Icelandic Farm and Fishing Buildings
An exploration of the farm and fishing buildings constructed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in Manitoba by settlers from Iceland.
The overview is presented in the following formats:
Icelandic Farm and Fishing Buildings (Complete Overview; 58 pages; PDF)
- Introduction (PDF)
- Initial Structures (PDF)
- Later Log Houses (PDF)
- Early Wood Frame Houses (PDF)
- Later Wood Frame Houses (PDF)
- Cottage Style Houses (PDF)
- Two Storey Houses (PDF)
- Fishing Industry Structures (PDF)
- Farm Structures (PDF)
Icelandic Settlement
In October 1875 the first permanent Icelandic settlement in Canada
was established near Gimli
(Image courtesy of the Archives of Manitoba).
