Historical Markers in Gimli, Manitoba

By Dawn Bowen, June 20, 2008

New Iceland Marker

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1 ► Manitoba, Gimli — New Iceland —

New Iceland represents a distinctive episode in the early settlement of the Canadian West. In 1875 and 1876, more than a thousand Icelandic immigrants settled a large tract of land reserved for them by the federal government along the western shore . . . — — Map (db m8453) HM

2 ► Manitoba, St. Andrews Municipality, Gimli — St. Andrews Caméré Curtain Dam —

This is the only Caméré curtain bridge-dam built in North America, and by far the largest ever constructed. H.E .Vautelet, the Canadian engineer responsible for its design, adapted a French technological advancement to deal with the . . . — — Map (db m9205) HM