In 1875, Icelandic immigrants established a colony on the southwest shore of Lake Winnipeg. The timing and location of New Iceland was not accidental. Across the Prairies, the Canadian government was creating land reserves for Europeans...
Icelanders
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Author:Eyford, RyanSummary: -
Author:Robertson, DavidSummary:When Richard's class from Big Spirit School takes a canoe trip, he and his classmates chance upon an ederly woman. She tells them the story of her grandfather, John Ramsay, of the Sandy Bar community on Lake Winnipeg. Ramsay's land was...
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Author:Summary:My Parents: Memoirs of New World Icelanders is a collection of essays written by second-generation Icelandic immigrants in North America, describing the lives of their parents. Originally collected in 1956 by Dr. Finnbogi Gumundsson,...
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Author:Brooks, MarthaSummary:In 1981, sixteen-year-old Sally McLean is in a car full of teenagers when it plunges through the ice to the bottom of Mistik Lake. Sally is the only survivor. Many years later, Sally's teenaged daughter, Odella, is left wondering...
- Author:Jónas ÞórSummary:
During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, thousands of Icelanders emigrated to both North and South America. Although the best known Icelandic settlements were in southern Manitoba, in the area that became known as “New Iceland,”...
- Author:Redmond, Lissa MarieSummary:
When an Icelandic man is murdered on the streets of Buffalo, the brutality of the case triggers Lauren Riley's memories of the first cold case she investigated, a case that she's been unable to solve.
