway Avenue in Winnipeg, now used by the Canadian National Railway. Their place was called Shanty Town. Later many of them moved to the Point Douglas area. They moved again, this time to the city’s West End. Sargent Avenue became their home. As before, the Icelanders moved, and today they live in every section of Winnipeg. The First Lutheran Church on Victor Street, close to Sargent Av- enue, remains a focal pointfor Iceland- ers. In this story we are asking, “where are the Icelanders?” One way to get an answer is to look at statistics about immigrants. Icelandic immigrants were arriving each year in fairly good num- bers. This continued until the begin- ning of the World War in 1914. After the War, the yearly average number of Icelandic immigrants has been about twenty. It was reported that by 1901, there were approximately 10,000 Icelanders in Manitoba. Four thousand of these lived in Winnipeg, two thousand five hundred in the New Iceland area, and the remainder in other Icelandic com- munities. In 1961, the census showed that there were 30,623 Icelanders in Canada. The census shows only national origins on the father’s side. The question on the census was “To what ethnic or cultural group did you or your ancestor (on the male side) belong on coming to this continent?” We will see that the Icelanders were moving to all parts of Canada. Mani- toba was the place that most chose. ICELANDERS IN CANADA 1961 Newfoundland...................40 Prince Edward Island...........24 Nova Scotia...................113 New Brunswick.................135 Quebec......................2,516 Ontario .................. 2,313 Manitoba...................14,547 Saskatchewan................3,405 Alberta.....................2,325 British Columbia............5,136 Yukon..........................32 North West Territories.........37 TOTAL......................30,623 We have to guess at the number of Icelandic descendents in Canada to- day. Thatestimate would probably range between 50,000 and 60,000. Llnda Johanns Lest We Forget From the city and the surrounding areas The group of Icelandic musicians here in town are going to give a concert on the first day of summer. ★ ★ ★ Mr. Brandur Johnson, our country- man, was elected to the town council of Pembina, N.D., last Monday. ★ ★ ★ Mr. Jóhann Briem left last Tuesday, along with his family, for the Argyle settlement. ★ ★ ★ Numbers 3 and 4 of the second vol- ume of the Church paper have come out. W.H. Paulson asks its buyers here in town to come get it at 162 Kate St. ★ ★ ★ Capt. Jónas Bergmann, who has been in charge of the widening of the New Iceland road, came to town this past week. He had been forced to delay the work due to how much water there is on the road. Sunday, April 5, 10 a.m. (day-light saving) central time. Our Canadian flag — the red maple leaf — flies promi- nently on the CBC-TV screen. Digni- taries lay wreaths as fourteen Vimy Ridge veterans watch. Seventy-five years ago (1917), they were in a different world. I watch the gentle motion of the flag and question... How do these men feel? They did not fight under this flag; they fought under the red, white, and blue Union Jack. That was Canada’s flag then. Could the govemment not display both? During the ceremony, Rabbi Bulka says, “the past is very much with us ... Our soldiers succeeded in a task no one else could... A country without a past has no future. A country that celebrates its past, has a future. We must be thank- ful for our past, celebrate the present, and look forward to our future.” Last Friday, my friend told me, “I’m Canadian. I don’tgoforstufflikethat,” when I held before her the beautiful book Westem Icelandic Short Storíes. I tried to explain that the authors were Canadian-immigrants who chose Canada as their future. Their works are locked in Icelandic and “the future” could notappreciate what they penned. Now, through the efforts of the transla- tors and editors, Dr. Kirsten Wolf and Ámý Hjaltadóttir, we can view the past, celebrate the present, and look forward to our future. Without it, we are not whole. gins a period of one unit composed of several countries. Can Canada not rec- ognize her past as multi-units who unite when it matters? We are all Canadians. Vimy Ridge was such an undertak- ing. The Late Greg Clarke, writer for the WeekendMagazine, viewed Canada differently when he retumed fr om Vimy Ridge, and the historian Arthur Lower said that in a matter of hours at Vimy Ridge, Canada went from colony to nation. “Canadians” worked together when it mattered. They were from Canada, not Alberta, not Ontario, not British Columbia, not Manitoba, not Saskatchewan. My friend is wrong when she thinks being Canadian does not include our diverse pasts. The stories included in this new book are fforn 1895 to 1920, written by people who colonized the wilderness. They are from the world of Vimy Ridge, from the past when Canada went from colony to nation. The govemment was wrong in not flying both flags. It is our duality. What are your views? EPTergesen & Sons \ ^ “a great browsing store” Box 1818, Clmli, MB. ROC ÍBO ▼ Tdephone: 642-59« i Aæw /iww/i/i/s. Icelandic-jZanodion ©ral Carrafives My quandary continues. Europe be- Theatres and Concerts Lögberg Wednesday, April 13,1892 Magoús EI««ruon Icelandic-Canadian Oral Narratives 1985/86 1987/88 1989/90 5 775 167 431 420 60 OOO 5 524 128 959 450 65 OOO 6 603 166 898 370 53 000 Theatres - number - performances - attendance Concerts - attendance

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