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Gimli is an Icelandic variant form of Gimlé, a place in Nordic mythology, where the righteous survivors of Ragnarök are foretold to live. It is mentioned in the Prose Edda and Völuspá and described as the most beautiful place on Earth, more beautiful than the Sun. [9] The etymology of Gimli is likely "the place protected from fire" [10] based on two Old Nordic elements : gimr "fire" and ...
The Rural Municipality of Gimli was first settled by a large group of Icelandic settlers who arrived in New Iceland on Lake Winnipeg in the 1870s. [3] Other settlements established beyond the community of Gimli with further fisheries based settlements at Arnes, Hnausa, Beyond the borders of Manitoba as it was then, this settlement fell within the District of Keewatin, until 1881 when Manitoba ...
Provincial Road 222 (PR 222) is a provincial road in the Interlake Region of the Canadian province of Manitoba.Essentially a northerly continuation of Highway 9, the road extends for 42.6 kilometres (26.5 mi) along the western shore of Lake Winnipeg between the communities of Gimli and Riverton.
New Iceland (Icelandic: Nýja Ísland listen ⓘ) is the name of a region on Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba founded by Icelandic settlers in 1875. The community of Gimli, which is home to the largest concentration of Icelanders outside of Iceland, is seen as the core of New Iceland. [1]
Provincial Trunk Highway 9 (PTH 9) is a provincial primary highway located in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It runs from Winnipeg (where it meets with Route 52 ) north to Gimli . The highway is known as Main Street between Winnipeg and Selkirk , as this is the name of the road within both of those cities, and has a suburban character as a ...
Gimli 0.0: 0.0: PTH 8 (Veterans Memorial Highway) – Winnipeg, Riverton: Western terminus; road continues west as Road 104N: Sandy Hook: 2.8: 1.7: PTH 9 (Gimli Road) – Gimli, Winnipeg Beach: Eastern terminus; road continues east for a short distance as First Avenue to a dead end on the beach on Lake Winnipeg: 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km ...
Manitoba [a] is a province of ... Relief map of Manitoba. ... [77] [78] Gimli, Manitoba is home to the largest Icelandic community outside of Iceland. [79]
Map of Manitoba. The geography of Manitoba addresses the easternmost of the three prairie Canadian provinces, located in the longitudinal centre of Canada. Manitoba borders on Saskatchewan to the west, Ontario to the east, Nunavut to the north, and the American states of North Dakota and Minnesota to the south. Although the border with ...