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THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
AUTUMN 1977
GIMLI
In the 1870’s, the first Icelandic settlers arrived
in Manitoba to begin life in a new land. They
had high hopes for they called their settlement
Gimli — “Home of the Gods.” More than a
hundred years later Gimli is a thriving com-
munity whose good fortune is celebrated with
Islendingadagurinn every summer, when people
come from across Canada and the United States
to share the traditional food, music and Viking
heritage of the people of Gimli.
MANITOBA GOVERNMENT TRAVEL