Nýja Ísland (Icelandic)

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Nýja Ísland is the Icelandic name for New Iceland, a historic Icelandic immigrant settlement region in Manitoba, Canada.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Icelandic immigrant settlement
historic region
associatedWith Icelandic Festival of Manitoba in Gimli NERFINISHED
associatedWithLanguagePreservation maintenance of Icelandic language in Canada GENERATED
borderedBy Lake Winnipeg NERFINISHED
climate continental climate with cold winters
containsSettlement Arborg, Manitoba NERFINISHED
Gimli, Manitoba NERFINISHED
Hecla Island NERFINISHED
Hnausa, Manitoba NERFINISHED
Lundar, Manitoba NERFINISHED
Riverton, Manitoba NERFINISHED
country Canada
culturalHeritage Icelandic traditions
Lutheran religious practices
demographics majority Icelandic settlers in early years
economyHistoricallyBasedOn fishing on Lake Winnipeg
small-scale agriculture
ethnicCommunity Icelandic Canadians NERFINISHED
foundedBy Icelandic immigrants
grantedAs self-governing Icelandic reserve
hadLocalGovernment Icelandic provisional council NERFINISHED
hasCommemorativeEvent Íslendingadagurinn (Icelandic Festival of Manitoba) NERFINISHED
hasCommemorativeSite New Iceland Heritage Museum in Gimli NERFINISHED
hasEthnonym New Icelander (for early settlers) NERFINISHED
hasLegacy strong Icelandic cultural identity in Gimli and surrounding area
hasNameInLanguage New Iceland (English) NERFINISHED
Nýja Ísland (Icelandic)
heritageDesignation recognized as important Icelandic-Canadian cultural region
historicalPeriod late 19th century
historicalPopulation primarily Icelandic in late 19th century, later more mixed
inception 1875
influencedBy Icelandic legal and social traditions in early years
languageOfCommunity English
Icelandic
legalStatusChange reserve status ended in 1887
locatedIn Manitoba
locatedOn western shore of Lake Winnipeg
migrationSourceRegion various regions of Iceland
notableEvent arrival of first Icelandic settlers in 1875
establishment of Gimli as main settlement
originalLandGrantFrom Government of Canada NERFINISHED
Province of Manitoba NERFINISHED
partOf Icelandic diaspora NERFINISHED
Interlake Region of Manitoba NERFINISHED
reasonForEstablishment emigration from Iceland due to volcanic eruptions and economic hardship
religiousTradition Lutheranism
todayPartlyOverlaps Rural Municipality of Bifrost-Riverton NERFINISHED
Rural Municipality of Gimli NERFINISHED

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New Iceland, Manitoba hasOriginalNameInLanguage Nýja Ísland (Icelandic)