New Iceland Heritage Museum
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The New Icelandic Heritage Museum located in Gimli, Manitoba
is dedicated to preserving the history and artifacts of the large population from Iceland
who immigrated to the Interlake region of Manitoba and now referred to as New Iceland
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The museum is unique in the fact it is located in three locations:
Gimli, Manitoba
Gimli is a a rural municipality located in the Interlake region of south-central Manitoba, Canada, on the western shore of Lake Winnipeg. It is about north of the provincial capital Winnipeg...
is dedicated to preserving the history and artifacts of the large population from Iceland
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...
who immigrated to the Interlake region of Manitoba and now referred to as New Iceland
New Iceland
New Iceland is the name of a region on Lake Winnipeg in the Canadian province Manitoba which was named for settlers from Iceland. It was settled in 1875.- Background :...
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The museum is unique in the fact it is located in three locations:
- Waterfront Centre home to a multi-media display of the history and artifacts of the immigrants.
- Lake WinnipegLake WinnipegLake Winnipeg is a large, lake in central North America, in the province of Manitoba, Canada, with its southern tip about north of the city of Winnipeg...
Visitors Centre houses a 500 gallon aquarium hold species of fish from the lake and history and artifacts of early fishing.
- Gimli Public School 1915 home to an original classroom and artifacts used by the HuldufólkHuldufólkHuldufólk are elves in Icelandic folklore. Building projects in Iceland are sometimes altered to prevent damaging the rocks where they are believed to live. According to these Icelandic folk beliefs, one should never throw stones because of the possibility of hitting the huldufólk...
(hidden folk) from Iceland.