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THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
Little known, however, is he fact that
the Dominion Government on Lord
Dufferin’s recommendation acted with-
out either authority or precedent in
paying the transportation costs of the
original colonists from Kinmount, Ont-
ario, to Gimli. The Government did
have the authority to subsidize the
transporation of immigrants to Canada,
but no authority existed for paying
the cost of moving those already settled
within the country from one locality
to another.
Loans totalling approximately
ORDER-IN-COUNCIL No. 987,
8 Oct, 1875 — Creating Icelandic
Reserve
On a Memorandum dated 28th
September 1875 from the Hon. the
Minister of the Interior submitting
for consideration a letter dated
15th September 1875 of the Secret-
ary of the Department of Agri-
culture, and application of Mr.
John Taylor, Icelandic Agent re-
questing that the Western Coast
of “Lake Winnipeg extending
“from the mouth of the Red River
“on the south to a point known
“as Grindstone Point on the
“North, including Big Black Is-
land and all other Islands adja-
cent within ten miles of the said
“Coast and extending from Lake
“Winnipeg on the East to Range
“Two, East of the Principal Mer-
idian on the West, be an Iceland-
ic reserve.”
The Minister observes that as
there are several homestead entries
for lands in Township No. 17 in
the Fourth Range, East and valu-
able lime and sandstone quarries
between the seventh Base Line and
Big Grindstone Point, he recom-
Winter 1961
$80,000 were granted the Gimli colon-
ists during the first three years. Little
of this was ever repaid and no serious
effort was ever made by the govern-
ment to collect. Perhaps the expendi-
ture came to be considered as a well-
merited investment.
While the text of the Orders in
Council and the map are printed es-
sentially to fill a void in our records
nevertheless it is also hoped that by so
doing the Icelandic Canadian may
stimulate some if its readers to further
study on this subject.
mends that the reserve for the Ice-
landers be for the present limited
to the tract bounded to the South
by the Northern boundary of the
Province of Manitoba, to the
North by the Seventh Base Line, to
the East by Lake Winnipeg, and
to the West by the Eastern boun-
dary of the Second Range, East of
the Principal Meridian, embracing
township Nos. 18 to 24 inclusive
in the Third and Fourth Ranges,
East, also Big Black Island and
the small islands lying between it
and the said Coast, as indicated by
red border on a Map accompany-
ing this Memorandum.
The Committee submit the
above recommendation for Your
Excellency’s approval.
A MacKenzie
Approved Wm. G. Haley
8/10/75
ORDER-IN-COUNCIL No. 2306,
9 Oct. 1897 — Resinding Order-in-
Council No. 987.
On a Report dated 22nd July 1897.
from the Minister of the Interior stat-
ing that by Order in Council of 8th
October, 1875, a tract of land shown